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Established in 1932, the Hastings Deering Group is one of the top 5 Cat dealers worldwide. The company is the exclusive distributor for the sale of Cat equipment, technology solutions, parts and service support in our territories. Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Hastings Deering has over 3000 employees, across 23 business service centres throughout Queensland, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. We sell, rent, and offer outstanding support and parts distribution services for customers across a range of industries, including mining, general construction, civil transport and commercial construction, power systems, government, primary industries and marine. In 1992, the Hastings Deering Group was purchased by Sime Darby Berhad, one of the oldest and largest Cat dealers in the world and a multinational organisation with more than 200 companies operating in 26 countries. Today, the combination of our rich history, the expertise of our people and our genuine commitment to understand our customers’ needs continues to sustain Hastings Deering as a market leader providing solutions that deliver superior outcomes for our customers.

The John Hughes Group employs approximately 560 people and sells over 1700 new and used vehicles every month with an annual turnover of $550 million. The Company has diversified into many peripheral areas in the automotive industry, it has its own Insurance Company, its own Finance Company, a Finance Broking operation, underwrites its own extended warranties, is in the tyre and battery business provides its own roadside assistance, has twelve mobile service vans, and has its own fleet of trucks to transport vehicles to and from the varied locations. For a number of years John Hughes was a director of Channel 9 in Perth and Burswood Management Limited, the Company operating the casino complex in Western Australia. He has a high profile in Western Australia because of featuring prominently in extensive television, radio and press advertising in relation to the marketing of his motor vehicles. John Hughes is recognised for his totally committed approach to “hands on†management and total quality customer service. His high personal profile and his passion towards continually striving for excellence at all levels has made him a sought after and well known motivational public speaker.