BENSON SAULO WILL BE OUR KIDDUSH GUEST SPEAKER ON SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2024 at 11:30am
Benson Saulo is the Liberal candidate for Macnamara.
Benson has had a successful career spanning finance, international relations and economic development.
Benson was the Managing Partner of First Australians Capital, a national Indigenous-led investment fund manager.
In 2021 he was appointed as Australia’s Consul-General and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner based in Houston.
He was the first Indigenous person to be appointed as a Consul-General in Australia’s history.
Benson has previously volunteered for Melbourne-based charities, like the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria.
He has represented Australian interests on the global stage in his roles as a member of the UNESCO National Commission, and as an Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations.
Benson has recently been appointed as the chair of the Torch, a charity supporting Indigenous offenders and ex-offenders in Victoria through its Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community programs.
Born to an Aboriginal mother and Papua New Guinean father, he is a proud descendant of the Wemba Wemba and Gunditijmara Aboriginal nations of Victoria, and of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.
Benson is a father of two young children, and his wife works in a small business.
Benson’s experience and unique perspective on Australia’s economic and energy policy will help shape our future.
He will use his experience in finance and international trade to support policies that ease pressure on Australia’s housing market and deliver real cost of living relief for residents in Macnamara.
