ABOUT US
Dealernomics
Secretariat
Board of directors
Corporate Partners
Lifetime Achievement Awards
What We Do
AADA is the peak industry advocacy body exclusively representing franchised new car Dealers in Australia. There are around 670 new car Dealers in Australia that operate over 3,000 dealerships. New car Dealers range from family-owned small businesses to larger and publicly owned businesses operating in regional Australia and capital cities across the country.
The new vehicle retailing sector employs more than 59,000 people including many apprentices, contributes over $14 billion to the national economy, has a total turnover/sales of $59 billion and generates in excess of $2 billion in tax revenue.
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59,669
Dealer Employees
$59.00 billion
Turnover/Sales
$5.38 billion
Dealer Wages
$2.74 billion
Duties Collection
Secretariat
James Voortman
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Melissa Dimovski
DIRECTOR POLICY AND ADVOCACY
David Russell
SENIOR POLICY MANAGER
David Crosdale
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER QLD
Christina Hardie
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Brian Savage
DEPUTY CEO/COMPANY SECRETARY
Sharnee Pardy
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Ashleigh Sykes
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Mark Korol
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WA
BOARD DIRECTORS
The AADA Board is comprised of Dealers from each Australian state and territory, along with four independently elected Dealers. The AADA has input from all sectors of the Dealer community, from small rural dealerships to large metro operations.
David Blackhall
(Chairman)
Edwina Gilbert
NSW
Nick Pappas
QLD
John Eastham
VIC
David Reynolds
SA
Sam Nixon
TAS
Peter Axiom
ACT
David Hayes
NT
Tyson Sutton
WA
Martin Ward
Eagers Automotive Alternate
Wade von Bibra
Appointed
Paul Warren
Appointed
Graeme Stewart
Appointed
Anthony Altomonte
Appointed
Keith Thornton
Eagers Automotive
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Each year at the AADA Chairman’s Dinner, it is our pleasure to present Lifetime Achievement Awards to recognise individuals and businesses who have given more than 50 years of service to the automotive retail industry.
