About
Board Members
Roger Locke
President
Roger Locke, of Mt Stuart, has been a Director since 1987 and was elected President in October 2007. He is Chairman of RACT Pty Ltd, RACT Holdings Pty Ltd and the Governance & Remuneration Committee. As RACT President, he is also a Director of the Australian Automobile Association.
Roger's professional qualifications include a Graduate Diploma in Professional Management and he is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Prior to his retirement in July 2007, he was a Chartered Professional Engineer with SEMF Pty Ltd.
Stuart Slade
Vice President
Stuart Slade, of Berriedale, has been a Director since 1997 and was elected Vice President in 2004. Stuart is a Director of RACT Pty Ltd and RACT Holdings Pty Ltd, Chairman of the Road & Traffic Committee and a Member of the Governance & Remuneration Committee. He also represents the RACT on the National Black Spot Program Tasmanian Consultative Panel.
His professional qualifications include obtaining a Company Directors' Diploma, a Graduate Diploma in Health Science, a Graduate Certificate in Risk Management, and being admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Member of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia, a Chartered Professional Member of the Safety Institute of Australia and a Registered Safety Professional (Aust).
Stuart is the Principal Consultant of Risk Management Options, Business Continuity Institute of Australia and Corporate Governance Options. He is also an Alderman of the Glenorchy City Council and a Director of the O Group.
Peter Joyce
Vice President
Peter Joyce, of Sandy Bay, was appointed to the RACT Board in February 2005 and elected Vice President in February 2008. He is a Director of RACT Pty Ltd, Chairman of the Investment Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management and Governance & Remuneration Committees.
Peter's professional and academic qualifications include a Master of Commercial Law from Deakin University in 1999 and membership of the Taxation Institute of Australia (Tasmanian Division). Peter is Chairman of Partners at Butler McIntyre & Butler, one of the State's largest law firms, his professional specialty being business law.
Josephine Archer
Director
Jo Archer, of Launceston, joined the Board on 1st July 2006. She is a member of the RACT's Road & Traffic Committee.
Jo has a strong background in business and economic development, media, event management and destination marketing. After 10 years as Executive Officer for the Launceston Chamber of Commerce, she is now the Launceston Community Engagement and Development Manager for the University of Tasmania.
Jo is particularly keen to ensure that the interests of northern Tasmanians are well represented at a State level.
Ted Best, AM
Immediate Past President
Ted Best AM, of Sandy Bay, has been a Director since 1994 and is the Immediate Past President, having been President from 2004 to 2007. During that period, he also served as a Director of the Australian Automobile Association. He is a member of the Road & Traffic, Investment and Governance & Remuneration Committees as well as being a Director of RACT Pty Ltd and RACT Holdings Pty Ltd.
Ted holds the qualifications of Bachelor of Engineering with 1st Class Honours and Bachelor of Science (University of Tasmania) and Master of Business Administration (Deakin University). He is a Justice of the Peace, a Fellow of the Australian Institution of Engineers and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. For 42 years, Ted had a distinguished career with Cadbury-Schweppes Pty Ltd.
David Catchpole
Director
David Catchpole, of Sandy Bay, has been a Director since 1989 and served as President of the Club from 1994 to 1997. He also served as a Director of the Australian Automobile Association during that period. David is a Director of RACT Pty Ltd and RACT Holdings Pty Ltd.
His professional and academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Tasmania and a Diploma of Financial Planning. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs, a Certified Financial Planner and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
David is a Principal of Shadforth Financial Group. In October 2007, he was granted Honorary Life Membership of the RACT for special services rendered to the club.
Bruce Clark
Director
Bruce Clark joined the Board in March 2008. A resident of Burnie, Bruce was Managing Director of Clarks Home Hardware (formerly Les Clark & Sons), a family business operating in Burnie for 61 years until the sale of the business in 2007.
He has had close links with the RACT through his active involvement over the past 22 years as a member of the Club's North West Regional Advisory Committee which focuses on regional road safety and traffic issues. Bruce also maintains strong community involvement through his membership of the Rotary Club of Burnie and the Burnie Chamber of Commerce.
Peter Dixon
Director
Peter Dixon, of Launceston, joined the Board in July 2007. He is a member of the RACT's Road & Traffic Committee and Chairman of the RACT's Northern Regional Advisory Committee which focuses on regional road safety and traffic issues.
Peter has extensive legal and business experience, having obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1967 at the University of Melbourne and an MBA at the University of Tasmania in 1995. He is Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) and Lecturer in Management within the Faculty of Business at the University of Tasmania.
Robin Holmes
Director
Robin Holmes, of Sandy Bay, was elected a Director in 2001 and he is currently Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. Robin is an Associate of the Australian Society of Accountants.
He retired in 2006 as General Manager, Redline Coaches Pty Ltd., a wholly owned Tasmanian company operating passenger transport, tourism ventures and freight services throughout Tasmania.
Chris Langdon
Director
Chris Langdon, of Sandford, has been a Director since 1988. He is also a Director of RACT Pty Ltd and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and the Investment Committee.
By profession, Chris was a Chartered Accountant prior to his recent retirement and was a Principal of WHK, a national financial services and business advisory company.
Tony Stacey, AM
Director
Tony Stacey AM, of Howrah, has been a Director since 1992 and served as President from 2000 to 2003. He was also a Board member of the Australian Automobile Association and served as President of the AAA from 2002 to 2004. His other Board appointments are as a Director of RACT Pty Ltd and RACT Holdings Pty Ltd and a member of the Investment and Road & Traffic Committees.
He remains actively involved on the Boards of a number of Tasmanian organisations. Prior to his retirement, Tony was Chief Executive and a Director of Blundstone Pty Ltd. In October 2007, Tony was granted Honorary Life Membership of the RACT for special services rendered and in June 2008, he was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his service to the footwear manufacturing industry and to the community through executive roles with a range of arts, motoring and service groups.
Kathryn Westwood
Director
Kathryn Westwood, of Lindisfarne, joined the Board in July 2006 and is a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and a Director of RACT Holdings Pty Ltd. She has a broad commercial background in finance and administration, having worked both in the private and public sectors in insurance, forestry, zinc smelting, water and local government industries. Her current role is Manager Finance, Nyrstar.
Among Kathryn's educational qualifications are a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Tasmania and a Company Directors Course Diploma. She is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the National Institute of Accountants, an Associate of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
