Greg Combet

The Honourable Greg Combet AO
Minister for Industry and Innovation
In office 14 December 2011 – 26 June 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Kim Carr
Succeeded by	Kim Carr
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
In office 14 September 2010 – 26 June 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Penny Wong
Succeeded by	Mark Butler
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science
In office 9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Warren Snowdon
Succeeded by	Jason Clare
Member of the Australian Parliament for Charlton
In office 24 November 2007 – 5 August 2013
Preceded by	Kelly Hoare
Succeeded by	Pat Conroy
7th Secretary of the ACTU
In office February 2000 – June 2007
President	Jennie George Sharan Burrow
Preceded by	Bill Kelty
Succeeded by	Jeff Lawrence
Personal details
Born	Gregory Ivan Combet (1958-04-28) 28 April 1958 (age 66) Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Children	1 daughter, 2 stepdaughters, 2 stepsons
Alma mater	University of New South Wales University of Sydney
Profession	Trade unionist, politician

Gregory Ivan Combet AO (/ˈkɒmbeɪ/; born 28 April 1958) is the chairman of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Prior to this he served as chair of the Australian Government Net Zero Economy Agency, overseeing the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.

Combet is an Australian labour movement leader. He is a former Labor politician and Cabinet Minister, former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, former leader of profit-to-member superannuation funds and chair of investment manager IFM Investors.

Combet holds degrees in Mining Engineering and Economics, has a graduate diploma in Labour Relations and the Law, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of South Australia, the University of Newcastle, and an honorary doctorate of engineering from the University of New South Wales.

He was elected member for the New South Wales Federal seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the 2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. Combet was the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation in the Second Gillard Ministry^[1] before announcing his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013^[2][3] following Julia Gillard's defeat in a leadership ballot. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, when Penny Wong was the Minister.

He retired from politics at the 2013 election.^[4] In 2020, Combet was appointed to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to "provide strategic and policy advice" for the Morrison Coalition government.^[5]