Greg Shaw

As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Group, Greg is responsible for the overall coordination of the Group's activities including strategy, acquisitions, financial management and operations.

Greg's previous 15 years experience in hotel and leisure operations focused on turning around underperforming hotel and resort properties.  Indeed, during his 10 years at listed hotel owner and operator, Koala Corporation, he was instrumental in overhauling a portfolio of loss making hotel and resort properties to deliver profitable businesses.

Prior to joining Ardent, Greg was Managing Director of Port Douglas Reef Resorts Limited, a listed hotel owner and property development group.  In this role, Greg was awarded the Australian Chartered Accountant in Business Award for a $6 million profit turnaround in two years.  It is this experience that equipped Greg to steer Ardent Leisure's exceptional performance as Australia's best performing property trust in recent years.

Richard Johnson

Richard became CFO of Ardent Leisure Group in December 2004.  After practising as a chartered accountant in London from 1988 to 1993, he specialised in the sports and leisure industry where he now has 16 years experience.

From 1993 to 2003, Richard occupied a number of senior financial positions in Europe for IMG, the Mark McCormack Group of sports marketing companies.

Richard moved to Australia with his family in 2003 and was CFO and acting CEO of the Australian Soccer Association prior to joining Ardent Leisure Group.

Marcus Anketell

Marcus joined d'Albora Marinas in January 2011, having been the manager of the Northern Region for AMF Bowling for the previous five years. Prior to this, Marcus enjoyed a successful career in the hospitality and tourism industry with almost 20 years of experience in the areas of hotel and resort management and operations. He was a founding director and operations manager of Plaza Hotels Australia and has undertaken business consultancy roles both locally and abroad.

Jordan Rodgers

Jordan Rodgers joined AMF in May 2007 as Chief Operating Officer and assumed the role of CEO for AMF in September 2007.  Jordan has 20 years experience in operations, development and consultancy in the hospitality industry.  Most recent roles include General Manager, InterContinental Sydney for InterContinental Hotels Group, Director of Development for Rydges Hotels Limited (a division of Amalgamated Holdings) and Regional Manager Victoria/Tasmania for Rydges Hotels Limited.  In addition, Jordan has held several hotel general management positions and consulted to the hotel industry in the areas of asset management, operator selection, acquisitions and due diligence. 

Roy Menachemson

Roy has worked in the bowling divisions since acquisition in 2004.  Originally heading up the business as CEO, Roy moved to the CEO Development role in 2007.  In this role, Roy oversees new bowling centre developments and refurbishment of existing centres.  Roy's experience in the leisure industry led to his role as the incumbent Chair of the Advisory Board at the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism Management within the business faculty of the University of Technology, Sydney.

Tim Innes

Tim joined Ardent Leisure as AMF Operations Manager in 2005, moving to the role of CEO Kingpin Bowling in 2006.  Prior to this, Tim had over 25 years experience in hospitality covering all areas of operations and management of hotels and resorts, night clubs, restaurants and retail liquor outlets.  He has managed hotels and resorts under contract for various banks and receivers including Ferrier Hodgson, KPMG and PPB.  Previous executive positions included Operations Manager of Koala Corporate, founder and CEO of Plaza Hotels Australia Pty Ltd and Managing Director of Travel Globe Holidays Pty Ltd.

Charlie Keegan

Charlie joined Main Event Entertainment in October 2006.  Charlie has over 25 years hospitality industry experience in Northern America, with extensive experience in the casual dining sector.  From 1994 to 2006, Charlie occupied a number of key executive positions at Applebee's International, Inc as the company grew from a regional restaurant chain to the world's largest casual dining concept with system-wide sales of over US$4.5 billion.  Prior to joining Applebee's, Charlie led restaurant development efforts for a publicly traded US coffee roaster in New York City, and led the start up of two privately held restaurant companies.

Greg Oliver

Greg joined the Goodlife Health Club business in June 2010.  Greg has had an extensive professional career in the fitness industry, having successfully owned and operated a number of clubs, created Debit Success, Australia's leading fitness direct debit and membership software provider, and successfully operated one of Australia's largest fitness training organisations.