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RACING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2016
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DIRECTORS
The following person was a director of Racing Australia
Limited during the financial:
Racing Queensland
Nominated Director
Ian Hall (Resigned 31/04/2016)
COMPANY SECRETARY
The following person was company secretary of
Racing Australia Limited during the financial year:
Myles Foreman (Appointed 13/06/2006)
ALTERNATIVE DIRECTORS
The following persons were alternative directors of
Racing Australia Limited during the financial:
Racing Queensland
Alternative Director
Samuel Adams (Appointed 27/04/2016)
Thoroughbred Racing SA
Alternative Director
James Watters (Appointed 18/05/2015)
Racing and Wagering WA
Alternative Director
John Yovich (Appointed 09/09/2015)
STEVEN WILSON AM
Racing Queensland
Nominated Director
Appointed: 01/04/2016
Current positions
• Chairman, Racing Queensland
• Director and Co-Founder, Pinnacle
Investment Management Group Ltd
• Chairman, Russo Business School
• Director, The Centre for
Impendent Studies
• Committee, Brisbane
Development Association
• Trustee, University of Queensland
Rugby Union Foundation
• Director, Australian Oil Shale
Holdings Ltd
Previous positions
• Chairman, Southbank Corporation
• Founding Chairman, Hyperion
Asset Management
• Director, Telstra Corporation
• Councilor, Queensland University
of Technology
• Chairman, Queensland Rugby Union
• Chairman, St John’s Cathedral
Completion Fund
• Member, Brisbane Stock Exchange
Awarded Member of the Order
of Australia in 2011 for service
to business, and to the financial
services industry in Queensland,
and to the community through
leadership roles in cultural
heritage, sport, and social welfare
organisations.
ROBERT PEARSON
Racing and Wagering WA
Nominated Director.
Appointed: 13/04/2015
Current positions
• Deputy Chairman Racing and
Wagering Western Australia
• Chairperson and Managing
Director Statewide Oil Distributors
• Vice Patron of East Perth Football
Club
Previous positions
• Principal Director, Australian
Racing Board
• Chairman, Australian Racing Board
• Director, Racing Information
Services Australia
• President, East Perth Football Club
• Committee Member, WATC
• Director, WA Betting Control Board
• Director, WA Swimming Association
• Director, WA TAB Board
• Executive Director Asian Racing
Federation
DESMOND GLEESON
Canberra Racing Club,
Thoroughbred Racing NT,
Tasracing
Nominated Director.
Appointed: 13/04/2015
Current positions
• Director, Tasracing
Previous positions
• Member Match Review Panel, AFL
• Director Integrity Services /
Chairman of Stewards,
Racing Victoria