Former Trade Minister Andrew Robb must be relieved to relearn that it is far quicker getting work in the private sector than securing a trade deal.

Ten Network confirmed yesterday that Robb had replaced John Klepec as Gina Rinehart's representative on the TV network's board. In the three short weeks since retiring as the federal member for Goldstein in the recent federal election, aside from the Ten gig, Robb has picked up a gig with the investment bank Moelis​ and a role as a consultant to the Melbourne biotech venture CNSDose.

Ten was also kind enough to provide some background on Robb's work history before he spent 12 years as the federal member for Goldstein. Apart from being a former Liberal Party campaign director, an Order of Australia winner and being on the investment committee for the Gorgon Gas project, Ten noted in a statement to the ASX how Robb, like current prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, had once worked for Kerry Packer.

One Packer joint venture headed by Robb in the 1990s that gained some media attention was Axicom​, a database firm that collected people's personal information.