AdNews Hall of fame inductee Peter Clemenger has been awarded the 2019 Melbourne Achiever Award for his contribution to business, arts and culture in Melbourne.
Clemenger accepted the award at the annual gala dinner held at the Goldfields Theatre at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Committee for Melbourne CEO Martine Letts applauded Clemenger’s significant innovation in creating a world-renowned agency Clemenger BBDO, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and over 60 consecutive years of philanthropic work.
“Peter is an inspirational Melburnian, and he has enriched Australian business and cultural life through Clemenger BBDO and his support of the visual and performing arts and his philanthropic work," Letts says.
"Peter’s generosity and involvement in so many worthy causes have been exemplary. In honouring Peter, we also honour the extraordinary contribution of Joan Clemenger, Peter’s wife and the work of the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust established in 2001."
The Award celebrates contributions to Melbourne that will leave a lasting legacy. Clemenger is also a notable patron of the arts, establishing foundations and grants at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Victorian Arts Centre and an Honorary Life Member of The Australian Ballet and Life Patron of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
“I am a little surprised to have won such a prestigious Committee for Melbourne award," Clemenger says.
"Whatever I have done to deserve it, I have been very happy to support the Arts in Melbourne."
In 2015, Clemenger and his wife Joan received an Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the visual and performing arts as a benefactor, patron and supporter, and through philanthropic contributions to a range of charitable organisations, and to the community”.
Clemenger was inducted into the AdNews Hall of Fame in 2012. He began Clemenger BBDO with his brother John at the age of 18.
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