TONY FROST
Non-Executive Chairman
Company director, executive coach, mentor and leadership consultant
Leading Australian tax adviser in first career
Former Managing Director of leading tax advisory firm Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Solicitor and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand
Part time academic in the MBA program at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales
Qualifications
Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney
Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney
Master of Science in Coaching Psychology, University of Sydney
Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Leading Professional Service Firms, Harvard Business School
Certified practitioner in the Hogan Personality Assessment Suite and also in the Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand
Solicitor and member of the Law Society of New South Wales
Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Member of the International Coach Federation
Member of The Tax Institute of Australia
Experience Overview
Tony’s first, 34-year career was as a leading Australian corporate tax advisor. After starting his career at Price Waterhouse, Tony spent five years working in Westpac’s group taxation department. Upon returning to Price Waterhouse, Tony became a tax partner in 1996. In 2003, Tony joined Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills as a Director and was the Managing Director of the firm between 2011 and 2018. During his time at Greenwoods, Tony was the lead Director on a number of the firm’s major clients including BHP, Macquarie Group and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. His areas of tax expertise included banking and financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and transfer pricing.
Although not a valuer, Tony had to regularly grapple with the intersection of valuations and taxation law throughout his first career.
After completing a Master of Science in Coaching Psychology in 2019, Tony commenced a second career as a company director, executive coach, mentor and leadership consultant. He is also a part-time academic in the MBA program at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales.
Tony joined the board of directors of Leadenhall, as non-executive chairman, in 2023.
