Racing NT Board

• Industry Governance: Overseeing the management, regulation, and promotion of thoroughbred and greyhound racing in the NT.
• Strategic Leadership: Providing overall direction and developing effective long-term strategies, policies and business plans.
• Financial Oversight: Monitoring financial performance, adopting budgets, and implementing effective risk management frameworks.
• Regulatory and Integrity Management: Ensuring compliance with the Act, managing the Rules of Racing, and promoting and maintaining high standards in relation to regulatory and integrity services.
• Animal Welfare: Developing and managing strategic policies and programs for thoroughbred and greyhound welfare.
• Commercial Growth: Identifying and developing non-government revenue sources to secure the sustainability and improve the capability and capacity of NT race clubs and the industry more generally.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Building effective relationships with clubs, participants, government, wagering service providers and sponsors.
• CEO Management: Appointing, supporting, and evaluating the performance of the Chief Executive Officer of Racing NT.

• Experience as a non-executive director on for-profit and not-for-profit companies and/or associated incorporations;
• Strong board governance and board leadership capability;
• Senior executive leadership experience;
• Professional qualifications and experience in financial, legal, human resource, government relations, property development, hospitality, communications or marketing related roles;
• Proven commercial acumen and experience forming or overseeing commercial partnerships, particularly within consumer-facing organisations;
• Ability to provide strategic governance oversight and contribute to organisational performance through executive accountability; and
• Knowledge of the Australian racing industry, including an understanding of the complexities of racing clubs and their governance.

To be a director of Racing NT, as a company limited by guarantee in Australia, individuals must meet specific eligibility requirements enforced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS), which are:

1. Director Identification Number (Director ID): All directors must apply for a unique 15-digit director ID through the ABRS. This must be done before appointment for any director.
2. Age requirement: A director must be at least 18 years old.
3. No disqualification: A director must not be disqualified from managing corporations. This includes not being currently bankrupt or having convictions for criminal offences involving dishonesty (e.g., fraud).
4. Consent to act: All directors must sign a written consent to act as a director, which the company must keep on record.
5. Residential address: All directors must provide their current residential address, although there are limited circumstances for using an alternative address if personal safety is at risk.

Other eligibility requirements to be a director of Racing NT

6. Race club involvement: The director must not have served on the board/committee, or been an employee, of an NT race club in the past 2 years (since 1 July 2024).
7. Racing animal ownership: The director cannot have a financial interest in registered thoroughbreds or greyhounds in Australia. To be appointed, the person must divest themselves of such interests before taking up the director role.