[2] Hart was born in Merredin, Western Australia in 1944, and grew up on a rural property where his mother and father owned a general store.

Upon graduation from Merredin high school, Hart's initial ambition was to be a journalist, and he applied for a cadetship at The West Australian.

Successfully gaining employment, Hart moved to Perth, marking his first experience within the retail sector, specialising in wholesale wine and spirits for the next fourteen years.

[6] This identification of a market opportunity proved to be successful, and from 1979 to 2004 Hart scaled up to a multi-million dollar kitchen appliances retail chain.

As noted within the chairman's prospectus letter, the purpose of this $5m raising of capital funds at 20c per share was to improve RNS's financial leverage, allowing them to borrow more, and as a result accelerate their mining projects.

[15] Eventually in November 2016 RNS was delisted from the ASX by a compulsory acquisition conducted by Emerald Resources at 7 cents per share.

[16] In 2010, whilst Chairman of Renaissance Minerals Limited, Hart also re-entered the Australian retail industry with his new business Kitchen HQ.

In less than four years, Hart sold Kitchen HQ for an undisclosed sum to Winning Group, to build on the latter's online offering in Western Australia.

[17] Hart remained affiliated with Kitchen HQ, being a brand ambassador for Winning Group up until 2019, due to his large influence within the Western Australian retail sector.

[19] Hart & Co seeks to differ from competitor showrooms through a value-added approach to customers, including after-purchase demonstrations of appliance usages and techniques.

[24] Hart sought to rebuild the club, emphasising the importance of members and their substantial impact in terms of revenue and financial performance.

[28] His most successful venture in the industry was “Jacks or Better”, a thoroughbred who won the Karrakatta Plate Railway Stakes Double in 1995, making it the first horse to achieve this feat since La Trice in 1968.

[29] This organisation is designed to encourage Western Australians to buy into racing horses or dogs; as Hart describes it, "something which has given him a lifetime of enjoyment".