Ray Weekes
Best advice ever received:
“Surround yourself with the best people, make your expectations clear and constantly demonstrate your trust and confidence in their capacity to deliver.”
Chair Since: 1998
Current Executive / Board positions
- CEO in Residence/Adjunct Professor - Faculty of Business Queensland University of Technology
- Director & advisor to various companies
Memberships
- Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Ray has been involved in senior positions with major fast moving branded consumer products for over twenty years.
Ray's previous roles include Chief Executive of the major multi-national company Rothmans Holding Limited and Managing Director of the globally recognised Castlemaine Perkins.
As Chief Executive of Rothmans Holdings, Ray was responsible for the performance of Group operations in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Ray has been Chair and Director of various listed public companies, private companies, arts companies and not-for-profit organisations.
Ray was Chairman of the QUT Learning Potential Fund and is a member of the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Management Committee. He is a Doctor of the University.