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Bede Fennell

Bede Fennell, Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Government & Industry at Tourism Australia

Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Government & Industry

The Corporate Affairs team is Tourism Australia’s main liaison with the government, Australian news media and the tourism industry.

Bede joined Tourism Australia in November 2019. He has over 20 years of corporate affairs, government, and industry experience in Australia and internationally. He has worked in politics at a Federal and State level and, for more than half of his career, has worked for large corporations across a range of industries, from manufacturing to mining services to infrastructure.

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