COSBOA CEO's – past and present

1984 – 1986          Ronald Gibbons 1986 – 2001          Robert Bastion 2001 – 2004          Mike Potter  2004 – current       Tony Steven

COSBOA Chairs – past and present

1984 – 1986          Alexander Brown
                            Australian Automobile Dealers Association
1987 – 1989          David Kindon
                            Australian Bus & Coach Association
1989 – 1991          Peter Judkins
                            Furniture Retailer Council of Australia
1991 – 1994          Paul Greenwood
                            Small Business Combined Association    
1994 – 1996          Doug Huett
                            Civil Contractors Federation
1996 – 2000          Ian Baldock
                            Qld Retail Traders & Shopkeepers Assoc
2000 – 2003          Ella Keenan
                            Business & Profession Women
2003 – present       Bob Stanton
                            Independent Retailers Organisation

COSBOA Representation – past and present

·          AASB/AARF Consultative Committee

·          ACA – Telecom Industry Association
·          ACCC Small Business Advisory Group
·          ACCC Prices Surveillance Authority
·          ACCC Trade Practices Commission Consultative Committee
·          ASIC Commissioner’s Committee
·          ATO Commissioners Small Business Consultative Group
·          ATO New Tax System Advisory Board
·          ATO Tax Law Improvement Project
·          Attorney Generals Core Consultative Group – Privacy
·          Attorney Generals Working Group on Super, Insurance and Financial Services
·          Attorney Generals Working Group on Commonwealth laws and programmes
·          Attorney Generals Working Group on Children and Youth Aid
·          Attorney Generals Working Group on Work including employment, training and unpaid work
·          Australian Bankers Association Consultative Forum
·          Australian Services Roundtable
·          Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
·          Business Coalition for Tax Reform
·          Business Entry Point Consultative Group
·          Business Higher Education Round Table
·          CLERP 9
·          CMD’s Competition Policy Forum
·          CMD’s Employment Services industry Forum
·          Commercial Support Program Consultative Forum
·          Competition Policy Forum
·          Consumer Electronic Clearing System Advisory Council
·          CSIRO Flagship Program
·          Custom’s Department Accredited Client Program Working Party
·          Department of Defence – Defence Reserves Supports Council
·          Department Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business Inquiry into Regional employment and unemployment
·          Department Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business Inquiry into the GST
·          Department of Family and Community Services Employer Incentives Review
·          Export Market Development Grants
·          GST Inquiry
·          Human Rights and Equal Opportunity – Privacy
·          Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia
·          IP Australia
·          Joint Select Committee on Retail
·          Justice – Crime Research/Report
·          Law Reform Commission – Access to Class Actions
·          Law Reform Commission – Product Liability
·          Ministers Small Business Forum
·          National Competition Commission
·          National Trade Consultative Intersessional Committee
·          National Trade Strategy Consultative Program
·          National Office for the Information Economy
·          NSW Country Summit
·          Parliamentary Committee Hearings
·          Prime Minister Awards Business and Community Partnership
·          Productivity Commission Inquiry Competition Policy
·          Professional Small Business Development Best Practice Forum
·          Ralph’s Review of Business Tax Committee
·          Regional Development Issues
·          Registrars Advisory Panel
·          Small Business – Annual Review of Small Business Reports
·          Small Business – Deregulation Taskforce
·          Small Business – Yellow Pages Report
·          Small Business Coalition
·          Small Business Consultative Committee – GST
·          Standards Australia