Speakers

Gary Mortimer is a Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at the QUT Business School. Professor Mortimer spent over 25 years working with some of Australia’s largest retailers prior to joining QUT. Professor Mortimer was the Chair of the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) Consumer Research Advisory Committee between 2020 to 2022. In 2023, he was appointed as Chair and Independent Director of ‘SkillsEQuipped’ – the largest, federally funded Jobs and Skills Council, representing retail, hospitality, tourism, personal services, and the Arts. As an active researcher, he currently sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services and International Journal of Bank Marketing. He is widely recognised as Australia’s leading retail expert, industry keynote speaker and media commentator. He works closely with Australian television, print, online and radio media to engage broadly with audiences, outside of academia.

Anne Maree's mother, Lorraine Coghlan and her tennis story playing in the amateur years of tennis (1950’s)