Sharks Board of Directors

Clayton completed a Bachelor of Laws Degree and was admitted as a Solicitor in New South Wales and Queensland in February 2002.  He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Directors (GAICD) and holds a Diploma in Financial Services (Dip FS). Clayton serves on numerous boards including Southport Sharks. He was elected President in February 2023.

Dean is a past premiership player for Southport Sharks (1990) and Queensland state representative (1991). He has an extensive 33-year career in the property and property development industry in Queensland and the eastern states. He has held state and national senior executive positions in listed public companies for the last 24 years. Dean joined Southport Sharks as a non-executive director in July 2022 and was appointed Vice President in April 2023.

Shaun has been Treasurer of Southport Sharks since 2012. His qualifications include Diploma of Financial Services, Diploma of Accountancy, Fellow NTAA and Registered Tax Agent Shaun has been a Company Director since 2009 and is Principal of an Accountancy Practice.

Chris Sacre is widely regarded and respected within the childcare industry. Chris developed a passion for the industry in early 2007 when he provided financial consultative services, as an Advisory Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers to G8 Education (formally Early Learning Services) in the lead up to the public listing. After successfully floating the company in 2007, Chris joined G8 Education as Chief Financial Officer. During his time with G8 Education, Chris was instrumental to the growth of the company with over 400 childcare acquisitions, raising over $100mil. in capital and increasing market cap. from $4mil. to $1.3bil. Chris lives on the Gold Coast with his wife and three young children.

Royce is a Southport Sharks Hall of Famer, Best & Fairest winner (1991) and premiership player (1992). Royce has been heavily involved in Southport Junior and Youth football development on the Gold Coast and has been player-manager for several young Queenslanders who have progressed to AFL level. Royce has been a Company Director since 2016.

Rick's qualifications include Commercial Cook and has experience as a company director since 1995.

Adam holds a Bachelor of Architecture and has been a company director since 2001.

Since representing Australia as a Hockeyroo, Kim has built an exciting and successful career across both sport and business, leading to her current role as Paddle Australia’s current National Performance Director. A transformational leader within the national institute network (AIS, QAS, NSWIS) and national sport organisations (Hockey Australia, Surfing Australia and Paddle Australia) having held High-Performance Management and National Performance Director roles, Kim has an in-depth knowledge on organisational change, sport global trends and system dynamics, culture and building high performance teams; particularly within the Olympic / Paralympic Sport and urban / lifestyle ‘Action Sport’ industry. Kim is a strategic, and innovative thought leader with a future focus on Gen32 sport requirements for partnerships, programs, performance, and people; with an extensive federal / state government and professional sport network.

Dennis brings a broad base of commercial knowledge to our Board, courtesy of his rather unique blend of large-corporate and small-business experience acquired during his 36 year career in the Financial Services profession. Dennis owned and managed a local Gold Coast based financial advice firm for nearly 20 years, before his decision to merge with other likeminded high-performance firms to create one of the largest financial advisory businesses in Australia (he is still on the Board of Directors of Invest Blue). Prior to his time in private practice, Dennis held various domestic and international executive roles for one of Australia’s oldest and largest financial services organisations, with one of his most treasured experiences being a Director role which required him to live and work in Tokyo.