MEDIA ALERT Thursday June 18 More than 200 CEOs will sleep out tonight, despite the weather More than 200 CEOs and business leaders will sleep out in the cold and wet at Luna Park tonight for the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout. They will bed down without any of their usual comforts to gain an insight into the issue of homelessness, and to raise funds to support those for whom it is a reality. The awful weather is refusing to put them off. Media are invited to attend the event from 7pm to 9pm tonight ; and from 5.30am to 7am tomorrow What:
2009 Vinnies CEO Sleepout
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Tonight, Thursday June 18 7pm to 9pm Business leaders will be available for interviews and photos … Tomorrow, Friday June 19 5.30am to 7am NSW Minister for Housing, David Borger, and NSW Minister for Community Services, Linda Burney, will do the wake-up call and serve breakfast . Business leaders will be available for interview.
Where: Luna Park Continued….
Participants include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Linda Burney, NSW Minister for Community Services Jon Blackwell, CEO WorkCover NSW David Borger, NSW Minister for Housing Steve Corbett, Chief Executive Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust Geraint Davies, COO Austereo Richard Evans, CEO Opera House Mark Evans, Director Symantec Bernard Fehon, MD Tactical Solutions David Hancock, Principal Scots College Peter Hearner, MD Luna Park Graeme Innes, Australian Human Rights Commissioner; Dean Jenkins, Chief Executive United Group Rail James Kell, CEO Kell & Rigby Stephen Knight, CEO NSW Treasury Corporation John Latham, MD Pfizer Australia Glenn Matthews, CEO Panthers Jeremy Morgan, MD Eli Lilly and Company Clive Marshall, CEO AAP Brian McCarthy, CEO Fairfax Media Timothy McKibbon, CEO Real Estate Institute of NSW; Bruce McKenzie, COO InterContinental Hotels Group; Steve Martin, president Real Estate Institute NSW David Macintosh, MD Paynter Dixon David Nelson, Chief Executive UGL Services -- Asia Pacific and Middle East Cathy O’Connor, CEO DMG Radio Australia Tony Stuart, CEO NRMA Dick Smith, CEO Dick Smith Investments Ian Saines, Group Executive Commonwealth Bank
For more information and to arrange interviews contact: Marion Frith, Communications Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society on 0417 446 430.