David Epstein (Australia)

Epstein began his career as a political adviser, serving as Private Secretary to John Dawkins in the Employment, Education and Training portfolio, where he was involved in the campaign to introduce Australia's Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), then serving as Director of the Ministerial Media Group and National Media Liaison Service for Australian Labor Party politicians Bob Hawke and Paul Keating during their terms as Prime Minister of Australia.

[9] Epstein was recruited to BHP Billiton in late 2010 by CEO Marius Kloppers, to a new role as company's Head of Group Public Affairs [10] This was speculated to be part of a response to the failure of $US40 billion bid for PotashCorp following a backlash over foreign ownership from Canadian politicians.

[11] During Epstein's tenure, BHP Billiton overtook Microsoft in size, by market capitalization, and reported a $22 billion annual profit.

David Epstein was a non-executive director of the European Australian Business Council, Communications Compliance Limited and The Asia Society Australia Centre before returning to the Prime Minister's Office in 2024, and sat on boards of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO Limited) and the Committee for Sydney[14] until 2018, and for three terms at Opera Australia[15] until 2019.

[17] In March 2024, Epstein returned to working in politics after being appointed as the Principal Private Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office of Anthony Albanese.