Mr Adrian Kloeden

Biography

Adrian Kloeden is the Asia Pacific Chairman of the FTSE 100 international service company Serco and was formerly the Chief Executive Officer from 2002–2007. Serco Asia Pacific has almost 6,000 employees in the region and 75,000 globally.

Adrian’s management experience covers a wide variety of industries, including forestry, agribusiness, manufacturing, distribution, retail, research and development, brand management, technology, e-commerce, defence and tourism and transport. He has held leadership positions in large and small public and private companies and government related organizations in many regions of the world.

Adrian’s skills include change management, establishment and growth of new business opportunities, business restructuring and developing management teams for company growth and individual development. He is a strong believer that success is driven by selecting, developing and retaining, high quality people.

His early education was in Australia where he graduated in science from the Australian National University. He followed this a few years later with a master’s degree in business from the London Business School.

Adrian contributes to community affairs through his former deputy-chancellorship of a University with a strong life-long learning and global focus and board positions at CEDA and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.