Michael Alfred Chaney AO (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian businessman and former chancellor of the University of Western Australia.
[1] He was the third-youngest of seven children born to Frederick Charles Chaney, who was a minister in the Menzies government and Lord Mayor of Perth.
After returning to Australia he joined the Australian Industry Development Corporation (AIDC) in 1980 and opened its Perth office.
At AIDC he "helped organise financing for the multibillion-dollar North-West Shelf development, Delhi/Santos's gas fields in the Cooper Basin, coalmines and coal loaders" during the resources boom of the 1980s.
[citation needed] Chaney was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia on 14 June 2004 for service to the business sector through innovative leadership and management strategies, and to the community through involvement with and support for a broad range of artistic, cultural and scientific organisations.