Victor is a company director & advisor, barrister and regulatory affairs advocate.
Victor is an Independent Director on the Boards of the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), the Bensons Property Group and Austhink Consulting. He is the Director of the regulatory affairs practice, A Regulatory Affair. He is an adviser to MCS Digital. His advisory work focuses on corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and the regulatory side of communications technology, good regulation and regulatory compliance. With a Diploma of Chinese Law from Peking University, he has expertise in the risks of doing business in China.
Victor has a strong background in technology issues. He served as Shadow Minister for Technology & Innovation and was the first Australian MP with a web site. He chaired the Victorian Government's Multimedia Committee, Data Protection Advisory Council and the Electronic Commerce Framework Group. Victor is the TAC Director on the Governing Committee of the IT Shared Services venture of the TAC and Workcover. He also has a strong interest in the environment and environmental sustainability having served as Shadow Minister for the Environment.
Victor's philanthropic work includes human rights advocacy, democracy movements and support for good governance. For over ten years, he has published the Australian Human Rights and Civil Rights Index. He has recently joined the Steering Committee on Education and Training in Philanthropy of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment. He is the Co-Chair of the Forum for a Democratic China.
Victor's C.V. may be obtained via linkedin.com or the Victorian Bar Website.
16 December 2006: Victor was a speaker at the University of Hong Kong and National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Conference on "The Role of Political Parties in Hong Kong: The Next Ten Years."
News Clippings
26 February 2007: Comments quoted in an Age Education Age Article entitled "Classroom burnout triggers teacher opt-out": Victoria's former shadow education spokesman, Victor Perton, believes more frequent career change is a sign of our times. "I think now it will be a rare thing for a 20-year-old to say, 'I want to be a teacher until I am 65'," he says. "They see it as a death sentence." Jacinta Allan agrees. "I think we are seeing professionals in their 30s and 40s exercising the choice to move into different fields," she says.
24 February 2007: Profile by David Wilson in the Age's Careers Supplement My Career Section.