John Battista Rubino (26 June 1945[1] – 16 January 2023[2]) was a prominent Western Australian businessman in the engineering and construction industry.
Collaborating with fellow migrants John Trettel, Charlie Bontempo and Sam Castelli, Rubino played a crucial role in establishing UGL, a major player in the Australian contracting industry.
Despite facing challenges during the early 1990s recession, Rubino assumed the role of managing director at Monadelphous.
Rubino's leadership was initially panned to be temporarily, but lasted for over 30 years[4] in the positions of chairman or managing director.
[6] Rubino retired from Monadelphous in October 2022[7] for health reasons,[5] and died a few months later on 16 January 2023.