Innes Willox AM was born on 1963 and is an Australian lobbyist and a former journalist, political staffer and diplomat.
12 Facts About Innes Willox
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Innes Willox has been the chief executive of the Australian Industry Group since 2012.
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Innes Willox previously served as Australia's Consul-General in Los Angeles, as chief of staff to foreign minister Alexander Downer, and as chief political correspondent of The Age.
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Innes Willox arrived in Australia at a young age where his father became the production manager of an Adelaide fish cannery.
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Innes Willox later worked for that newspaper as a crime reporter and investigative journalist.
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Innes Willox was appointed as the newspaper's chief of staff at the age of 26, overseeing 130 reporters, and eventually replaced Michelle Grattan as the newspaper's chief political correspondent with the Canberra Press Gallery.
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In June 1997 Innes Willox became a media adviser to Alexander Downer, the foreign minister in the Howard government.
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Innes Willox resigned in 2000 to work with Singapore Airlines as corporate affairs manager, but returned to work for Downer in 2004 as chief of staff.
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Innes Willox served as Australia's Consul-General in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2008.
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Innes Willox joined the Australian Industry Group in 2008 as director of international and government arrangements.
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Innes Willox was appointed chief executive of the organisation in February 2012, in place of Heather Ridout.
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Innes Willox was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, for "significant service to business, particularly to industry, and to the community".