Cameron Howe, a former politician is a Melbourne artist and businessman.
His childhood was dominated often on a daily basis by his mother’s concert piano pieces being played for up to five hours, who is classically trained and taught by Michael, son of famous Russian virtuoso and pianist Jascha Spivakovsky. From painting and photography to the work he does in the media, Cameron is a lover of the arts, with an abstract expressionist style that encapsulates emotion and storytelling into figures. His first exhibition was at 20 and debut solo exhibition, aged 28 titled ‘Faces’.
“The arts runs in my blood — allowing me to express what I can’t find words for and to connect with others,” Cameron says.
Cameron achieved art and academic awards throughout school, where he was admitted into the gifted and talented program at twelve. At age 16 his involvement in politics had begun, if not earlier, with the foundation of the Carrum and Patterson Lakes Forum advocacy platform.
According to News Corp by 2020, Cameron had led campaigns for several of the region’s largest projects and others totalling “more than $540m.” At age 26, he entered the 2020 City of Kingston election, going on to be “comfortably elected” to the role of councillor. In 2024, News Corp reported after three years Cameron Howe oversaw over “$30m” of local government infrastructure and investment, being more investment “than in twenty years” for the Patterson River suburbs of Carrum, Patterson Lakes and Bonbeach generationally “transformed.”
He holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Management and Marketing, with diverse experience in consulting with major brands on commercial photoshoots; selling products into chain stores and ASX-listed companies; brokering real estate consortium deals in commercial settings; and he has also written for a range of independent publications. By 29, he was behind distributor Australian Cosmetic Brands of leading cosmetic medicine products and had ignited an interest in property, going on to set price records over multiple postcodes and later market Australia’s most viewed property.
Entry onto the AFR Young Rich List is his personal goal.