Raymond Spencer

He also advocated for planning system reform in order "to force economic growth and improve our quality of living" and said "we need to sell South Australia.

Spencer is also Chairman of Capgemini's Financial Services Global Business Unit and Signostics Limited and has acted as an advisor to corporations and not-for-profit groups.

[5] Spencer is optimistic about economic opportunities of South Australia's Mining industry, renewable energy resources, its agricultural products and emerging knowledge economy.

He also believes that South Australia should consider major tax reform to make the region more attractive to investment and that the State's public sector needs to become more "customer" and "outcome" focused.

[2] He has advocated for tax reform since his appointment to the Economic Development Board[6] and has been involved in an investigation undertaken by ICAC following the Gillman land sale controversy.

[8] In 2013, Spencer received a proposal from former Santos chairman Stephen Gerlach of Adelaide Capital Partners for the purchase and use of a 407-hectare (1,010-acre) site of public land at Gillman in South Australia.