Meet Our Speaker

Kim Kelly

Kim commenced his career as a Cadet Stipendiary Steward with the Queensland Turf Club in 1985 before being appointed as a Stipendiary Steward in Queensland in 1990. He was then appointed as a Stipendiary Steward with the Australian Jockey Club (Sydney) in 1995 before being promoted to the position of Deputy Chairman of Stipendiary Stewards in 1999.

In 2002 he joined the Hong Kong Jockey Club (‘HKJC’) as Stipendiary Steward & Secretary, Licensing Committee and in 2009 was appointed as the HKJC’s Chief Stipendiary Steward, continuing in that position until 2023 at which time he returned to Australia.

He is currently the Deputy Commissioner with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) after commencing in that position in September 2024. In this position he is responsible for racing operations and integrity services such as the Stipendiary Stewards, Compliance and Assurance, Veterinarians, Animal Welfare, Licensing and Registrations and animal and human sampling.

Since 2013, Kim has chaired the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities’ (‘IFHA’) International Harmonisation of Racing Rules Committee since 2013 and has been a member of the IFHA Technical Advisory Committee since 2009. He is also the Chair of the IFHA International Stewards’ Conferences (ISC) conducted in Hong Kong (2014), India (2016), South Korea (2018), Australia (2023), Japan (2024) and for next year’s ISC in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

He has also acted as Chair of the IFHA Anti-Gene Doping Model Rules Working Group as well as being a member of other various IFHA technical review groups.

In 2023 he was appointed as a member of the IFHA Council on Anti-Illegal Betting and Related Crime.

Kim has also delivered keynote presentations at the;-

  • 2017 PanAm Conference conducted in Washington, D.C.,

  • 2018 IFHA General Assembly in Paris, France,

  • 2019 The Jockey Club’s Round Table Conference in New York,

  • 2023 Global Symposium of Racing in Tuscon, Arizona, and

  • 2024 Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga, United States of America.