
General Manager Commercial
Shane Edwards joined Alliance Airlines as its General Manager Commercial in February 2015. Prior to this Shane provided consultancy services to a wide range of private and publicly listed companies specialising in marketing and public relations,
corporate governance, commercial negotiations, business development strategies the evaluation of business acquisitions.
From 2010 to July 2012 Shane was a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Careers Australia Group – Australia’s largest private provider of vocational training. Shane was also a non-executive director of Australian
International Training and Management which focused on providing overseas students with vocational training at an international campus in the Philippines.
Prior to this Shane was with the Talbot Group of companies initially as CEO of the Talbot Hotel Group (2002-2006) after which time he became CEO of the Entire Group. In this role Shane was responsible for the day-to-day management of Talbot Group
and provided an innovative marketing and commercial negotiation perspective to the group.
Prior to joining Talbot group, Shane was Managing Director of the ASX listed company Pacific Sports and Entertainment, which owned and operated Queensland sporting franchises including: the Brisbane
Broncos (rugby league), the Brisbane Bullets (basketball) and the Brisbane Bandits (baseball). Pacific Sports and Entertainment also owned and operated Queensland Entertainment Services which monitored poker machines on behalf of the Queensland Government.
Shane was Managing Director of the Brisbane Broncos from 1995 to 2002 and has built a reputation as one of Australia's most respected commercial negotiators and marketers. His credit include leadership roles in with a range of high profile events including
the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, World Expo 86 in Vancouver and World Expo 88 in Brisbane.
Shane is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Management and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2004