{"id":83237,"date":"2026-07-21T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=83237"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:26:56","slug":"mdrt-names-new-australian-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/07\/21\/mdrt-names-new-australian-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"MDRT Names New Australian Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_6 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_45 wixui-rich-text__text\">Business &amp; Personal Insurance Specialist <\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milbourne.com.au\/paul-milbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Milbourne<\/a><\/strong>, MDRT&#8217;s current Victorian State Chair, has been appointed as the organisation&#8217;s Australia Country Chair, effective 1 September.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment, which has a term of two years, follows the announcement that Kiwi adviser, <strong>Travis Hamilton<\/strong>, will become MDRT Oceania Chair \u2013 also on 1 September \u2013 after serving two years as its New Zealand Country Chair.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton said Milbourne\u2019s dedication and passion for MDRT and the financial advice industry would be a strong asset in the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Paul&#8217;s dedication and passion for not only MDRT but the financial advice industry as a whole is huge, as is his commitment to supporting our members and growing our community,&#8221; Hamilton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no doubt he will bring fresh ideas, strong leadership and plenty of enthusiasm in the role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83250\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83250\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Milbourne speaking at Riskinfocus 25, Hobart.\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/h-Paul-Milbourne-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Milbourne speaking at Riskinfocus 25, Hobart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business &amp; Personal Insurance Specialist Paul Milbourne, MDRT&#8217;s current Victorian State Chair, has been appointed as the organisation&#8217;s Australia Country Chair, effective 1 September. The appointment, which has a term of two years, follows the announcement that Kiwi adviser, Travis Hamilton, will become MDRT Oceania Chair \u2013 also on 1 September \u2013 after serving two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":83242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,282,7734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appointments","category-associations","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83237"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83257,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83237\/revisions\/83257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}