Ray Weekes
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Chairman since:
1998

Current Executive/Board positions:
Chairman of The Brisbane Institute; Chairman of Voxson Ltd; CEOin Residence/Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology; Member of Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Board.

Memberships:
Fellow of The Australian Institute of Company Directors; Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Achievements:
Ray has been involved in senior positions with major fast moving branded consumer products for over twenty years. His previous roles include Chief Executive of the major multinational company Rothmans Holdings Limited and Managing Director of the globally recognised Castlemaine Perkins (makers of XXXX Beer). As Chief Executive of Rothmans Holdings he was responsible for the performance of Group Operations in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and the South Pacific.

Best advice ever received:

“Surround yourself with the best people, make your expectations clear and constantly demonstrate your confidence in their capacity to deliver.”