Terry Jackman
Australian businessman (born 1943)
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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]
1943 (age 82–83)
Terry Jackman | |
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| Born | Patrick Terence Jackman 1943 (age 82–83) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Education | Gregory Terrace |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Organization(s) | Birch Carroll & Coyle, Hoyts, Tourism Queensland |
| Board member of | Australian Rugby Union, Prime Television, Sunland group, SeaWorld property trust, BreakFree. |
| Spouse | Jodie 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.