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'''Hugh Morgan''' is a Member of the Board of the [[Reserve Bank of Australia]]. He was the CEO of [[Western Mining Corporation]] from 1990 to 2003, and the President of the [[Business Council of Australia]] from 2003 to 2005. [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/japan/aj_conf/hm.html]
Morgan was one of the orginal funders of the [[Centre for Independent Studies]] and helped to establish the [[HR Nicholls Society]]. He has also funded the [[Institute of Public Affairs]], and sits on the board of governors for the [[Committee for Economic Development of Australia]], and is on the [[Asialink]] Council. He is a known [[climate change sceptics|climate change sceptic]], and opponent of the Kyoto Protocol.
In 1997 "it was revealed that Western Mining Corporation had quadrupled its forward gold sales at the same time the RBA was planning to sell two thirds of its gold reserves. WMC's CEO, Hugh Morgan, was a member of the board at the time. He did not, and was not required to, absent himself from the board discussions which dealt with the gold sales." [http://afr.com/premium/articles/2005/12/08/1133829715143.html]