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Anne Tucker<br />
Anne holds the position of Senior Corporate Solicitor within Tatts Group Limited’s legal group. Since joining<br />
TattsBet in 2005 Anne has been involved in TattsBet’s (formerly UNiTAB Limited) merger with Tatts Group<br />
Limited (formerly Tattersall’s Limited) and the merged company’s subsequent acquisition of Golden Casket in<br />
2007 and New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Limited in 2010.<br />
Anne is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and is Company Secretary of all of the TattsBet<br />
group companies.<br />
Tim Devine<br />
Tim Devine joined Tatts Group Limited in 2009 and holds the position of Senior Corporate Solicitor within Tatts<br />
Group’s legal team. He is primarily responsible for providing legal support for the TattsBet Wagering and<br />
Maxgaming businesses. Prior to joining Tatts Group, Tim held positions as a lawyer in private-practice firms<br />
and in-house.<br />
William Thorburn<br />
Bill Thorburn has wide experience in the gaming industry and had been Chief Executive of Golden Casket<br />
since 1995. In July 2007, Bill was appointed Chief Executive of Tatts Lotteries which currently services six<br />
Australian lottery jurisdictions with combined annual sales of over $3 billion<br />
Sue van der Merwe<br />
Sue van der Merwe’s background is in marketing. After qualifying with a degree majoring in marketing and<br />
economics, Sue held various marketing roles in leading international consumer good companies. In 1990 Sue<br />
joined Golden Casket’s marketing team as Senior Brand Manager. In 1995 Sue was promoted to Director of<br />
Marketing and Sales and then in 2000 to General Manager Lotteries. In July 2007, Sue took on an expanded<br />
role as General Manager Group Lottery Operations for Tatts Lotteries. In this role, Sue is responsible for<br />
strategic oversight of core operational areas of the lottery business including Marketing, Retail, Public<br />
Relations, Social Responsibility/Community and Business Development.<br />
Antony Moore<br />
Antony’s background is in Retail Operations. Antony has a business degree majoring in Economics and<br />
Accounting (Double). Over the past decade, Antony has worked in retail operations at Store Management level<br />
with the Coles Group, as well as spending time in the Coles Retail Merchandise department overseeing the<br />
Queensland Dairy category. He then moved into Multi site roles in the Coles Liquor Group before taking on<br />
State Manager roles in Amart Allsports (Rebel Group) and Retail Adventures Pty Ltd. Most recently Antony<br />
was the Chief Operating Officer of a Contract Cleaning and ecommerce business before joining Tatts Lotteries<br />
as the Head of Retail.<br />
Stephen Lawrie<br />
Stephen Lawrie is the Chief Information Officer for Tatts Group Limited. He began in this role when Tatts<br />
Group Limited (formerly Tattersall’s Limited) and TattsBet Limited (formerly UNiTAB Limited) merged in late<br />
2006, having been the head of Technology with TattsBet Limited since mid 1999. He began his software<br />
development career with TAB Queensland in 1982, and has over 29 years experience with the online<br />
transaction systems. More than 25 years of this has been spent with the current company.<br />
3.2 A summary of relevant business experience of the franchisor in the last 10 years, including:<br />
(a) length of experience in:<br />
(i) operating a business that is substantially the same as that of the franchise; and<br />
(ii) offering other franchises that are substantially the same as the franchise; and<br />
Golden Casket was originally established as “Golden Casket Art Union” in 1916 and has run a lottery<br />
based business since that time.<br />
Golden Casket is now wholly owned and controlled by Tattersall’s Holdings Pty Ltd which in turn is<br />
wholly owned and controlled by Tatts Group who acquired Golden Casket from the Queensland State<br />
Government in 2007.Tatts Group also owns the licensed lottery operator in each of New South Wales<br />
(New South Wales Lottery Corporation Ltd) and Victoria (Tattersall’s Sweep Pty Ltd) and as such<br />
operates the government licensed lotteries in those States<br />
The lottery products sold by Golden Casket and its network have changed and expanded over the<br />
years and Golden Casket currently has in excess of 1,000 lottery outlets throughout Queensland,<br />
Tasmania and Northern Territory and an annual turnover in excess of $800 million.<br />
(b) whether the franchisor has offered franchises for other businesses and, if so:<br />
(i) a description of each such business; and<br />
Not applicable<br />
(ii) for how long the franchisor offered franchises for each such business.<br />
Not Applicable<br />
The franchisor has not offered franchises for other businesses.<br />
Golden Casket Disclosure Document 2011<br />
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