Board Members

Keith McCoombes

President

Keith has been practising Taekwondo since he was eight years old and is currently a fourth Dan Black Belt Instructor. Keith has been a qualified sparring referee since 2009 and has competed in several local and international tournaments such as the Korean Taekwondo Festival and the Malaysian Open. He has also had the opportunity to partake in training seminars at the Kukkiwon in Korea. Keith has a great passion for Taekwondo and enjoys sharing his knowledge with new students. Keith has been on the Board since 2019 and completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Governance in Sport Program in October 2020.

Mark McLatchey

Chairperson

Mark is an experienced Sport Business Manager, who retired in 2020 and is looking to contribute to the Sporting Industry through joining State or National Sporting Organisations as an Independent Director. He has worked with National Sporting Organisations and other sport sector bodies to deliver and share expertise in Game Development and best practices for recruitment, retention and development of paid employees within the workforce and also volunteers. Mark retired as the Game Development Manager for Squash Australia in 2020, where he was responsible for participation, memberships, facilities and events.  Previously he worked at the Australian Sports Commission (now called Sport Australia) for 5.5 years in roles as a Sport Advisor and within the Workforce team. In 2018 he was awarded an Australia Day Achievement Medallion as part of the Australian Sports Commission’s Physical Literacy working group. Mark completed the AICD Foundations of Directors course in 2017 and was a director of the Brisbane Men’s Hockey Association for 2 years following the completion of the course. His sporting administration career also has seen him operate as the Game and Market Development Manager of Queensland Cricket for 13 years where he was responsible for the management for five main functions of Game and Market Development: participation, education and training, umpiring, Indoor Cricket and Community cricket which included volunteers. Mark is looking forward to the new challenge of being the Chairperson for ATQ.

Matt Landsberg

Secretary

Matt is a taekwondo parent and a Second Dan Kukkiwon holder. He is also a qualified referee and coach with both Australian Taekwondo and World Taekwondo Oceania. Matt is a Queensland Public Servant of 27+ years’ service and has extensive experience in change management, risk assessment and management, and emergency response and coordination. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, an Advanced Diploma in Correctional Management, a Diploma in Project Management, and is currently undertaking a Master of Business Administration in Leadership. In his “spare time”, Matt enjoys bush walking and playing computer games.

Nathan Watkins

Treasurer

Bio to come

Kerry Manning

Tournament Director

Kerry is a Branch Instructor with Reeves Taekwondo and also a Referee in both Sparring and Poomsae. She loves getting out on the mats and competing. Kerry has been training since 2000 after returning from an eight-year break. What started out as her escape from normality has now become a family sport and a valued way of life, with many friendships forged over the years. After 27 years in the printing industry across varying roles throughout that time and now enjoying working with our Older generations. She loves reading and spending time with family during down time from Taekwondo. Kerry joined the board in 2018, and is the Chair of our Tournament Committee and current MPIO.

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