Brian TUCKER
CPA

QUALIFICATIONS:

B.Bus (QUT)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: CPA Australia, Taxation Institute of Australia

EXPERIENCE:

Practiced as a Tax Agent, Public Accountant and Registered Company Auditor since 1980, principally serving the arts community. Clients include arts service organizations, Aboriginal art centres, individual artists (visual artists, performers and musicians, writers etc) and arts workers, groups (bands, theatre and dance companies) and others with an arts affiliation. Clients operate from all parts of Australia, from the Central Desert, to Arnhem Land, to suburban Brisbane.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:

Current positions with Arts Law Centre of Queensland, ELISION Ensemble, Museums Australia (Qld), Queensland Performing Arts Trust, Queensland Writers? Centre, Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, Youth Arts Queensland and Viscopy Ltd.

OTHER:

Patron of Arts West Inc. Regular writer and speaker on arts issues, and advocate for the arts.

AWARDS:

Brisbane City Council Australia Day Award for services to the arts, kooemba jdarra Organisation Commemorative Award.

June 2004