Bob Lott

Background

About Bob Lott

Over the past 40 years I have been involved with the promotion, marketing, ticketing, venue management and security for thousands of events in South Australia. I have served on numerous boards and councils, including the Festival of Arts, the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Come Out Youth Festival, the South Australian Canine Association and I was Deputy Chairman of the Jubilee 150 Board (with the late Kym Bonython as Chair). I directed the State's Opening Ceremony for its sesqi-centenary in 1986, the Adelaide City Council's sesqui-centenary year celebrations in 1987 and the official national closing ceremony for Australia's Bi-centenary in 1988. Programmed Adelaide Festival Centre for its first year and the Adelaide Convention Centre for its first year of operation. Qantas Opera in the Outback which I directed and managed was awarded the Best Major Event In Australia during the Bicentennial year I am an enthusiastic environmentalist and supporter of Indigenous artists, and have been a Nature Foundation SA Councillor since 2003. In 2007 I became Vice President, and I have been the President since late 2010.