uPCOMING wINEMAkErs - Tattersalls Club

He recalled the circumstances. “I can always remember when I was
an Articled Clerk, my master was a Member and on my 21st birthday he
said, ‘Have you ever been to Tattersall’s Club?’ and I said ‘No, I haven’t’.
He replied ‘We will go over and have morning tea’. Our office was nearby.
“When I came into the Club, I exclaimed, ‘You are kidding! This is
sensational’. Then he said, ‘None of my sons want to be a Member so I
am prepared to put you down on the waiting list’.
“I looked around the Members’ Bar and thought I could never afford
to be a Member of this Club. I would just wait until I could.”
As it happened, it was several years later before Bob had his name
inscribed on the Waiting List which then had a long time-line. Finally,
his membership was confirmed. In turn, each of Bob’s three sons has
joined Tatts.
Bob’s optimism for the Club’s future is not diminished by the
challenges that must be faced as he explained: “Our biggest challenge to
be quite frank, apart from the two I have mentioned, is to continue to
achieve the profits that we make. That is not going to be easy.
“In fact, this year we have budgeted for a lesser profit than we have
been making due to the rental incentives we have given the new tenants
that are coming here on long-term leases. They are international tenants
so that really cements the rental base in the arcade on a long-term basis.
“This precinct is now the heart of the high-end retail section of
the city.”
Because of his new role as President, Bob naturally expects to be
spending more time in the Club for various reasons and commitments.
It helps that his wife, Theresa, is also happy to be there as well. “She
has always been a supporter in relation to my Club duties while on
Committee.
“Indeed, Theresa is very much into the life of the Club and comes
in here independently of me on occasions. She loves the ability to be
able to do her own thing, have her own card, come to morning tea and
so forth. She will now head-up the Women’s Committee and they have
done very well over the years with their charity events. The next one is
scheduled for September.”
Before heading off to his much anticipated game of golf, Bob said,
“The Australian economy will eventually experience an up-turn and
the Club is strategically positioned to benefit on a number of fronts.
For example, we are currently looking at our makeup in relation to
corporate memberships and attracting younger Members through these
initiatives. We must think outside the square.”
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by Tony Walsh
MAN OF ACHIEVEMENT
Bob Lette was born in Brisbane and attended St Joseph’s College,
Gregory Terrace. He was admitted as a solicitor in December 1966
while working for the law firm, Morris Fletcher and Cross which was the
forerunner to Minter Ellison.
From there, he went to a family friend and solicitor, Tony Steindl for more
than 27 years and subsequently joined Mullins Lawyers in 1995 and
practiced there as a partner until June 2008 while now still retaining the
role as a consultant to the firm. In that time, Mullins Lawyers expanded
from 11 people to more than 100.
Bob’s role with the firm included Business Development as well as
having a significant budget to manage. He moved into corporate
business in the mid 1990’s and has been involved in Harness Racing for
many decades including the roles of Deputy Chairman Harness Racing
Australia, Chairman Harness Racing Queensland, Committeeman and
President of Albion Park Harness Club. He is also a Life Member of that
Club.
His period as Chairman of Harness Racing Queensland coincided with
the machinations brought on by the then Queensland Government’s
enforced merger of the three codes. He was subsequently appointed to
the Board of Racing Queensland Limited; resigning in March because of
his elevation to President of Tattersall’s Club.
Bob’s commercial expertise includes his role for over 20 years as
Chairman of the major Queensland Superannuation Fund, Buss
(Queensland), Building Super.
He has held strong views for a long time that infrastructure and private
equity were the places for long-term investment for the superannuation
funds so about 12 years ago he started a separate Investment Trust, the
Private Capital Group, with Buss(Q), Sunsuper, Australian Catholic
Superannuation & Retirement Fund, Energy Super (formerly ESI Super)
and Suncorp as shareholders. That fund now has 17 major investors with
over $2billion in domestic and international assets and funds under
management of approximately $1billion.
One of those is a major share of Queensland Airports Limited
which owns Gold Coast, Townsville and Mt Isa Airports. The fund
also owns a stake in North Queensland Airports Group: Cairns and
Mackay Airport. Bob sits on both of these Boards and others as well,
including the major listed construction and civil and mining company,
Watpac Limited.
Senior Member takes his Pharmacy
back to its roots
Jack Andersen, a Senior Member of Tattersall’s Club (1971), has
transformed his Pharmacy at Corinda with the introduction of an
exciting new state-of-the-art Compounding Laboratory. Using the
latest technology, their specially trained Pharmacists prepare
personalised medications to meet all of the special needs of their
customers. In conjunction with his partners: daughter, Jenny
McGarry and Annabel Cooke, they are bringing a new era in
pharmacy care to the community. Customers now have access to
compounded solutions using unique dosage forms such as a
troche (lozenge), capsule, oral liquid, topical cream, suppository or
pessary. Examples using compounding include Bio-identical Hormones,
Topical Pain management, Veterinarian, Paediatric and Autism solutions.
Tattersall’s Club Members, on presentation of their club card with their
next compounded prescription, will receive a free sample of our own
compounded protective hand cream and Vitamin E lip balm to protect
against the winter cold. This offer is valid until 31st August 2012.
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