20 years retailing experience as Manager/Director in both single and multi-store operations
Board Experience (BBC and other)
Current Alderman, Burnie City Council
Board Member/President, Footwear Retailers Association of Tasmania
Board Member, National Footwear Retailers Association
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) UTAS
Certificate IV in Business Management
Paul Roberts-Thomson
Director / Vice Chairperson
Business Experience
35 years as farmer at Table Cape including 30 years as Managing Director of Van Diemen Quality Bulbs
Board Experience (BBC and other)
TFGA Vegetable Council 1983-1988
NW College of TAFE Council 1983-1987
Flower Industry Association of Tasmania – various positions
Flower Industry Association of Australia – Inaugural Secretary/Treasurer 1993/1994
Director TAFE Tasmania 1998-2000, acting chairman (6 months)
TIAR, Board Member 2000-2006
Director Skills Tasmania 2008-2010, Chair Service Provider Committee
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Hons) 1976
Melanie Bartlett
Director
Business Experience
40 years as a lawyer, with business experience as the managing partner in a private legal firm for a number of years
Approximately 10 years as a Magistrate with the Magistrates Court of Tasmania
Board Experience (BBC and other)
Previously President and Committee member of the Law Society of Tasmania
Previously a member of the Board of Relationships Australia, Tasmania Branch
Current Member of the Board of Legal Education
Current President and Board member of the Australian Lace Guild (Public Company Limited by guarantee)
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (UTAS 1976)
Ian Jones
Director
Business Experience
Extensive office equipment and POS background in Australia and overseas
10 years in the office equipment industry in Hobart
15 years of senior management roles in the IT industry in Sydney specialising in retail systems with industry leaders, Toshiba, Siemens Nixdorf and NCR
5 years in Asia Pacific regional management roles for leading retail software companies Triversity and Oracle based in Hong Kong
10 years operating bars and restaurants plus an expatriate relocation business in Shenzhen, southern China (2006 - Current)
Board Experience
President, Business Northwest (2018-current)
Founding Director and Secretary, Australian Chamber of Commerce, Shenzhen, China (2007 - 2012)
Director Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Vice Chair North West Tasmanian Veteran Welfare Board
Chair of Clean Energy Tasmania
Devon Cruickshank
Director
Business Experience
30 years’ experience as Financial Planner, including:
20 years as a Financial Planner, of which 16 years were as a Business Owner-Director of a boutique Financial Planning group on the NW Coast of Tasmania (1997 - 2017)
10 years’ experience as a Financial Planner and Fixed Interest Specialist with Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch in the USA (1987 - 1997)
5 years working with the Washington State Senate (1982 - 1987)
Board Experience
BBC Board (2017 – current)
Risk and audit committee member
Ten Days on the Island (June 2019 – April 2021)
The Northwest School, Seattle, (1990 - 1994)
Board Qualifications
Australian Institute of Company Directors, MAICD (2003 - current)
Academic Qualifications
BA Political Science, Economics - University of Washington, Seattle
Wine & Spirits Education Trust I, II, III (2019)
Court of Sommeliers I Certification (2019)
Brad Pilgrim
Treasurer
Business Experience
20 years business, accounting and management experience in a range of sectors including local government, healthcare, employment services, training, recruitment, retailing and manufacturing in government, not for profit and private business contexts.
Mentor Associate member of CPA Australia.
Board Experience
Braddon Business Centre (2017 - current)
CPA Australia, Tasmania Division, North West Regional Network Committee (2018 – current)
Treasurer Burnie Primary School Association and Parents and Friends Committee (2013 – 2018)
Western Schools Soccer Association – J-League (2015 -2018)
Academic Qualifications
Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) at CPA Australia (2017)
Bachelor of Business – Accounting UTAS (2014)
Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ40198) (2006)
Tom Wootton
Director
Business Experience
20 years of brand and marketing experience across professional services, FMCG (inc. RedBull and Coca-Cola) and tourism.
Expertise in tourism development, marketing and management having helped launch Pumphouse Point in 2015, MACq 01 Hotel in 2017, Evolve Spirits Bar in 2018; and managing a sales and marketing portfolio that also included Saffire Freycinet, Henry Jones Art Hotel and their associated bars and restaurants.
Launched a new state-funded regional tourism organisation for Tasmania’s west, northwest and King Island, as its inaugural CEO.
Board Experience
Four years on the board of Destination Southern Tasmania, two as Deputy Chair.
Board Qualifications
Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (combined), 2006