Past Roles & Directorships.
RODGER L POWELL
Roles
- Tourism & Hospitality Services AustralAsia – Managing Director (current)
- Tourism Accommodation Australia – Managing Director
- BIG4 Holiday Parks – Managing Director
- Australian International Hospitality Group – Managing Director and Executive Chairman
- Best Western Australia – Chief Executive Officer
- Daydream Island resort – Chief Executive Officer
- Tourism Whitsundays – Chief Executive Officer
- Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation (now IHG) – various senior executive roles – Asia and Australia
- Bally Systems – Assistant to the President – USA
- Conrad International Hotels – Assistant Manager
- Hayles Hotels and Resorts – General Manager
- Lion Nathan Hotels – Senior Assistant Manager – NZ
Directorships
- Director, Visit Sunshine Coast (current)
- Director, Gawura Indigenous Foundation & St Andrews Foundation (current)
- Chairman, BIG4 Holiday Parks
- Chairman, Inland NSW Tourism
- Chairman Adventure Aerospace
- Chairman, Otway Pork
- Chairman, Austcane Energy
- Chairman, QLD Regional Tourism Associations
- Deputy Chair, University of NSW School of Business – School of Marketing -Reference Group
- Director, Baseball NSW and the Sydney Blue Sox
- Director, Tourism Task Force (TTF)
- Director, Business Events Sydney
- Director, Sydney Visitors and Convention Bureau
- Committee Member, World Baseball Classic Qualifier
- Committee Member, Kings School Rugby Club
- Committee Member, Broadwater Tower Body Corporate
Associations and Memberships
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Management (FAIM)
- AICD Company Directors – Advanced Diploma
- Member – Queensland Tourism Industry Council
- Member – Visit Sunshine Coast
HEATHER LINNELL
Roles
- Tourism & Hospitality Services AustralAsia, Senior Consultant, (current)
- AEC Group, Consultant, (current)
- TRI Consulting, Senior Tourism and Hospitality Consultant – UK and Europe
- PKF Hotel Consulting, Tourism and Hotel Consultant- UK
- Grant Thornton Kessel Feinstein Tourism Consulting, Tourism Development Consultant – South Africa
LUISA DAVIDSON
Roles
- Tourism & Hospitality Services AustralAsia, Project and FF+E Procurement Manager, (current)
- Tourism Accommodation Australia, Programs Manager
- Hamilton Island, Property & Development Project Management
- Hamilton Island, Executive Assistant
- Hamilton Island, Public Relations
- Ayers Rock Resort, Public Relations
- Southern Pacific Hotels (now IHG), Various supervisory hotel operations roles
Craig Davidson
Roles
- Visit Sunshine Coast, Interim CEO, (current)
- Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, Chief Special Projects Officer
- Tourism & Hospitality Services AustralAsia, Senior Associate
- Ardent Leisure Theme Parks, Chief Executive Officer
- Tourism Australia, General Manager Destination Development
- Anthology, Chief Executive Officer
- Hamilton Island, Executive General Manager
- Ayers Rock Resort, Resident Manager
- Southern Pacific Hotels (now IHG), various senior executive roles Asia and Australia
Directorships
- Director, Gold Coast Tourism Corporation
- Bond University Remote Indigenous Communities, “Yarning Up” Participant, Lockhart River
- Bond University Mentor, Tourism & Leisure
- Hotel Advisory Panel Member, AAA Tourism Star Ratings Australia Scheme Review Project
- Chairman, Tourism Whitsundays
- Director, Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators
- Director, Ecotourism Australia
Associations and Memberships
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Company Directors Course
- Executive Development Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Simon Smith
Roles
- Tourism & Hospitality Services AustralAsia, Senior Consultant, (current)
- AEC Group, Principal Consultant (current)
- AEC Group, CEO
- Local Government Independent Review Facilitator
- Queensland Treasury, Senior Finance Officer
Directorships
- Chairman, AEC Group
- Advisory Committee Team Member, Dallecort Financial Services
Associations and Memberships
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Management (FAIM)
- Member, The Research Society (MTRS)
- Professional Member, Economic Society of Australia (PMESA)
- Past President Economics Alumni University of Queensland