Currently a public company director of FNQ NRM Ltd., trading as Terrain Natural Resource Management, serving as Director – Industry. Also a director of The Droughtmaster Stud Breeders’ Society Limited and president of its Far North Zone.

I operate, in partnership with my wife Sue, a cane and cattle property at Bilyana in the new CCRC region. We breed mainly Droughtmaster and also Dexter cattle and supply cane to South Johnstone Mill.

Previously Company Secretary of Tully Sugar Ltd. from 1997 until my retirement in 2006.

Before moving to the Far North I was the Company Secretary of Wormald International Limited, a position I held for over twelve years. Wormald, by market capitalisation, was in the top twenty companies in Australia at the time. The sale of this company to overseas interests precipitated my desire for a sea change and consequently a move from Sydney to the Tropics.

Prior to this I worked in accounting and then management positions for public companies including Westfield Holdings, the Soul Pattinson / Brickworks group and Shannons Limited.

My earliest business experience was in chartered accounting with a founding firm for KPMG.

Chairman of the Cassowary Coast Marine Advisory Group to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Currently in my second three-year term as chairman, having served two previous terms as a committee member.

Chairman of the Tully Floodplain Steering Committee, since its inception two years ago. This committee is moving from the planning to implementation stage.

Chairman of Cardwell Shire Catchment Management Association Inc. since 2005. After a name change to reflect amalgamation, this association will be heavily involved in the implementation of the Floodplain Plan.

Chairman of the Industry Advisory Group to Terrain from 2004 to the present.

Inaugural president of the Mission Beach Community Association and currently a vice-president. Previously president of the former South Mission and Wongaling Beaches Community Association for several terms.

Member of the Cardwell Shire Traffic Advisory Committee from 2004 to the present.

Member of the Community Reference Group for the Cardwell Shire Storm Surge and Inundation Study in 2006.

Member of the Cyclone Larry Grant Committee for Environmental Rehabilitation in 2006.

Member of the Rural Water Use Efficiency Committee (round three) in 2006/07.

Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney 1970

Membership of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries 1972

Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia 1973

Our farm, particularly the cattle work and horse riding.

Boating and kayaking, when time permits, unfortunately not often enough.

Many years ago I played grade Rugby in Sydney for the University of Sydney and Hornsby clubs and was a member of the Newport Surf Lifesaving Club.

I have officiated as a qualified referee in the Cairns Rugby competition and I now enjoy watching all football.

Travel, especially to remote areas – recently to East Africa and Cape York.

Married to Sue who is a social worker. Her last position was as Manager of the Cardwell Shire Community Support Centre before her retirement in 2005. Before this she worked for Queensland Health in the Innisfail Community Mental Health Service. Sue is also an artist, and is a foundation member and honorary Secretary of Mission Beach Artists Inc. – a not for profit community based art association. She is the chair of the Cardwell Shire Regional Arts Development Fund Committee (RADF) and has served in this voluntary position for four years, having previously been a RADF committee member since 1998.

I am aged 59 years and live at Mission Beach and Bilyana.

We have four children now adult. By age, Veronica is an artist and arts administrator living in Melbourne, Dean is a lawyer in Adelaide, Katherine is a geologist and mine inspector in Townsville and Mt.Isa and James is a commodities trader in Chicago, U.S.A.

I’m an Aries Rat married to a Leo Ox!