BIOGRAPHY

Steven Ciobo is a global investment and policy leader with more than two decades of experience operating at the intersection of government, sovereign capital, and private markets. He has held senior leadership roles across public and private sectors, advising governments, investors, and institutions on geopolitics, regulation, and cross-border investment in complex and strategic markets.

Steven served for nearly two decades in the Australian Federal Parliament, including as a senior Cabinet Minister. As Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment and Minister for Defence Industry, he led Australia’s most ambitious modern trade and investment agenda -delivering landmark agreements such as the CPTPP, initiating and concluding major bilateral free trade agreements across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and overseeing a $100+ billion transformation of Australia’s defence industrial base. His ministerial responsibilities spanned trade policy, national security, foreign investment regulation, and infrastructure investment and finance.

Since leaving public office, Steven has worked closely with governments, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, and corporate leadership teams on geopolitical risk, regulatory strategy, and long-term capital deployment. His focus is on aligning infrastructure investment with national development priorities across energy transition, transport, and digital infrastructure, particularly in emerging and strategically significant markets.

Steven holds a Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce. He is a Fellow of the Milken Institute and serves on the International Advisory Board of the Europe-based GLOBSEC forum. An experienced international negotiator and regular media commentator, he is widely recognised for his ability to translate complex political and regulatory environments into durable commercial outcomes that bridge public purpose with private capital at scale.