Mark Brennan appointed as inaugural Federal Small Business Commissioner

  • Author : Samuel Hopper - 17-10-2012

Mark Brennan, Victoria's inaugural Small Business Commissioner, has been appointed as the inaugural Federal Small Business Commissioner.

Mr Brennan conducted the review of the Retail Tenancies (Reform) Act 1998 (Vic) which led to the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) and the Small Business Commissioner Act 2003 (Vic).

Mr Brennan was then appointed as Victoria's first Small Business Commissioner.  He served in that role from 2003 to 2010 and was then appointed as Victoria's Liquor Licensing Commissioner in 2010.

For more details on Mr Brennan's appointment and career highlights, see the BRW report on his appointment available here.

Congratulations to Mark on a worthy appointment.

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