Terry Jackman

Terry Jackman AM (born 1943 in Brisbane) is a retired businessman involved in media, sports, and tourism in Australia. He was the chairman of Tourism Queensland and the founder and chairman of Pacific Cinemas.[1]

Terry Jackman

AM
Born
Patrick Terence Jackman

1943 (age 79–80)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationGregory Terrace
OccupationRetired
Organization(s)Birch Carroll & Coyle, Hoyts, Tourism Queensland
Board member ofAustralian Rugby Union, Prime Television, Sunland group, SeaWorld property trust, BreakFree.
SpouseJodie Jackman

He commenced work at the age of fifteen at Birch Carroll & Coyle, where he worked for twenty years, the last five as that company's chief executive. Between 1976 and 1985, Jackman was managing director of Hoyts Theatres.[2] After exiting Hoyts he was involved in marketing Paul Hogan's first Crocodile Dundee film and was an investor in the movie.[3] In 1989 he established Pacific Cinemas Pty Ltd, which has interests in five complexes in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. He is chairman and sole proprietor of the group.[1]

He was a non-executive director for Prime Television and the Australian Rugby Union, and non-executive chairman of Sea World Property Trust and Breakfree Resorts. In 2013, he was appointed chairman of the National Association of Cinema Operators.[4]

Jackman received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2003,[5] for service to the entertainment industry through film distribution and screening, to tourism development, and to the community as a fundraiser. He was awarded a Queensland Great Award by the QLD government in 2005.

References
  1. Mac Dermott, Kathy (12 May 2004). "Jackman Joins Board Of Sunland". Australian Financial Review. Fairfax. p. 60.
  2. "Sunland Group Limited Profit Announcement – June 2008" (PDF): 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Goldsmith, Ben; Ward, Susan; O'Regan, Tom, eds. (2010). Local Hollywood: Global Film Production and the Gold Coast. University of Queensland Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780702238017.
  4. Russo, Caroline (14 October 2013). "Peter Beattie Hand Over to Terry Jackman New Chairman of NACO". Hush Hush Biz. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. "2005 Queensland Greats recipients". Government of Queensland. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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