Terrence McCartney started at Boans Department Stores in Perth then moved to Grace Bros in Sydney. After the acquisition of Grace Bros by Myer, he relocated to the merged Department Stores Group in Melbourne within the merchandise and marketing department. His career within Coles Myer meant that he then moved to the Kmart discount department stores as head of merchandise and marketing before becoming managing director. In years as managing director of Kmart Australia and New Zealand, he became managing director of Myer Grace Bros.
His experience spans the retailing, ranging from goods in department stores to merchandise discount operations. He has also been retained by accounting and legal firms as an expert witness in relation to Australian retail.
In addition to his list of retail experience, he has also been an advisor to Australian and international mining companies, prior to started serving at Just Group Board in 2008. He lends his retail expertise to the Just Group as non-executive director and is also part of trading performance reviews for the Group.