Tony Gill has over the past 30 years gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in forming, managing and governing co-operatives. He has facilitated the formation of over 90 co-operatives since 1980, and has been a director and secretary of 15 and four co-operatives respectively. He is currently a director of three co-operatives, including a co-operative that is registered as a foreign co-operative in 2 states and a co-operative with an annual turnover of $13.5 million, assets of $10.4 million and employing over 130 staff. (2009) After managing the Ballarat Employment Co-operative Ltd in the early eighties, Tony held various co-operative development positions within the Victorian Government between 1983 and 1988, including being the first Co-operative Development Officer appointed within the Victorian Registry of Cooperatives.

From 1989 to 1999, Tony managed Victoria's peak co-operative organisations; as Victorian Executive Officer for the Australian Association of Co-operatives Ltd (1989-93) and Secretary of the Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd (1993-99). He also represented Victoria on the Co-operatives Council of Australia between 1994 and 1999. Since 1999, Tony has been Director of Co-operative Development Services Ltd and has managed a diverse range of projects for government, private and co-operative clients.