| Nicholas Reece | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Office: | 105th Lord Mayor of Melbourne |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Sally Capp |
| Term Start2: | November 2020 |
| Term End2: | 2 July 2024 |
| Office3: | Councillor of the City of Melbourne |
| Term Start3: | November 2016 |
| Term End3: | November 2020 |
| Birth Date: | 1974 |
| Party: | Labor[1] |
| Otherparty: | Team Sally Capp (2016−2024) |
Nicholas Reece (born 1974 in London) is an Australian politician and policy activist, currently serving as the 105th Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. He is a senior executive at the University of Melbourne and a principal fellow at the Melbourne School of Government.[2] He is the chair of the board of directors at the Movember Foundation,[3] and a commentator at Sky News Australia.
He previously held a number of roles in politics, including as secretary and campaign director of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)[4] and as the director of strategy to former Prime Minister Julia Gillard.[5] Reece's early career included time working as a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn and as a journalist at The Australian Financial Review.[6]
Until 2012, Reece held a number of roles as a ministerial staffer and Australian Labor Party executive, including:
In 2016, Reece was elected as a councillor to the Melbourne City Council as a member of Team Doyle.[9] Reece joined Team Sally Capp for the 2020 election, and he was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor.
On 2 July 2024, following the resignation of Sally Capp, Reece was sworn in as 105th Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne.[10] [11]
Reece is a political commentator on Sky News and was the host of Politics HQ between 2017 and 2019.[12] Reece also writes a regular column for The Age.[13]
In 2015, Reece appeared in the award-winning documentary The Killing Season, which recounted the leadership struggles between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard between 2010 and 2013.[14]
Reece is married to Felicity and has three children.
In 2004, he was one of the original 'mo-bros' who got together to raise funds for the Movember Foundation. Since then, Movember has raised almost $1 billion for prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men's mental health.[15] Reece has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Movember Foundation Board of Directors since the establishment of the Board in 2007.[3]