B20 Australia

the business 20 (b20) is a forum through which the private sector produces policy recommendations for the annual meeting of the group of 20 (g20) leaders. the b20 brings together business leaders from across g20 member countries to reflect the ​key role of the private sector as the main driver of strong, sustainable and balanced growth. the b20 was first convened as part of the canadian g20 presidency in june 2010 and continued to play an important role during the succeeding korean, french, mexican and russian host years. as host of the g20 leaders summit in 2014, australia has established a b20. b20 australia includes 33 australian business leaders representing a range of industries. it is chaired by richard goyder ao, managing director and ceo of wesfarmers. australia assumed stewardship of the b20 on 1 december 2013.