Board of Directors

Tourism Tasmania operates under the Tourism Tasmania Act 1996 and is governed by an eight-member Board appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister.

Grant Hunt

Grant Hunt is the Chairman of Tourism Tasmania Board of Directors. He is Executive Chairman of Anthology, a boutique nature based tourism management and marketing company and of Hunt Tourism Services, a tourism advisory business, both of which he owns and operates.

He is also a member of the CSIRO Stakeholder Group on Climate Change. He has held a number of board roles in the past including as Chairman of Tourism Northern Territory, as a Director of Tourism Australia, ATEC, the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management, and Voyages Hotels and Resorts.

For more than a decade, Grant was the creator and Managing Director of one of Australia’s leading tourism and travel brands – Voyages Hotels and Resorts – and became an industry pioneer in the area of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of projects such as Longitude 131 in Central Australia and Wildman Wilderness Lodge in Top End NT.

He holds Masters of Management Degree, Bachelor of Education Degree and Diploma of Physical and Health Education from the University of Wollongong.

Tony Mayell

Tony Mayell is the Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Tasmania. Mr Mayell has extensive experience in tourism and travel industry organisations in the private and public sectors and has worked in the areas of travel, tourism operations and distribution, transport logistics and tourism policy development and implementation.

Prior to joining Tourism Tasmania in May 2011, Tony was Executive Director Southern Region, with the Northern Territory Department of Chief Minister, and before this held the position of Resort General Manager at Voyages Ayers Rock Resort. He has held a number of other senior positions including Managing Director, Online and Domestic for the AOT group and General Manager Europe for the Australian Tourism Commission, based in London. Previous to this Tony spent five years as Managing Director of the Northern Territory Tourism Commission, during which time he was Chair of the Northern Territory Aviation Committee, a Board member of the Northern Territory Conservation Commission and a member the Government Central Coordination Committee, the Chief Ministers’ Aboriginal Development Forum and the Australian Standing Committee on Tourism.

Tony has also spent five years with Tourism Victoria holding the positions Assistant Director of Product Marketing and General Manager of International Marketing, and worked with both TAA and Ansett.

Mark Kelleher

Mark Kelleher was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Department of  Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts in May 2009.

As  part of the role, Mr Kelleher is the Chief Executive of the Tasmanian  Development Board and a member of the Tourism Tasmania Board. He is also a  member of the Ten Days on the Island Board, the Tasmanian Renewable Energy  Industry Development Board, and the Tasmanian Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Preceding his appointment to  the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts, Mr Kelleher was  Managing Director of Roaring 40s, a leading Australian-based renewable energy  company developing and operating wind farms in Australia, China and India, from  September 2005 until May 2009. During this time he was also a board member of  the Australian Clean Energy Council.

Previously, Mr Kelleher was with Hydro Tasmania for  approximately 12 years. During that time he held a number of senior positions  including General Manager Business Development and General Manager Corporate  and held lead roles in major projects, such as the Tasmanian electricity industry  restructure, Basslink and entry into the National Electricity Market.

Before this, Mr Kelleher was with Telstra, where he  held a number of key positions in financial and strategy areas, and was the  Tasmanian Financial Controller before joining Hydro Tasmania.

Mr Kelleher has a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Tasmania) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. He is also a graduate of the senior executive program at London Business School.

Kimberly Seagram

Kimberly Seagram is co-owner and co-developer of the award-winning Stillwater River Café, Restaurant and Wine Bar in Launceston and Black Cow Bistro. She is currently Deputy Chair of Brand Tasmania, and Chair of the Launceston, Tamar and the North Zone Marketing Group. Prior to Stillwater, Kim and her husband owned and operated Lalla Gully Vineyard and Ripples Café in the Pipers River region of north-east Tasmania.

In 1997, Kim was elected to the Vineyards Association of Tasmania Committee of Management and she continues a high level of involvement with the wine industry, where she has made a significant contribution to strategy and marketing development. Prior to living in Tasmania, Kim held a number of positions in the Canadian tourism industry in operations, sales and promotion.

Simon Currant

Simon Currant is Chairman of the Tourism Industry Council Tasmania, a Director of TT-Line, and leading developer and operator of tourism infrastructure. He is also a member of the Events Committee for the Tourism Tasmania Board.

Simon has also been appointed as the first Chair of the Tourism Quality Council of Australia, a new national body. His past and present developments - among them Cradle Mountain Lodge, Franklin Manor, Strahan Village, Peppermint Bay and Hobart Cruises - have won 11 State and nine national tourism awards. In addition to his current ventures of Peppermint Bay and Hobart Cruises, he is developing the World Heritage Area site of Pumphouse Point, at Lake St Clair.

He also runs a tourism consultancy specialising in remote and natural area tourism. Simon has won national and state Best Small Business awards, a Churchill Fellowship, was state winner and national finalist in the 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year, and was the 2004 Tasmanian of the Year. In 2006 Simon was honoured with a Member of the Order of Australia Award, for service to the community and the Tasmanian tourism industry.

Alison Stubbs

Alison Stubbs is co-founder and General Manager of the award-winning Freycinet Adventures with business partner and husband, Simon. They established Freycinet Adventures with a passion for delivering exceptional service and their achievements have been recognised with two Telstra Tasmanian Small Business Awards and seven Tasmanian Tourism Awards (including the induction into the Awards Hall of Fame in 2004 for Adventure Tourism). Alison was awarded the 2005 Minister’s Young Achiever Award at the Tasmanian Tourism Awards and the Tasmanian Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year in 2003.

Alison is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee for the Tourism Tasmania Board and is also a Director of the Marine and Safety Tasmania Board.

Wayne Kirkpatrick

Wayne Kirkpatrick has extensive business, financial, marketing, sales, tourism, resort management and property development experience. As Managing Director / CEO he has successfully led some of Australia’s most significant resorts over the past 25 years, among them Thredbo Alpine Resort, the two Mirage Resorts in Qld, Ayers Rock Resort and Hamilton Island. He has been a Commissioner of the Northern Territory Tourist Commission, a Director of the Central Australian Tourist Industry Association and past Chairman of Tourism Whitsundays. He was a Director of the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators (Great Barrier Reef), a member of the Tourism Recreation and Reef Advisory Committee and the National Oceans Advisory Group.

He has served as Chairman of Tourism Council Australia, and as a Director of Tourism Task Force and Tourism Australia. In 2003, the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) recognised Wayne’s contribution to the Australian tourism industry with an award, namely Outstanding Contribution to the Industry by an Individual, for Excellence in Exporting the Australian Tourism Experience to the World. Tourism Whitsundays also recognised his work in growing the success of Hamilton Island and the Whitsundays generally, with a similar Outstanding Contribution by an Individual Award.

Wayne is Chairman of Tourism Tasmania’s Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. Wayne also runs his own tourism and business advisory practice.

Brett Torossi

Brett Torossi is a respected Tasmanian property developer and business woman. Brett’s major tourism project is Avalon Coastal Retreat on Tasmania’s east coast. Avalon was awarded the prestigious James Blackburn Triennial Award for excellence in architecture and recognised as Tasmania’s best New Tourism Development in 2006, Tasmania’s best Deluxe Accommodation in 2007 and 2009 and Australia’s best Deluxe Accommodation at the recent National Tourism Awards.

Other projects include the completion of Rocky Hills Retreat on 124 hectares in a dramatic setting above Great Oyster Bay and refurbishing a commercial office building in the Hobart CBD. Her current major development project is 'The Green', an innovative and sustainable development that will be home to around 500 families in the northern suburbs of Launceston. The Green was recognised with an Excellence in Urban Planning Award from the Planning Institute of Australia and a Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Urban Planning from the Institute's Tasmanian Chapter.

Brett is the founder, owner and Managing Director of New Ground Network. Her board appointments include Wallis Watson Capital Ltd - an unlisted property development company based in Victoria; the Tasmanian Development Board and the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation. Brett is completing her Masters Degree in Sustainability Studies.