Jonas Leisure is excited to welcome Renee Gardiner to the team as our new Business Development Manager.
Renee joins us at a pivotal time, as we prepare for the launch of VELEO, our new leisure management SaaS platform, and continue to grow our presence across aquatic centres, gyms, recreation facilities, and councils throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Renee's career sits right at the intersection of what Jonas Leisure does best: fitness, leisure, and the software that keeps it all running smoothly. With a background in healthcare, gym operations, and leisure/recreation software implementation, she brings a rare mix of hands-on industry experience and technical know-how to the role. Her career has taken her across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, giving her a genuinely international perspective on how leisure and recreation facilities operate, what they need from their software providers, and where the industry is heading next.
In her role as Business Development Manager, Renee's focus spans sales, marketing, sponsorships, events, and CRM administration, with a particular emphasis on supporting the rollout of VELEO. She works closely across teams to build pipeline, strengthen client relationships, and help shape the way Jonas Leisure shows up in the market, from tender submissions through to industry events.
Renee is known for a warm but direct communication style and a preference for practical, low-friction solutions over unnecessary complexity, an approach that fits well with how Jonas Leisure works with its clients: understanding real operational challenges and solving them without fuss.
With VELEOs full public reveal on the horizon at the LIWA Conference in August, Renee is playing a key role in getting the platform in front of the right people, from council tenders to industry conversations across the sector. It's an exciting time to join the team, and we're looking forward to what she'll help us build.
Welcome to Jonas Leisure, Renee.
