Board of Directors

ATEC is governed by a Board which is elected by the membership on an annual basis at the ATEC Annual General Meeting.

Chairman



Denis Pierce


Denis Pierce has more than 40 years tourism industry experience. As Group Managing Director South Pacific and Managing Director Australia with ATS Pacific, an inbound travel management company, Denis led the company through sustained revenue growth and into a public listing, demonstrating his ability to grow returns from global markets. Denis is a Board member of Tourism NT and a former board member of Tourism New South Wales and Tourism Tropical North Queensland.

Buyer Member Representatives

 


Jacqui Walshe
Managing Director, Southern Travelnet and Vice Chair


Gary Paterson

General Manager of Global Sales, AOT Group


Edwin Kwan
Managing Director, Wel-Travel

 

Seller Member Representatives


Adam Barnard
Director, ADAMS Coachlines

 


Michael Curtis

Business Development Manager International, Queensland Airports Corporation (Gold Coast Airport)
  

Ben Woodward
Director, CAPTA Group

Renae Trimble
Vice President Sales, Digital & Loyalty, AccorHotels Australia

Management Representative


Peter Shelley

Managing Director, Australian Tourism Export Council