The inevitable eulogies are flowing thick and fast for former corporate titan John Elliott, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and newly returned Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy taking pole position.
But most testimonials have conveniently ignored Elliott’s criminal past, instead focusing on his “larger than life” personality, leadership of the Carlton Football Club and brief time as a potential prime minister. But while the eulogies ignore or gloss over Elliott’s many misdeeds, Crikey certainly won’t.
After receiving a private school education at elite Carey Grammar, Elliott won a scholarship to study commerce at Melbourne University before landing a job at BHP soon after joining leading consultancy firm McKinsey in 1966, where he was mentored by Roderick Carnegie.
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