Craig Emerson

Craig Emerson is the Managing Director at Craig Emerson Economics Pty Ltd and has been a consultant with KPMG since January 2016. From 2010 to 2013, Craig was the Federal Minister for Trade and Competitiveness. In 2012 he was appointed Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Asian Century Policy and in 2013 he was also appointed Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research. During the preceding parliamentary term, Craig was Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs. Emerson was the architect of the White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century. He brokered an APEC agreement to limit tariffs for re-starting the Doha Round of global trade talks that led to an interim agreement in December 2013. Most business he conducts now is an a corporate advisor for firms such as KPMG, Chevron and Santos.