2003-present Adrian Newstead Fine Art Consultancy
2007 Managing Director Deutscher Menzies, Menzies Art Brands
2003-2007 Head Aboriginal Art Department, Lawson~Menzies auction house
2005-2009 Board Member Aboriginal Benefits Foundation
1998-2004 Board Member Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association (Art.Trade)
1998-2000, 2001-2002 National President, Art.Trade
2004-2005 Board Member Aboriginal Tourism Australia
1996-present Approved Government Valuer Cultural Gifts Program (Aboriginal Art Pre-contact to the Present Day)
1992 – 1996 Founding Member Austrade Visual Art Export Panel
1991-1996 Chairman Woollahra Council Paddington Gateway Working Party
1990-1996 President of the Paddington-Darlinghurst Chamber of Commerce
1981 Founded Coo-ee Art Gallery, Paddington NSW