Mr George Fong
Position on Council:
Council Appointee
Executive Committee and Infrastructure Committee Member
Present occupation:
Director- Lateral Plains Pty Ltd (a strategic IT business focusing on ICT strategies, implementation and integration within regional communities, Data Centre and cloud based services)
Academic qualifications:
BA (CNAA) Law, Barrister-at Law, Lincoln's Inn (UK), Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
Summary of previous experience
- Barrister at Law and Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore, specialising in shipping and admiralty law
- Lecturer at the then Ballarat College of Advanced Education ( 1987-1996) in Tax and Business Law
- Co-founder of the first regional Internet Service Provider in Australia- NetConnect Communications
- President of the Internet Society of Australia
- Immediate Past Chair of the Board for the Ballarat Health Services Foundation
- Chair of Central Highlands Regional Partnership Committee
- Member of Regional Development Advisory Committee
- Member of the advisory board for .au Community Domains
- Past Chair of The Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
- Past member of the Courier Advisory Board
- Member of IPV6 Now
Particular areas of expertise / interest
- Information and communications technology
- National Broadband Network
- Regional and rural communities
- Multiculturalism
- International internet governance