Chairman & Acting CEO of RACE Paul Humphries announces new Chief Executive Officer to the Group, Tim Savell.

RACE (Inc) is the trading name for Racing at Awapuni and Trentham Combined Enterprise Incorporated. R.A.C.E. (Inc) is an Incorporated Society, formed in July 2002 as the umbrella corporate entity for the Awapuni Partnership of Racing Clubs - Manawatu Racing Club (Inc), Marton Jockey Club (Inc), Feilding Jockey Club (Inc) and Rangitikei Racing Club (Inc). The Wellington Racing Club joined the Group in October 2005.

Tim comes to RACE (Inc) with previous CEO and General Manager experience through his roles at Speedway New Zealand & Speedway Australia.

Paul Humphries says, “The industry Tim is coming from is not too dissimilar to ours (in horse racing) in that it is also a sport, has multiple interested stake holders across many venues, it holds a lot of public interest and the two industries share similar Health & Safety and operating issues”. Tim has vast experience at Speedway both here at home and across the Tasman, and has faced, and successfully dealt with changes similar to those RACE (Inc) will encounter moving forward.”

Born and bred in Palmerston North, Tim has spent the past 13 years working with over 120 venue operators in two countries, NZ and Australia. Prior to his appointment Tim has held the position of General Manager of Speedway Australia, overseeing a successful transformation of this organisation in the past 5 years. Amongst many other accolades, Tim was instrumental in securing a $40 million commitment from the NSW government to build a new speedway track, the largest investment in speedway racing anywhere in the world.

“Coming to us with a wealth of knowledge, experience and a passion for his upcoming role, we are looking forward to Tim’s commencement of the RACE (Inc) CEO role in August. Tim, and his wife and children are looking forward to returning home, and excited about the dynamic role that awaits.”