Terry Davis (born 1958) is an Australian businessman and former state representative rower. From 2001 to 2014 he was chief executive of

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in Australia.

Club and state rowing career

Raised in Hobart Tasmania, Davis attended

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where he took up rowing.Davis AFR Masters Rowing 2011
/ref> His senior rowing was initially from the Buckingham Rowing Club outside of Hobart before his relocation to Sydney. Davis made his state representative debut for Tasmania in the 1975 youth eight which contested the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the 1975 Australian Interstate Regatta. The following year he was selected in the Tasmanian men's eight which competed for the

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at the annual Interstate Regatta. In 1977 he again rowed in the Tasmanian King's Cup eight. At the 1977

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Davis rowed in a coxed four which contested the national coxed four title and placed third. By 1980 Davis was rowing with Kim Mackney under coach

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at Drummoyne Rowing Club in Sydney. At the 1980

he raced a coxless pair, a coxless four and a coxed four. In 1981 Davis and Kim Mackney moved to

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to row under coach Milan Parker and that year Davis wore

colours when he raced in a composite

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/Glebe coxed four at the

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.1981 Australian Championships
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Masters rowing

Davis resumed rowing in 2006 with the objective of making the 2007 World Masters Championships in Zagreb. Since then he has won ten world rowing masters titles.Davis profile at Claxton speakers
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Professional career

Davis was a senior executive in the Australian liquor industry. He worked for the

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from 1987 to 2001 firstly as managing director of Cellarmasters Wines and then of their Mildara Blass wine division. In 2001 Davis was appointed as chief executive of

in Australia. His job title was group managing director, and he served in that role until 2014. Subsequently he has been a director of Seven Group Holdings and of

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Limited from 2004 until 2008. He was a member of the

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Council from 2006 to 2014.

References

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