Board of Directors

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Corey Tai - CEO & Executive Director is a passionate golfer and the founder of Golferholics.com. He was born in Hong Kong and in 1967, when he was 11, his family moved to Melbourne. Corey embarked on his first business venture,as a 20-year-old, opening a restaurant. He moved to Brisbane in 1981 and went on to start one of Australia’s first personal computer businesses. It became a major importer, manufacturer and distributor of computers and peripherals. Corey has undertaken more than a dozen property developments since 1989. His love of golf started 21 years ago and he today has a handicap of 12. He has devoted the past five years to making Golferholics.com a reality.

John Fletcher - Director is a former CEO of two of Australia’s major listed companies – the retailer Coles Group and the diversified Brambles Industries. He graduated as an Australian Army officer in the early 1970s, joined Brambles in 1974 and spent 27 years with the company, including in a London-based role. John became Brambles’ CEO in 1993, retiring in 2001. Within a matter of weeks he was lured back to work by Coles Group. John retired from Coles on the takeover of the business by Wesfarmers for a record $20 billion. Today he is a director of automotive servicing group Midas and US-based Intelligent Global Pooling Systems. He is also a member of the Department of Defence Strategic Reform Advisory Board.

Trevor O'Hoy - Director is a former president and chief executive officer of liquor industry giant the Foster’s Group. He achieved the roles 28 years after starting as a cadet with Carlton and United, an arm of Foster’s. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Monash University and is a graduate of the Harvard University advanced management program for international managers.The accolades he received while at Foster’s included being named BRW magazine’s most admired CEO of 2005. The Melbourne-based businessman has emulated his business success in sport, where he is on the boards of Cricket Victoria, Cricket Australia, and the North Melbourne Football Club. He is chairman of the charitable Ponting Foundation.

Paul Raye - Financial Controller & Director is an accountant with 24 years’ experience in public practice. For the past 18 years he has been the principal of Melbourne-based PR accountants, which services a number of inter-state clients. His roles in the early part of his working career included as a project officer with the Department of Transport’s lighthouse service and then as an exhibition project officer with the Department of Trade. This latter role involved planning and implementing Australian trade shows and exhibitions around the world. He is a Collingwood Football Club member and his passion for sailing has seen him navigate the east of Australia over the past 24 years.

Sue Mulready - Advisor to the Board has more than 20 years’ experience in the conference and hospitality industries. Her golf ‘connection’ dates back to the early 1970s when she worked with one of Australia’s first major golf resorts. She went on to take general manager roles at the Westpac Conference Centre and Medina’s five-star serviced apartments in Sydney and at the Apollo Charleston, Newcastle’s leading hotel. For five years from the mid-1990s Sue was involved in the organization and running of major national and international conferences for corporates and associations. Golferholics.com, to provide optimum service to its women members, is utilizing her experience, both on golf issues and in meeting the golfing requirements of travelers and corporates.