Sir Arvi Hillar Parbo (10 February 1926 – 1 May 2019) was a business executive who was concurrently chairman of three of Australia's largest companies, Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, Munich Re, and Zurich Australian Insurance.
[citation needed] In 1977, the Arvi Parbo Medal was awarded to an engineering student from the University of Adelaide for the first time.
[3] In 1986, Parbo relinquished his managing director position at Western Mining Corporation and became the company's Executive Chairman.
He was appointed a Director of the Alcoa from 1980 to 1998, Hoechst Australian Investments from 1981 to 1997, Chase AMP Bank from 1985 to 1991 and Sara Lee Corporation from 1991 to 1998.
[citation needed] In June 1993 Parbo was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia[4] and had his portrait painted by the artist, William Dargie.