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R&CA CEO
Mr Wes Lambert
Wes Lambert CPA, FGIA, CAE, MAICD, commenced with Restaurant & Catering in May 2019, led R&CA to 2020 Association of the Year, and is a 2020 winner of an AuSAE Association Influencer Award. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director for Velocity Group, a retail industry holding company based in the United States. Mr Lambert previously served as Executive Director, Secretary and Financial Controller for Pacific Restaurant Group Ltd (Kingsleys, ChopHouse, & Jamie’s Italian), Australia’s first public unlisted Full-Service Restaurant Group, from 2007 to 2012, where he was responsible for the restructure and IPO of the Group as well as securing the Master Franchise Agreement for Jamie’s Italian in Australia/NZ.
Prior to that Mr Lambert was an Investment Banker in Restaurant Capital before owning and managing multiple hospitality venues in Asia and the United States. Over the past 21 years he has honed his skills in networking, stakeholder management & reporting, governance, financial planning & analysis, strategic planning, and operations management around the world.
Mr Lambert has prior experience with R&CA, having served on both the NSW and QLD Boards of R&CA as well as serving as the Treasurer of the QLD Board and has been featured in the R&C Magazine.
National President
Con Castrisos OAM
Vice President
Jeremy Cariss
Treasurer
Mike Palmer
Immediate Past President
Mark Scanlan
State Representative Directors
NSW/ACT – Bill Drakopoulos
QLD/NT – Chris Edwards
SA – Greg Hobby
VIC/TAS – Stephen Mercer
WA – Jeremy Cariss
Independent Directors
Kristie Atkins
State Chairs
NSW/ACT Chair – Mike Palmer
QLD/NT Chair – Chris Edwards
SA Chair – Greg Hobby
VIC/TAS Chair – Stephen Mercer
WA Chair – Jeremy Cariss
Please direct all correspondence via:
The Secretariat
Restaurant & Catering Association
PO Box 121
SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
