Our People

Chloe Davies

HR Apprentice

I joined ARC last year in September 2021 as a HR Apprentice. I am thoroughly enjoying working towards my HR Support Level 3 qualification with such a supportive organisation that have paid for my apprenticeship through a company levy. Joining the apprenticeship, I received an allocated allowance to fund for extra courses, webinars, workshops and books that will benefit you passing your assessments. My role consists of HR responsibilities as well as on the job learning where I am given a designated study day via my college provider. ARC have been very flexible with me when wanting to participate in webinars to have a more in-depth knowledge on work matters. Our company own 21 sites and me and my manager look after 10 for all HR matters, this gives me experience of traveling and visiting different sites and teams. The team I work with are professional and supportive when I am struggling with a particular task or project.

Camilla Esling

I have been working for ARC for 6 years now and in that time have been supported at every step to progress in my career with various opportunities and the necessary support to achieve these. Most recently I have been promoted to General Manager of Hereford Racecourse which is an incredibly exciting opportunity. The support not only from your own team but also that of other courses and centrally means you always feel like you have someone to go to with questions, ideas or assistance. The racing industry can be fast paced and changeable, but you know that you are supported by ARC throughout this and it leads to a great teamwork ethic at every level.

David Gath

Technical Project Manager

Here in the ARC Digital team we are busy transforming our entire digital estate, which is huge! We’re responsible for the design and technical development of all of our digital properties which includes individual websites for all of our racing venues plus a number of brand and subsidiary sites, around 30 websites in total. We also develop all of our own web management tools in-house to give our racecourse and business colleagues maximum flexibility in communicating their unique brands and customer offers.

We are a friendly and enthusiastic team with a real diversity of skills and experience. We work in an ‘Agile’ manner which enables us to be responsive and hugely flexible. There is a real ‘can-do’ attitude in the team and we always rise to the many challenges that come our way from around the business. We pride ourselves in embracing new technologies, digital trends and working practices so we are constantly evolving the way we work and how we do things. In addition to all of that we regularly get to watch afternoon racing from our office window, which looks directly out onto the finishing straight at Wolverhampton Racecourse!

Stella Brake

Business co-ordinator - Bath Racecourse

I joined ARC recently in June 2022 as a Business Coordinator and can honestly say, I’ve never looked back.   ARC is an exciting and rewarding company to work for with no two days ever quite the same.  Working alongside professionals, the training is very hands on and thorough you also get to experience other racecourse sites within the group each one unique and very different.  Unique vibrant days at work, exciting racedays, entering the parade ring for winners’ cup presentations, best turned-out horses, hosting and speaking with hospitality box occupants create superb days seeing your hard work come to fruition.  Spectacular memories of summer days, keep you warm through the winter with energised enthusiasm in readiness for the new season!   There isn’t another role quite like it!  

John Paul Jakes

Head Grounds

My role as head grounds person entails of working with a team of 4 keeping the site in top condition for the public and the horses.

I am also responsible for the setup of the track in the build up to a Raceday. This means putting the hurdles into the track, putting rail up and if needs be watering the race track.

My experience with ARC has been wonderful, I’ve been all around the country helping other ARC tracks and seeing different practises. The backing from ARC to put you on different courses to learn new practices is great.

Michael Bloomer

Group Management Accountant, Head Office (Millbank)

ARC is a phenomenal company to work for, being within the Racing, Events & Hospitality industry is a great experience in itself, plus you have the best, supportive colleagues surrounding you. One of the great qualities of the business is how it drives to develop, whatever department you may be in. I have personally been given numerous opportunities to progress from first starting out as a Finance Assistant, developing through the ranks to a racecourse accountant, then to a Financial controller and finally achieving a Head Office position as the Group Management Accountant.

David Leyden Dunbar

Director of Commercial Strategy and Partnerships

ARC offers an extremely fast moving working environment and the variety which each day brings is the part of the job I enjoy most.  At Head Office we’re a small but incredibly dynamic team and we work collaboratively with all our colleagues on the racecourses to deliver the results that are expected. As part of this, my primary role is developing, implementing and taking full ownership of the group’s overarching commercial partnership strategy aimed at the delivery of our long term business objectives and working with the commercial teams at each course to exploit every one of our assets to its full potential.