Vale Wayne Tregaskis: “He lived the life that most only read about,” says friend Richard Osborn

Updated – A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held in the Dalton Chapel, St. Ignatius College, Tambourine Bay Road Riverview on Thursday 19th January 2012 at 3pm.

Many in the industry will be saddened to hear of the passing of Wayne Tregaskis, who died on Thursday following a boating accident.

Many will remember Tregaskis from his days as public affairs and marketing executive at Qantas in the early 90s, or later, during his five years as a group account director at George Patterson Bates, Sydney where he looked after the NSW Tourism business. From 1999 to 2000 he had a brief stint as a partner at fledgling digital agency Hothouse.

In 2002, Tregaskis co-founded worldnomads.com and ran his own Sydney-based PR and marketing business S2i Communications, which specialised in the travel, aviation and tourism sectors.

Says long-time friend Richard Osborn (pictured left with Trevaskis when DMB&B/Weekes Morris Osborn handled the Qantas business in the early 90s): “He lived the life that most only read about. It was Wayn’e world – he lived the dream.”