Paul A. Broad

Paul Anthony Broad (born 8 April 1951) is an Australian economist known for his management of government business departments. In 2011 he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure NSW. He is an advocate of user-pays pricing, and has a philosophical commitment to involving the private sector.

He attended high school at Hamilton Marist Brothers college. In 1978 he returned to Newcastle to complete a Masters of Commerce (Economics). . In practice he was firmly siding wihth the Liberal Communications Shadow Malcolm Turnbull.

2011 - Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure NSW ($500,000 salary - highest paid bureaucrat in NSW History).

As of 2011 Broad is a director of Kuth Energy.

2013 - Appointed Chief Executive of Snowy Hydro.

2017 - As CEO of Snowy Hydro Broad proposed the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme to then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Despite Turnbull's criticism of the NBN as having been developed with inadequate attention to due process, Broad told Senate Estimates that Snowy 2.0 was approved by Malcolm Turnbul in less thanb two weeks.

The initital feasibility study revealed a cost of $4.5 billion, more than double the original estimate. In 2023 the project's budget was reset to $12 billion - six times the original estimate.

2019-20 - As CEO of Snowy Hydro Broad receives over $2 million in salary and bonuses.

2022 - Resigned as CEO of Snowy Hydro.

2024 - Now working for McCloy Group.

Personal life Broad is married to Genevieve (his second wife) and they have two children. He is a keen surfer starting as a teenager and continuing into middle age.

Political positions Broad is an advocate of user-pays pricing, and champions the power of the market. This led to substantial pricing changes at Hunter Water and consequently demand dropped by 30 percent. He is also philosophically committed to involvement of the private sector, and in his role at the head of Infrastructure NSW has been reported supporting rail privatisation, congestion charges, and expanded tollways.