George Savvides

George Savvides (born 20 October 1956) is an Australian businessman and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Between 2002 and 2016 he was the Managing Director of private health insurance company Medibank Private.

Education Savvides is the son of Greek Cypriot parents who arrived in Australia in 1950. He was the first person in his family to go to university. He trained as an industrial engineer and has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of New South Wales. While working full-time which included a final year thesis on the Japanese TQM & Lean manufacturing process. he was appointed to the board of Medibank Private as a non-executive director on 6 September 2001 and was appointed Managing Director on 19 April 2002.

On 21 October 2015 Savvides announced his retirement from Medibank, which took effect at the end of March 2016.

He was appointed to the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Board as Deputy Chair in March 2017. On 9 July 2020 it was announced that he had been appointed as Chair for a period of five years.

Personal Savvides married in November 1979. He and his wife Vivian have sponsored, starting when they married, many children through World Vision.

He enjoys fast boats and has played hockey since his childhood. He played for the Melbourne University Hockey Club Blues Veterans team until 2016.

Savvides was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the community, to charitable groups, and to business."