Rod Welford

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rod Welford
Occupation	Surfer
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1958(1958-09-30)
Age	66
Birthplace	Brisbane
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Virgo

Rod Welford Biography

Rod Welford is one of the most popular and richest Surfer who was born on September 30, 1958 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Rodney Jon (Rod) Welford was born 30 September 1958 and is the chairman of Ensight. Ensight is a Brisbane-based specialist energy system design company. He was an Australian parliamentarian and was a Labor member of Queensland’s Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2009. He was Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister of Natural Resources in Queensland, Australia from 1998 to 1999.

Welford was a member of several portfolios during the Labor governments of Premiers Peter Beattie, Anna Bligh and others. From 1998 to 2001, he was Minister for Environment & Heritage as well as Minister for Natural Resources. From 2001 to 2005, he was the Attorney General and Minister of Justice. From 2005 to 2009, he was Minister for Education and Minister of the Arts. He also served as Minister for Training between 2006 and 2009.

Since leaving Parliament, Welford has been chief executive of the Australian Council of Recycling Inc (ACOR), the national peak industry body for the recycling industry in Australia (2009-2013). While in this role, he held positions as a company director on ASX-listed public companies, including deputy chairman of the board of directors of AstiVita Renewables Limited, a non-executive director of Excela Limited, and board member of State power company, Stanwell Corporation Limited. He was also an honorary member of the board of the International River Foundation, honorary interim board member of the National Centre of Excellence for Desalination at Murdoch University and patron of the Centre for Research, Innovation and Future Development at St Paul’s School, his former high school.

Prior to becoming a State Minister, he was a leader of the Ministerial Review of Sports Funding (1990-91) which led to the creation of Queensland Academy of Sport. He also chaired Government Sustainable Energy Advisory Group (1994-1995), a joint committee of government and industry that undertook projects to provide the foundation for government grants programs to subsist the installation of remote solar power systems and household solar water heaters.

Rod Welford Net Worth

Rod Welford is one of the richest Surfer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rod Welford 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Welford is active in his community, being a member and state medal winner of his Surf Life Saving Club Burleigh Heads Mowbray Park. In the 1980s, he was both the first Honorary State Education Officer and the Technical Director of Royal Life Saving Society. While completing his university studies, he also worked as a professional Lifeguard for the Gold Coast City Council. Welford also served as a member of the University of Queensland’s student union during his university years.

Welford was elected to state parliament in 1989 as the member representing Stafford. At the 1992 state election, he switched to Everton district. He held that seat until he decided not to run for re-election in 2009.

As a minister, his focus on active policy development attracted recognition for innovative policy initiatives. For example, while responsible for the environment and natural resources portfolio, he established the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, took action to protect biodiversity and reduce greenhouse emissions by introducing ground-breaking legislation to stem broadscale land clearing, created the first large scale water efficiency program in the nation, legislated to protect environmental health of river systems and forged a historic Regional Forest Agreement between the government, timber industry and conservation movement which secured sustainable timber production while expanding the national park estate by more than 400,000 hectares. He was the Australian State Government representative at the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development in 2000.

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Facts & Trivia

Rod Ranked on the list of most popular Surfer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Rod Welford celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.