MATTHEW MCGRATH
CHAIRMAN
Matthew McGrath led the independent Racing Review in 2025 and has extensive board experience from two of Australia’s largest sporting organisations.
Matt was Chairman of the Australian Turf Club Board from 2018 to 2022 and has been on the Cronulla Sharks NRL Board since 2021. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors completing that course in 2015.
Matt owned and operated 16 Telstra Shops from 2004 to 2022 across Sydney which was a combination of Retail and Business Shops, plus an Australian based Call Centre. Customer service and setting and managing team goals are key, both in Retail and the Racing industry.
He owns racehorses and has a strong passion for the industry and the welfare of the racing animals and the people that care for them across all Codes.
MICHELLE MORTON
MEMBER
Michelle Morton is a Townsville-based Board Member with more than 30 years’ experience in the legal profession. She is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in both Workplace Relations and Personal Injury law.
Michelle is a Managing Partner in a law firm and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She brings extensive Board experience in financial management and organisation as well as risk management, regulatory compliance and corporate and public sector governance having served on boards in the health industry, insurance and a national sporting organisation.
JANE PRENTICE
MEMBER
Jane Prentice has extensive experience in politics and business. Since retiring from politics in 2019, she has continued contributing through board and community roles.
KYM DALY
MEMBER
Kym Daly is a seasoned participant in the Thoroughbred racing industry with extensive experience in integrity services and stewarding. He was previously employed by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission.
With family roots in Dalby on the western Darling Downs, Kym has been involved in the racing industry from a young age. He was initially licensed as a Thoroughbred strapper in his early teenage years before becoming involved in the harness industry as a licensed driver while completing a teaching degree at university.
Over the past 38 years, he has combined his two passions for education and training with stewarding and integrity, working across both the Thoroughbred and Harness codes. As a stipendiary steward, he has officiated at numerous thoroughbred tracks and has worked at all current harness tracks throughout Queensland. Through his work in industry training, he has collaborated closely with apprentice jockeys and cadet stipendiary stewards in Australia and internationally.
Most recently, Kym was the Thoroughbred lead in the Queensland Government Racing Review and now contributes to the progression and development of all three racing codes as a Racing Queensland Board member.
SALLY BRANSON
MEMBER
Sally Branson is a seasoned public affairs specialist with over twenty-five years of diverse experience in diplomatic, military, government, political, not-for-profit, and corporate sectors.
She is the Founder and Director of The Sally Branson Consulting Group and a leading specialist in crisis management, special situation strategy and reputation management.
Sally has a keen interest in issues of regional access and equity, bringing this focus to her roles as Board Director of COPE: Centre of Perinatal Excellence and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. She brings extensive board and advisory experience in risk management, regulatory and public affairs strategy, governance and stakeholder engagement across health, rural leadership and broader corporate sectors.
GRAHAM QUIRK
MEMBER
Following 34 years in public life including three years as Deputy Mayor and eight years as Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk handed over the reins of City Hall to pursue his passion for breeding racehorses and Auctioneering.
During his time as Lord Mayor, Graham oversaw the development of the Prefeasibility and Full Feasibility studies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2032 bid in his role as Chairman of the Council of Mayors of South East Queensland.
Graham is a member of the Board of Racing Australia, and serves on the Board of Unitywater. He was previously Chair of the Lockyer Valley and Somerset Water Collaborative.
Graham grew up at Doomben and fondly recounts how the champion Gunsynd (The Goondiwindi Grey) walked up and down his street every day before heading to Tommy Smith’s stables in Sydney.
Although appointed as the Thoroughbred representative, Graham has held an interest in all racing codes and became a licensee in Queensland at 17 years of age.
JODIE JONES
MEMBER
Jodie Jones has extensive experience as a Principal and Deputy Principal of State Primary Schools in the Central Queensland and metropolitan Brisbane areas, and therefore has a passion for education and training.
Having been involved in the harness racing industry as an owner and breeder for more than 30 years, she is the wife to a trainer/driver, and also boasts a daughter who has become a successful trainer/driver in her own right.
Jodie has been a committee member for a variety of racing clubs and associations in Central Queensland and Brisbane. She is a life member of the Queensland Junior Harness Racing Association Inc. and has previously held a stablehand’s licence.
While appointed as the harness representative, she has a keen interest in the other two codes of racing, and is a current and past owner of thoroughbreds.
Jodie is a Board member of Harness Racing Australia.
GARY HEATH
MEMBER
Gary Heath has served as a director at All-Rig Lifting & Engineering Supplies for more than three decades.
Headquartered in Townsville, the family-owned operation includes a footprint in Indonesia and employs more than 50 people across both branches with Gary overseeing its financial management.
Over the same period, Gary has served in a variety of roles in the greyhound industry including as a licensed trainer and President of the Townsville Greyhound Racing Club.
In 2023, the Townsville Greyhound Racing Club awarded him life membership, whilst he has previously held roles as President of the Queensland Greyhound Affiliation and as a member of Racing Queensland’s Greyhound Advisory Panel.
In 2025, he received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Queensland Greyhound Awards and was recently appointed as a director for Greyhounds Australasia.
