Edward "Ted" Byrt (born 1950) is an Australian commercial lawyer, company director and former presiding member of South Australia's Development Assessment Commission. Career Byrt obtained a law degree from the University of Adelaide, and went on to become a partner of Norman Waterhouse Lawyers in Adelaide, where he worked from 1973 until 2007. He has acted as a strategic advisor for a range of major infrastructure projects within Australia and abroad, He has been a director of a range of Australian companies spanning information systems, air-conditioning, viticulture and carbon sequestration sectors. As of 2015, Byrt is a director of Papyrus Australia Ltd, the ASX-Listed Treyo Leisure & Entertainment Ltd, SMAC Technologies Pty Ltd, the Aboriginal Foundation of SA Inc, Byrt has acted as a spokesperson for Papyrus Australia, promoting its development of tray packaging manufactured from banana palm waste with potential to replace single-use plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables. In 2015, Byrt was acting as a consulting lawyer for the Adelaide City Council, while it investigated the conduct of one of its councilors. Board memberships He is a former board member of numerous companies and organisations, including private companies Australian Pulse Traders Pty Ltd, SirsiDynix Pty Ltd and Jigsaw Services Pty. Ltd. Public company memberships have included the Australia China Business Council Ltd, Port Adelaide Football Club Ltd and the PAFC Foundation Ltd. Council and association board memberships have included Bedford Industries Inc and Bedford Industries Co-operative Housing Association Inc., the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Council (2003-2007),
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