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Greg Kay NSW Taxi Council
Head of Memberships and Partnerships

My recent involvement
in the NSW Taxi Industry
Who is someone you On Sunday mornings, you has been from May 2016
admire, and why? can usually find me... when I was engaged as
one of 4 NSW Business
Dick Smith – because he was If I am not playing representative Advisors (attached
a visionary and took on major sport or golf … generally a sleep in, to the NSW Office of
challenges and succeeded when then a big breakfast cook up with the Small Business
everyone said it couldn’t be done, family and the Sunday Telegraph, Commissioner) to
or didn’t want to take on projects discussing a plan for lunch and provide Business
that were difficult or politically walk (Manly, Darling Harbour, The Advisory Services to
sensitive. Rocks or Brighton Le Sands) the NSW Taxi Industry
Networks in both
He is outspoken on major issues What’s a goal you have Metropolitan and
of importance (both locally in for yourself that you want Regional areas. The
Australia and globally) and is to accomplish in the next areas I personally
recognised as one of Australia’s year? covered were from
greatest citizens – also he is Eastern Suburbs to
acknowledged internationally for In late 2019 I was selected in Strathfield in Sydney
his achievements. Australian Masters Hockey team Metropolitan area and
to play in 2020 World Masters Riverina / Murray (South
Flashback to when you Hockey Cup in Japan from 5-15th West) and New England
were 10 years old. What November 2020 (ie after the / Tablelands (North
do you want to be when Olympic Games and the Para West) in NSW regions.
you grow up? Olympics). Due to COVID 19 this
has now been re-scheduled until My previous experience
Professional sportsman – I was the same time in 2021. in the Taxi Industry
fortunate to play all sports at related to providing
representative level (hockey and What would be your commercial business
cricket at NSW and Australian personal motto? finance for clients for
teams’ level). assistance with the
I have two that guide me – purchase of NSW Taxi
If we went to happy hour, licences. Also as a
what would you order? "It’s never about being better Commercial Manager
than anyone else, it’s about in Banking, where one
Depends who I was with – most continuously striving to be the best of my major clients was
likely a cold beer to start (it's great you possibly can." Legion Cabs in Sydney
tasting all different beers) then a (when they were based
red wine with a Cointreau and ice “Say what you will do” and then in Surry Hills / inner
to finish. As you can see it would be “Do what you Say” – always to a city).
unlikely to be just for 1 hour! high standard / level.

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