{{Short description|Australian journalist and company director (1937–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Max Walsh | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|size=100}} | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Maximilian Sean Walsh | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|5|8}} | birth_place = Paddington, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|03|23|1937|5|8}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = {{bulleted|Enonomic and political commentator|journalist|author|broadcaster}} | years_active = 1974-2007 (retirement) | known_for = {{bulleted|''The Bulletin'' as Editor-in-chief|''The Australian Financial Review'' Editor and managing director|''The Carlton Walsh Report''|''The Walsh Report''|The Sydney Morning Herald columnist and correspondent |''The Age'' columnist and correspondent}}
}} '''Maximilian Sean Walsh''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (8 May 1937 – 23 March 2022) was an Australian economic and political commentator, newspaper journalist, author and broadcaster. Walsh held senior positions with two of Australia's largest publishing companies and television networks.
==Career== From 1974 to 1981, Walsh was editor and managing editor of ''The Australian Financial Review'' before establishing Nine Network's ''Sunday'' program.<ref>Hills, Ben. "Breaking News: The Golden Age of Graham Perkin". Scribe, 2010.</ref> He then became co-presenter of ''The Carleton-Walsh Report'' on ABC Television, before moving to Network Ten as presenter of ''The Walsh Report''.
From 1983 to 1998 he was a columnist and correspondent with ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''The Age''. In 1998, he became editor-in-chief of ''The Bulletin''.<ref>Kirkpatrick, Rod. "Australian Studies in Journalism 8". University of Queensland, 1999, p197-238.</ref> He worked at ''The Bulletin'' until his retirement as the editor-at-large in June 2007.<ref name="ramsey">{{cite news|last1=Ramsey|first1=Alan|title=Thanks a million to one of the straightshooters|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/thanks-a-million-to-one-of-the-straightshooters/2007/07/13/1183833770410.html|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 July 2007|language=en}}</ref>
===Board positions=== Walsh was deputy chairman of financial advisory firm Dixon Advisory and a member of the firm's investment committee.<ref name="dixon">{{cite news|last1=Wilmot|first1=Ben|title=Max Walsh fund manager eyes $150m for US expansion|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/max-walsh-fund-manager-eyes-150m-for-us-expansion/news-story/29f1bedc2c256554338544aa80e0e5cd|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=The Australian|date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
Walsh was chairman of the Australian Masters Corporate Bond Fund No. 1, Australian Masters Corporate Bond Fund No. 2, Australian Masters Corporate Bond Fund No. 3, Australian Masters Corporate Bond Fund No. 4 and Australian Masters Corporate Bond Fund No. 5. He was also non-executive chairman of the Global Resource Masters Fund and the Asian Masters Fund and a director of the Australian Governance Masters Fund.
==Awards== In 1984, Walsh was made a member of the Order of Australia for his services to journalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximilian Sean Walsh |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883077 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=2020-11-06}}</ref>
==Author== Walsh is author of the book, "''Poor Little Rich Country – A political History of the 1970s''".
==Death== Walsh died on 23 March 2022 after a long struggle with dementia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/max-walsh-was-one-of-the-greats-of-australian-journalism-20220313-p5a47o|title=Max Walsh was one of the greats of Australian journalism|first=Andrew|last=Clark|publisher=Financial Review|date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.walshandco.com.au/ Walsh & Company – global fund manager founded by Walsh]
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