Louise Wakefield is a seasoned executive leader with extensive experience in industry development, governance, and business strategy.

She joined GRNSW as a Non-Executive Director in September 2023 and currently serves on a number of our committees.

In addition to her role at GRNSW, she is the Chair of Southern Tablelands Arts, following four years on its board.

As Executive General Manager at Industry Capability Network, Louise brings strong leadership and stakeholder engagement expertise.

She is also the Founder of LeadSpace and a dedicated mentor and coach. Louise holds an Executive MBA, further strengthening her expertise in business leadership and organisational transformation.

Greg has more than 30 years experience in the funds management industry. He has held senior Capital Raising and client relationship roles at Macquarie, Perpetual, and Dimensional, and has led Operations and Client Service teams at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Macquarie Funds Management.

From 2011 to 2019 he was a partner in Apostle Funds Management, and more recently assisted a Sydney-based Funds Manager with their efforts in the Institutional market on a part-time basis.

Greg is an experienced Director, and has served as an Executive Director of Apostle Funds Management and a Non-Executive Chairman of ASX-listed Gladiator Resources.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Member Co and Greyhound Racing New South Wales, and is also on the Board of ASX-listed Mayfield Childcare.

He has received Directorship qualifications with and is an active member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Craig Meagher has over 25 years of success leading market expansion and revenue growth, digital transformation and governance reform whilst building high performance cultures. across sport, gaming, professional services, technology, consulting, government relations and the not-for-profit sectors.

Craig worked in marketing career roles with Procter and Gamble and Reckitts. He was General Manager, Sydney Cricket Ground Trust where he developed membership, media and commercial programs for one of Australia’s premier sporting precincts, supporting major events, stakeholder engagement and venue development.

He was General Manager & Director, Stars Group where he managed a $400m P&L, 200 staff and helped drive Stars Group to 100 million customers and a $4.9 billion sale.

Craig was Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Kings and built commercial partnerships, expanded fan engagement and prepared the franchise for a successful sale.

He also served as Chief Executive Officer at Bicycle NSW leading the state’s peak cycling advocacy body, driving membership growth, government engagement and strategic partnerships and events to position the organisation as a leading voice in active transport.

Craig was Managing Director at Prosci and led the expansion of a global change management practice delivering digital transformation initiatives, advisory services and embedding best practice frameworks with corporate and government clients and was Chief Executive Officer, Strata Association leading the organisation in new events, membership and digital programs and helped to create governance reform.

Craig has previous Board Leadership Roles with Harness Racing NSW, Oceania Rugby, and current Board Leadership Roles with Bowls Australia and Meals on Wheels NSW.

Steve was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission (GWIC) where he led the implementation of eTrac, a World’s first whole-of-life electronic tracking system for greyhounds. 

Early in his career spent 13 years as a Detective Senior Sergeant with the NSW Police Force, with postings to the Drug Enforcement Agency, Organised Crime Unit and Internal Affairs.

Steve had over thirty years’ experience working in senior executive roles within government responsible for the delivery of government regulatory services and transformational change. As Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Service NSW, he led an innovative redesign of the way customers of Government access services.

Before joining GWIC Steve was the Chief Executive Officer and first Building Commissioner in Queensland.

Steve’s career demonstrates a strong commitment to continuous improvement, organisational change and an ability to deliver results. Steve has a proven track record and is a recognised expertise in leading and delivering transformational change.

Nick Santucci comes to GRNSW from Tabcorp where he was the General Manager, Industry Affairs.

Prior to Tabcorp, Nick worked as Group Manager, Business Development, at The Star Entertainment Group following periods of working as advisor to a number of NSW Government Ministers.

Nick is a qualified lawyer who practiced for a number of years at Clayton Utz.

Nick’s expertise and experience in wagering and working within a government operating environment will be invaluable as he leads the work to settle new broadcast right agreements along with other key industry sustainability projects.

Brian Charman comes to GRNSW from Racing NSW where he was General Manager of welfare and operations.

Prior to that role he had almost a decade overseeing regional thoroughbred racing clubs across NSW, particularly in the role of Executive Officer of Country Racing NSW, and prior to those twenty years as a certified practicing accountant whilst having Board member role experience with a thoroughbred racing club.

Brian comes from a thoroughbred racing family that was involved with greyhounds for many years, and his experience and expertise aligns perfectly with GRNSW’s desire to work closely with racing clubs to deliver the best racing product possible and returns to participants.

Mark comes from a strong animal welfare background having been the CEO of the NSW Animal Welfare league for five years.

During his tenure at AWLNSW, Mark designed and built the first and only B-Double mobile vet clinic in the world, was deployed by government in 2019 -2020 bushfires as a frontline welfare provider for animals, deployed to 2022 Lismore floods to lead animal recovery efforts and as a consequence was awarded the National Emergency Medal by the Governor General.

Mark then moved into the native animal space and worked nationally with renown organisations and government to both develop native animal recovery and care curricula with First Nations People’s as well as worked on the re-introduction and relocation of critically endangered native species.

Mark has also advised State and Federal governments on welfare and bio-security issues for primary production, companion and native animals inclusive of pre-emptive and recovery measures.

Joy has extensive corporate service background in Australia and internationally.

Joy has been with the organisation since late 2024 and during this time has delivered a substantial uplift in people, culture, systems and governance programs.

With a sound skill set and strong investment in our people, this has positioned her well in the continuous improvement and organisational development we seek to serve our industry.

Joy holds a Masters of Business Adminstration, Graduate Certificate in Human Resources, qualified Myers Briggs profile assessor, and TAE certified.