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BACTA's Officials
BACTA's management committee report to the National Council, steer the organisation and represent the views of the membership to stakeholders.
They are elected from the membership via the Divisions and Annual Convention.
The Management Committee in 2012 comprise of:
Derek Petrie, President
Born and educated in London, Derek Petrie was Managing Director of a flexible packaging manufacturer in the capital when the opportunity came to change direction, move to Somerset and join the amusement business, an opportunity he seized and has never regretted.
He runs his seasonal FEC with his wife, his son and five staff. He has been in the Amusement Industry for twenty five years.
A member of BACTA for 20 years, he has served as an officer for six and is currently National President.
He lists his hobbies as his grandchildren, National Hunt horse racing and was a keen cricketer, a member of MCC and Cross Arrows cricket clubs, although only as a spectator these days. A local councillor, he takes an interest in local issues, particularly those involving tourism.
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Steve Hawkins, Vice President
Steve was born and raised in Essex. He was educated locally and now operates out of Witham and has remained consistently close to his roots.
Upon leaving school, he joined GEC Marconi where he worked as a Computer Programmer for 8 years. In 1978, during his time with Marconi, he began operating as Essex Leisure, starting initially with just a single machine.
The advent of Space Invaders, in the late seventies, proved to be very successful for Steve and the subsequent rapid expansion of this aspect of the business led to the continued growth of the operation, so much so that Essex Leisure is now one of the largest operators in the South East of England.
Steve joined BACTA 30 years ago and has always been an active member. He has sat on National Council for the last 12 years and is currently BACTA's Vice President.
At home, Steve is an enthusiastic ornithologist and keeps Ornamental Pheasants and quail. He also has a large collection of Koi Carp in his pond as well as owning several dogs.
Steve is a very keen golfer and as well as playing for his own enjoyment, he has regularly organised several golf days for the benefits of various charitable organisations. In addition to this, he loves to ski and tries his best to participate whenever conditions and business allow.
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Leslie MacLeod-Miller, Chief Executive
Leslie MacLeod-Miller was born in New South Wales, Australia and attended Barker College in Sydney before graduating with honours at Sydney University where he majored in public international law.
He worked for one of the largest Australian law firms dealing with issues such as racing and international joint ventures before being employed by Ladbrokes where he was Assistant to the Head of the Group Legal Department, dealing with Ladbroke racing, Hilton hotels, international joint ventures and the lottery bid.
Leslie then moved to Walt Disney, working in the UK, Australia, Spain, France and Germany before becoming the Managing Director of the Disney Channel in Italy.
Following this, he worked on Dot Com before working in Holland, Poland and Italy on international telecommunication deals. Leslie joined BACTA 10 years ago. Outside work, Leslie sings professionally and is a keen ballroom dancer. To keep fit, he starts his day with a five mile run.
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John Powell, Treasurer
John Powell is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered and Certified Accountants. John has over 35 years' experience of working in the gaming and amusement machine industry. Prior to purchasing his own company, he held a number of senior positions with Associated Leisure Plc.
Currently, John is the Managing Director of S E Leisure Ltd, who supply over 5000 gaming and amusement machines to the pub and club sector and are also contractors to the AGC (Adult Gaming Centres) market.
John is also the Chairman of the IOA Group, which is a specialist marketing and purchasing organisation, representing some 15 gaming machine suppliers. John is also the Honorary Treasurer of BACTA.
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James Godden, Division 1 Chairman
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Peter Wier, Division 2 Chairman
Peter was born and educated in Birmingham. He studied Electrical Engineering at Mathew Boulton College. In 1970, Peter joined the Machine Industry, working for Gainsmead (later MAM Inn Play).
In 1979, Peter joined Chalwest (Ladbrokes) as National Operations Executive (the business was later sold to Bass Leisure). Whilst working for the Group, Peter spent two years as Head of Machines for Gala Bingo. In 1996, Peter also had a 12 month secondment to Coral Racing, to set up the Machine Department when AWPs went into LBOs. The business was eventually sold again and took on the new name of Leisure Link.
Peter eventually decided to retire from the business. Upon leaving, he was the Machine Management Director. After a short break, Peter joined Town and County Leisure as Commercial Director and subsequently joined the IOA Group and CEO.
Away from work, always up for a competitive challenge, Peter played various sports such as football, cricket and rugby.
Peter has been a BACTA member for over 30 years and has been a very active and supportive member of the Midlands region, Division 2 and National Council.
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Gabino Stergides, Division 3 Chairman
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Tony Boulton, Division 4 Chairman
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