Dr Terry Cutler is an industry consultant and strategy advisor in the information and communications technology sector. Terry Cutler has authored numerous influential reports and papers on the Digital Economy and innovation.
He currently holds the following appointments:
Terry Cutler's career started with Telecom Australia, now Telstra. During the 1980's he was part of Telstra's top management team, heading up major corporate restructuring around a customer focus. As Executive Director Corporate Strategy he oversighted Telstra's handling of major regulatory change and the introduction of competition.
Terry Cutler has had a longstanding engagement with public policy. He has served on numerous Government Boards and advisory bodies. Apart from his present appointments, from 1996 to 1997 he was Chairman of Australia's Information Policy Advisory Council. When Chairman of the Industry Research and Development Board from 1996 to 1998, Terry Cutler spearheaded key initiatives in promoting venture capital and industry innovation and oversaw the licensing of the initial Innovation Investment Funds. In 1999 Terry chaired Australia's National Bandwidth Inquiry.
Terry Cutler has had a longstanding engagement with cultural institutions. He was President of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image from 2002 to 2005. He served as Chairman of the Australia Council from 2001—2002, having previously chaired its New Media Arts Board. He also has previously served as a director of Cinemedia, Film Victoria, Opera Australia, the Council of the Victorian College of the Arts, and the Library Board of Victoria.
Terry Cutler is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration, a Member of the Institute of Company Directors, and the Australian Society of Authors. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Queensland University of Technology and in 2003 was awarded Australia’s Centenary Medal.