🌟 Kick off 2025 with the first Robina Alliance Business Breakfast and gain valuable insights from John Warn, CEO of Experience Gold Coast, as he speaks on the Power of Collaboration and Partnerships! 🌟
Date: Friday, 21 Febuary
Time: 6:45am arrival, 7:15am start, Concluding at 8.45am
Location: Level 4, Anna Rose Room, Robina TAFE
Bookings close: COB Monday 10 February
Cost: $45 per person, including a delicious hot plated breakfast, juice, tea, and coffee.
Parking: Complimentary onsite parking via the EasyPark App. Complementary parking code will be provided at registration.
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About our guest speaker;
John is the Chief Executive Officer for Experience Gold Coast – an exciting new entity focused on driving tourism, events, arts and culture, and education outcomes for the City of Gold Coast. John has had an extensive executive and non-executive career across Hospitality, sport, tourism, executive search, business consulting, and in the retail property sector spanning over 25 years. He has held senior roles with global hotel chain Accor as COO - Pacific, executive search firm Odgers Berndtson, and Westfield (Scentre Group) at Group Executive level. He has worked for other iconic Australian brands including David Jones and Westpac, and earlier in his career worked in investment banking in the UK.
John has held a number of non-executive roles. In January 2025, he was appointed as Chair of the Stadiums Queensland Board, charged with the management of major sports venues including Olympic and Paralympic venues, the Gabba, Suncorp and others on behalf of the Qld State Government. Formerly based in Sydney, he is the immediate past Chairman of the NSW Government's lead tourism agency Destination NSW, and was also the youngest ever Chairman of Cricket NSW, a role he held from early 2013 to June 2018. He also served on the Bradman Foundation as Deputy Chairman from 2019 to 2022.
John completed the esteemed Stanford Executive Program (SEP) at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, in Silicon Valley, California, USA. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders, a Fellow of the Customer Service Institute of Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was made a Life member of Cricket NSW in 2021.
John is married to wife Marg and they have 4 children.
