The Hon. Ted Baillieu is a former Premier of Victoria (2010-2013), representing the electorate of Hawthorn in the Victorian Parliament from 1999 to 2014. In 2012 he led what was until then Australia's largest-ever international trade delegation to China. He is also an accomplished architect.  In 2016 he became Melbourne University's Honorary Enterprise Professor associated with the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning and in 2017 was appointed Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University.

In June 2021, he was appointed by the Australian Government as Chair of the Australian Heritage Council. Ted is Patron of a number of groups including Multicultural Arts Victoria, Public Record Office of Victoria, The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Queenscliffe Historical Museum, Cancer Council Victoria: Relay for Life, Hawthorn and the Australia India Chamber of Commerce. He is also Chieftain of the Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association. Ted is a Rotarian, joining the Rotary Club of Glenferrie in May 2006.