Our Board

Business Experience

• 30 years retailing experience as Manager/Director in both single and multi-store operations

Board Experience (BBC and other)

• Councilor, Burnie City Council (2018 to present)
• Board Member/President, Footwear Retailers Association of Tasmania (1995 - 2019)
• Board Member, National Footwear Retailers Association (1995 - 2020)
• Past Chairman (5 years) /Current Board Member McKenna Park Inc
• Chairman/Board Member CityLink (2014 - 2018)
• President/Board Member, Western Schools Soccer Association Inc (2016 to present)
• President/Executive Member, Somerset Soccer Club Inc (1995 to present)

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) UTAS
• Certificate IV in Business Management

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
• Former Member of the Board of Legal Education
• Former President and Board member of the Australian Lace Guild (Public Company Limited by guarantee)

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (UTAS 1976)

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)

Business Experience

• 50 years as farmer at Table Cape including 45 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

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

Business Experience

• 10 years experience in business strategy, both on the consulting side (Boston Consulting Group, House of Brand) and client side, most recently with the University of Tasmania; intermittently tutored business and marketing units at University of Sydney.
• 2 years experience in the start-up space as a co-founder, Somnium Labs

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce (Advanced Studies) (Marketing, Microbiology and Anthropology) (First Class Honours, Marketing), University of Sydney
• Certificate Strategy Execution, Harvard Business School