Louise McGrath

Head Industry Development and Policy, Australian Industry Group

Louise has a broad range of experience in international policy. She has particular interest in trade and border regulations, international transport, cross cultural communication, and digital trade policy.


In her role as the Australian Industry Group’s Head of Industry Development and Policy she provides strategic leadership and guidance for Ai Group’s policy agenda in building competitive industries through global integration, infrastructure development and innovation.  She ensures that through policy leadership members have a voice at all levels of government, by representing and promoting their interests on current and emerging issues.

Louise represents Australian Industry in several multilateral forums, such as the B20 Taskforces, Global Business Coalition, and the East Asia Business Council working group on RCEP. She advocates for the interests of Ai Group members during Free Trade Negotiations and translates those agreements to support the strategic aims of members.

She is a member of CSIRO’s Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence at Scale Think Tank and the Manufacturing Advisory Group, the board of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence and the National Reference Group of The Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS). She also represents Ai Group on the International Trade Remedies Forum and the Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group.

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