Editing Simon Crean (section)

== Career after politics ==
In October 2014, Crean was elected chairman of the Australian Livestock Exporters Council.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Cath |last1=McAloon |first2=Edwina |last2=Farley |title=Simon Crean accepts live export role, saying ban on Indonesia trade was a mistake |date=30 October 2014 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2014-10-30/nrn-crean-livex/5854536 |publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> He was re-elected for a second term in 2016.<ref>{{cite web| title=Australian Livestock Exporters Council Board| url=http://auslivestockexport.com/people/alec-board| access-date=6 July 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915213748/http://auslivestockexport.com/people/alec-board| archive-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>

Crean was an associate professor at Deakin University and chaired the university's Advanced Manufacturing Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon Crean appointed to Deakin University carbon fibre board |url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/news-and-media-releases/articles/2013/simon-crean-appointed-to-deakin-university-carbon-fibre-board |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=www.deakin.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> In 2014 Deakin University awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Laws. The same year, he returned to his alma mater Monash University as a member of the University Council, serving as Deputy Chancellor from 2020 until his death in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Vale The Honourable Simon Crean |url=https://www.monash.edu/vale/home/articles/vale-the-honourable-simon-crean |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Vale |language=en}}</ref>

Other positions Crean held included chair of the Australia-Korea Business Council, the Australian Livestock Exporters' Council, the [[European Australian Business Council]] and co-chair of Cornerstone Group Advisory Board.<ref name="akbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.akbc.com.au/member/hon-simon-crean/ |title=Executive Committee Hon. Simon Crean |website =Australia-Korea Business Council |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cgrp.com.au/our-people/ |title=Our Team |website=Cornerstone Government Relations |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
Crean was also a director on the boards of [[Linfox]] and [[Luna Park, Melbourne|Melbourne's Luna Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linfox.com/linfox-mourns-simon-crean/ |title=Linfox mourns Simon Crean |first=Peter |last=Fox |date=June 2023 |website=Linfox |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>

Crean was posthumously appointed a [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2024 King's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2024 King's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The late the Honourable Simon Findlay Crean |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3026678 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>