Board of Directors

Entertainment Rewards Limited

Entertainment Rewards has an outstanding leadership team with a deep history in marketing, technology, payment system development and business management.

Dean Palmer

Non-Executive Director

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Dean Palmer

Chairman

• Dean Palmer is an experienced business professional with more than 20 years of experience across a variety of industries including finance, property, and funds management.
• He is the founder and CEO of Skybound Fidelis Investment Limited – a specialist structured finance, commercial credit, and property fund manager. He also serves on the Boards of all subsidiary and associate companies within Skybound Australia’s diverse range of investments in Australia.
• Dean holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Heidi Halson

Director

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Heidi Halson

Director

• A graduate of Washington State University, Heidi Halson has been Australia-based for the last 30 years, and is the CEO and one of the founders of Entertainment Publications.

• She is responsible for the team who publish Entertainment Memberships for 20 different cities across Australia and New Zealand, that are a popular community fundraiser filled with valuable 2 for 1 and up to 50% offers from leading restaurants and other well-known businesses. Working equally as a thought leader to the vibrant hospitality industry, as well as an advisor to community groups with their fundraising, Heidi brings her 35 years of leadership experience in the hospitality industry, strategic planning and marketing directorship to the team of people that are part of Entertainment Publications.

• Since establishing the business 30 years ago, she has witnessed firsthand the evolution of the hospitality industry in Australia and New Zealand, and is a key facilitator in the evolution of the Entertainment Fundraiser from a printed Book to a digital solution, putting all of the value of an Entertainment Membership into your phone. When not out discovering exciting new restaurants, or establishing win-win opportunities for clients, staff and customers, Heidi can be found at www.entertainment.com.au.

Charles Romito

Non-Executive Director

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Charles Romito

Non-Executive Director

• Charles Romito is an experienced management consultant with an extensive background across Venture Capital/Private Equity, Lead Syndicate Investing and Management Academia.
• His expertise lies at the intersection of innovation management, growth strategy and business transformation; and he has applied this to the benefit of blue-chips, family offices and start-ups alike.
• He was previously in the London office of the global strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company and built on this with an Operating Partner/COO role in a VC fund. He has since spent most of this decade as a sought-after advisor to both private investors and corporates.
• As an academic he has both published and presented at world-leading conferences on Innovation Management; as well as designed, developed, and delivered Postgraduate and Executive Education to several thousand high-performers across the world.

Ani Chakraborty​

Non-Executive Director

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Ani Chakraborty

Non-Executive Director

• Ani Chakraborty brings more than 20 years of strategy and transformational experience in several different sectors such as digital operations, infrastructure, utilities and resources. He has served as an Investment Director at Hastings Funds Management and has a management consulting background, primarily with McKinsey & Company.

• Ani joined the Board as the Managing Director from 1 Jun 2023. Ani is a Non-Executive Director of LARES, private operator of Land and Chattel Mortgage Registry of the Philippines.

Stephen Harrison

Chairman

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Stephen Harrison

Chairman

• Stephen has over 30 years of experience in the financial services, funds management, M&A, private equity and accounting fields – primarily focused on the energy, technology, IT services, infrastructure, financial services, health, entertainment and natural resource sectors.
• He has held Director positions with international Fund Managers subsidiaries, Investec Funds Management, and the Australian subsidiary of US based fund manager Sanford C. Bernstein. He has been a founder and held Directorships in a number of unlisted and listed companies both in Australia and internationally.
• He is currently the Chairman of two other public companies in Australia; NobleOak Life Limited and Conscious Capital Limited. He is also a Director of ASX listed company, MEC Resources Limited.

Jeremy Thorpe

Non-Executive Director

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Jeremy Thorpe

Non-Executive Director

• Jeremy Thorpe holds BA and LLB degrees, is a qualified attorney in South Africa, and the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Skybound Capital Australia.
• He serves on the boards of all subsidiary and associate companies within Skybound Australia’s diverse range of investment companies and is directly responsible for their performance and investment returns.
• He has over 30 years of experience in funds management, corporate and structured finance, private equity, consumer and business credit and real estate development and management.