Beer and Beef September Event - Strathmore Hotel

THURSDAY 15 September 2022

LUNCHEON WILL FEATURE AN ASSORTMENT OF PREMIUM BEERS AND TOP-CLASS BEEF SERVE PLUS CANAPES 

We are very pleased to be able to present

Mr Greg Mackie

A respected cultural advocate, business operator and public sector leader, Greg co-owned the iconic west-end indie literary bookshop,  Imprints Booksellers (1984-2007), co-established Art Zone Gallery  (1986-2000), co-founded the Adelaide West End Association, and led  Adelaide Writers’ Week during the 1990s, before founding the iconic  Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 1999. Notable among a long list of service and governance roles, he served as a Trustee of the Adelaide Festival  Centre Trust, a member of the Libraries Board of SA and as a Member of the Council of the University of South Australia.

Mackie was appointed ‘Arts Supremo’ (Exec Director) Arts SA in 2004  and went on to be Deputy Chief Executive in the Department of the  Premier and Cabinet 2008-11. During this period, among other innovations, he stewarded the leadership of Adelaide Thinkers in  Residence Program, and established The Australian Centre for Social  Innovation (TACSI) and the Integrated Design Commission of SA (IDCSA).  He Chaired the Premier’s Communications Advisory Group for nearly five years and was appointed by the Governor-General to the Council for the  Order of Australia, serving as the SA Government’s representative.

Greg moved to SA Health to become ‘Ageing Provocateur’ in 2012 before leaving to establish his own sole trader consultancy practice in 2013.

Appointed CEO of The History Trust of South Australia in April 2016,  Greg’s long and distinguished service has been formally recognised: he received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2002 for services to the arts; was invested as an inaugural Flinders University  Distinguished Alumni in 2006; received The national Dame Elizabeth  Murdoch Cultural Leadership Award in 2007, and the Inaugural $50,000  Bettison James Award in 2015.

MEMBER ENTRY TIME 11:45am

KEG OPENS 12:00pm

SEATING TIME 12.30PM

Member cost $70 and $70 for re-attending guests.

Please ensure your acceptance and payment is made by Friday, 10th September 2022  

ALL BOOKINGS MUST BE MADE VIA the ADELAIDE BEER & BEEF WEBSITE. 

LATE RESPONSES WILL PRECLUDE YOUR ATTENDANCE