Frank YournExecutive Director, Australia Pacific Islands Business Council

Frank Yourn has been Executive Director of the Australia Fiji Business Council since 1998.  Since 2000 he has also been concurrently Executive Director of the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council, and since 2001 also Executive Director of the Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council.  The Business Councils are associations of Australian businesses with interests in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the other Pacific islands countries and economies.

Mr Yourn as more than 30 years’ experience living and working in the Pacific, for the Australian government and for Australian business.

In 2017 Mr Yourn was the recipient of the Australian Institute for International Affairs Queensland Award for achievement in international affairs as a leading advocate for increased Australia-Pacific business links.