Leadership
Why boardroom trouble follows personal agendas, not culture
Dr Hussein Rifai has worked across the Middle East, North America and Australia. He argues that difficult and decent directors appear in every culture, and that working well across cultures starts with respect.
Future of Work
Why the 40-40 model of building wealth no longer works
Dr Hussein Rifai explains why the classic Australian path to wealth no longer holds, and how AI, longer lives and continuous learning change the plan.
Leadership
When employers mandate vaccines: lessons from SPC
What SPC's policy shows about legal precedent, workplace safety, and communicating change to a diverse workforce.
About Dr Hussein Rifai
Global Business Leader, Investor & Author of The Chaos Theorem
40+ Years in global business leadership85 Countries worked or conducted business inStanford Supply Chain Management qualificationSPC Turnaround leader
Dr. Hussein Rifai is an Australian entrepreneur, investor, chairman, author and lifelong student of people whose extraordinary journey has taken him across more than 85 countries, multiple industries and some of the most challenging boardrooms in the world.
Born in Nablus and raised in Jordan by a respected judge and an award-winning poet, Hussein grew up at the intersection of discipline and imagination - two influences that would shape a life defined by curiosity, reinvention and a willingness to challenge convention. His career has taken him from engineering and senior roles with global organisations including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and Ernst & Young, to entrepreneurship, private equity, investment banking and corporate leadership.
He later founded investment businesses, advised companies and governments internationally, and became widely known in Australia for helping lead the turnaround of SPC, one of the country's oldest and most recognised food companies. His leadership has also placed him at the centre of difficult public conversations, from workplace decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic to going undercover to help expose the exploitation of migrant workers and modern slavery within food supply chains.
But Hussein's story extends far beyond business.
