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2019 Winter Griffin

Fresh off the press, our 2019 Winter Griffin features Class of 1975 past student Gerard Rodrigues. As Superintendent and national Compliance Operations lead for the Australian Border Force (ABF), Gerard shares insight into how the fabric of the ABF was catapulted into immense change on the day that revolutionised world trade forever; September 11, 2001. In his own calm and polished communicative way, it’s clear why he’s a brains trust to the United Nations and World Customs Organisation, delivering change and representing Australia. But his commitment to the public is more than just boardrooms and strategy. In his realness, he shares openly about the moments in his life that he didn’t see coming, which altered his life perspective forever, and how being truly happy is life’s biggest achievement.

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