Tony Shepherd
Tony Shepherd started as a Year 5 student at Marist Brothers' High School, Kogarah in 1969. He completed his Higher School Certificate in 1976. That same year he was school captain. Since leaving school Tony has had a distinguished career. The following personal profile is taken his company's website.
"Tony Shepherd is a leading Australian Management and Communication Consultant working within Australia and internationally. He has written, trained and consulted in key areas of management and business including personal and corporate communication, business development, relationship management, negotiations, media and issues management. The development and delivery of specific professional skills development programs and executive coaching is a key focus of his consultancy.
By background, Tony is a highly qualified lawyer holding a Master of Laws Degree from Sydney University having worked as a commercial lawyer and advocate before leaving legal practice to launch his specialist consultancy in 1985. Additionally, he holds teaching qualifications in communication from both Australian and English academies. He has also worked in Federal Parliament as a Research Officer and political Speech Writer.
Tony has consulted in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States to numerous national and international corporations including ABARE, ACNielsen, Amalgamated Holdings Ltd (Rydges Hotels, Greater Union Cinemas), AMP, ANZ Banking Group, Australian Industry Group, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, FTSE, GrainCorp, InterContinental Hotels Group, Macquarie Bank, Novartis, NSW Police, Pfizer, Syngenta, Thompson Financial, United Group and other leading legal and professional service organisations as well as consulting to both State and Federal Government Departments and instrumentalities. He is also a member of and consultant to the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development."
In addition to the above Tony is a talented musician. Walking through the corridors of the College and looking at the various photos of students, sporting teams, choirs, etc inspired Tony to write a song for the Centenary. The song is called Different Times But One Place. Tony has generously allowed us to make the song available for people to download. This can be done by using the links below.
Different Times But One Place (MP3 format)
Different Times But One Place (WMA format)
A copy of the lyrics is available by using this link.
On the 8th May, 2009 Tony visited the College to take part in a Centenary Video Interview. A copy of this interview can be seen on the Centenary YouTube Channel by following this link.
Photo: Tony Shepherd with a group of Year 7 students