Richard Morrison
Position: Chairman
Special responsibilities: Chair of Master Planning Sub-committee, Chairman of BRC Foundation Sub-committee, and Member of People and Culture Sub-committee.
Qualifications and experience: Richard is a property professional with more than two decades’ experience in commercial agency and development. He is director of Morrison Project Consulting, a broad service real estate advisory firm operating across investment, development and agency sectors. A racehorse owner since the mid 1990’s, Richard is a passionate racing enthusiast who has raced many horses in Brisbane and interstate. He is also a committee member of the Kingston Town Club (KTC) which hosts annual racing events that raise funds for various charities.
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Terry Svenson, gaicd
Position: Vice-Chairman
Special responsibilities: Chairman of People and Culture Sub-committee, and Member of Finance, Governance and Risk Management.
Qualifications and experience: BA, GradDip.Mgt, GAICD. Terry is Chief Executive Officer at Queensland Cricket. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of a global consumer goods business and has held numerous Non-Executive Director roles across business and sport. Terry has extensive business strategy, leadership, consumer marketing, and corporate governance experience. Terry has owned and raced horses with trainers across Brisbane and Sydney.
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Curt Schatz
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Chairman of New Business Development Sub-committee and Member of Master Planning Sub-committee.
Qualifications and experience: LLB. Curt is Managing Partner of Mullins Lawyers’ and leads their property and hospitality practice. He has more than 30 years’ experience in property, liquor and gaming law. He has owned and bred racehorses in Australia and New Zealand for more than two decades.
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Steve Gagel
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Chairman of Finance, Governance and Risk Management Sub-committee and Member of New Business Development Sub-committee.
Qualifications and experience: BComm, FCA, GAICD. Steve is a Director at Prosperity Advisers Group and has extensive accounting and business experience across a broad range of industries and management operations including tourism and hospitality, hotel operations and the wider sporting industry. Steve has a genuine passion for the horse racing industry and with his wife continue to invest in the industry with shares in a number of horses.
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Jennifer Creaton gaicd
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Member of Licensed Clubs, Master Planning and BRC Foundation Sub-committees.
Qualifications and experience: GAICD Jennifer has worked in the financial services industry for over 26 years. Jennifer currently works as an Executive Risk Manager for an ASX-listed insurance company in the Commercial and Personal Injury business. Her role is to implement risk frameworks and to ensure that decisions, processes and procedures are performed within legislative and regulatory requirements.
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James Frayne
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Member of Finance, Governance and Risk Management Sub-committee
Qualifications and experience: B.Bus, CA, MBA, MAICD. James is the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for an emerging ASX listed software company. He has over ten years’ experience in public practice accounting and leading finance functions. James has owned horses based in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Toowoomba.
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Kate Davies
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Member of Master Planning Sub-committee and Member of People and Culture Sub-committee.
Qualifications and experience: GAICD BA, BBus, GCert PubAffairs, GAICD. Kate is an accomplished c-suite executive with more than 20 years of leadership in public administration, policy development, strategy, governance and sports administration. As CEO of Netball Queensland, Kate stewards the governance and growth of the sport throughout the state as well as the management of the iconic Queensland Firebirds and Nissan Arena. Kate has a genuine passion for the thoroughbred racing industry and holds interests in an all-female syndicate.
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Michael Pearson
Position: Director
Special responsibilities: Member of Master Planning Sub-committee and Member of Finance, Governance Risk Management Sub-committee.
Qualifications and experience: BA Law, BA Arts, Graduate AICD (International), Diploma of Corporate Administration, Diploma of Investor Relations. Michael is a seasoned executive leader with over two decades of global experience in corporate governance, legal strategy and risk, property and commercial operations across publicly listed international enterprises. Throughout his career, Michael has been instrumental in steering organisations through significant operational and cultural transformation. His expertise spans across mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, property transactions and stakeholder engagement. Michael is currently a Board & Governance Principal with Directors Australia and has held many formal and informal roles in the racing industry over the last 35 years and currently races horses in Queensland and interstate
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