Building Queensland

Alan has written and published extensively. He has co-authored two legal texts on foreign investment law and joint ventures law. He has been Chair of the Queensland Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and, while in that role, co-led various Australian trade missions to Japan with government ministers, and worked closely with the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee to promote trade and commerce between Australia and Japan. He was Chair of the Banking and Financial Services Association of Australia, Chair of the Infrastructure Association of Queensland and an executive committee member of the Australian Council of Infrastructure Development and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.

Alan is also the Queensland Chairman and serves on the national board of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce.

Alan is an Adjunct Professor in Law at the University of Queensland. He has also lectured at Harvard University, Bond University and Keio University in Tokyo.

Alan has also served as a director and Chair of various companies, including SunWater Limited and Queensland Motorways Limited and Utilities Trust of Australia. Alan is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In 2011, Alan was awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa by The University of Queensland in recognition of his distinguished career, his service to Queensland and Australia and his contribution to the University.

She has published two books and over 50 papers internationally, including the award-winning New Conversations with an Old Landscape. Landscape Architecture in Contemporary Australia (Images Publishing 2002) and with co-editors and -authors Cross-cultural Urban Design. Local or Global Practice? (Routledge 2007). In 2011 she chaired and co-authored the OECD Global Science Forum report Effective Modelling of Urban Systems to Address the Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainability. As an advocate for better quality planning and design nationally she has chaired and served on boards, juries, and planning and design review panels across Australia. These include the National Capital Authority, the Planning and Land Authority, and Capital Metro in the ACT; in NSW, UrbanGrowthNSW and Sydney Olympic Park Authority; in Queensland, the Board for Urban Places and Brisbane City Council’s Independent Design Advisory Panel; in Victoria, Phillip Island Nature Parks; and in SA, the Capital City Commission. She was awarded membership of the Order of Australia in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to landscape architecture and urban design.

He established a record of successfully leading large scale organisational change and sustaining a performance focused and responsive organisational culture. His longevity as a CE was underpinned by developing and maintaining relationships with staff at all levels within the organisation. This was accompanied by effective community engagement.

As the Senior Responsible Owner of the $1.87 billion Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) Project he had the unique experience of being Chief Executive at the time it was announced by Government in April 2005 to its successful operational commissioning and service commencement in March 2017. SCUH is the first public hospital in Queensland procured through a Public Private Partnership model.

Kevin has also been accountable for a number of other hospital redevelopments.

He currently heads his own consultancy practice and is engaged part time as an Associate Professor of Health Management at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

In the 2019 Australia Day Honours List, Kevin was awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his service to public health administration.

She was Senior Principal and Board member of Sinclair Knight Merz, a leading global engineering firm and held executive leadership roles as project director and chair of project boards for major infrastructure projects across a range of sectors including transport, water, energy, technology, resources and tourism. She also served as a general manager (secondment) with Queensland Water Infrastructure, developing an integrated strategy, planning and delivery for over $3 billion of water supply infrastructure in South East Queensland.Lesley is currently an independent consultant, non-executive director, business strategist and executive coach. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Urban and Regional Planning), is a qualified Project Director, member of the Planning Institute of Australia and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Fiona is a non-executive director for ASX-listed companies, Metro Mining Limited and KGL Resources Limited. She is also a Director of metallurgical services company Core Resources Pty Ltd. Fiona also serves as a member of the Joint Venture Committee for the West Pilbara Iron Ore Project.

Fiona was a Partner of Neuchâtel Partners for a decade, a corporate advisory firm in the resources and utility sectors, and a member of the Joint Venture Committee for the West Pilbara Iron Ore Project which she undertakes in her role as General Manager – Commercial for AMCI Investments Pty Ltd.

She has held senior operational leadership roles with MIM Holdings, later Xstrata Queensland, as Group Business Development Manager, and with Seqwater, including Acting CEO and Executive General Manager, Corporate and Stakeholder Relations.

Her experience includes resource and infrastructure projects in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland, as well as international exposure across South America, United Kingdom, Germany, Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, working with Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, German and South American investment partners.

Fiona is a Graduate of the AICD Company Director program and holds an MBA as well as an Honours degree in Law.

Previously, Frankie was Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA), responsible for delivering a reconstruction program worth more than $13 billion – the largest program of its type in the nation’s history. He earlier held the position of Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of the QRA, commencing in 2011.

He also brings extensive executive experience in major project delivery in the water, construction, energy and financial services industries. As Chief Executive Officer of Queensland Water Infrastructure he delivered major water storage facilities to South East Queensland.

Before joining the public service in Queensland he worked for many years both in Australia and internationally in the financial services sector.

Frankie is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Member of the Association of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland. He has also served on a number of key boards including Economic Development Queensland, Building Queensland and Trade and Investment Queensland.

A native of Ireland, Frankie is a keen marathon runner who says the best thing he ever did was marry a Queenslander, which has brought him to a State that he now calls home.

Rachel has chaired the Board of Jobs Queensland providing industry and evidence-based advice on skills needs and workforce planning. She is currently a Deputy Chancellor with Griffith University and has served as the Chair of Children’s Health Queensland.

Much of Rachel’s career in government has been spent in portfolios with a focus on employment, skills, training, and economic growth and resilience. She brings to the role an outcome-focused, and values-led leadership style.

He has considerable public service experience. He was the former Secretary of Transport for New South Wales, where he led around 27,000 people in shaping the planning, policy and delivery of public transport, roads and freight across the state.

Following a distinguished career in local government and engineering construction in Australia and the United Kingdom, Dave joined the Queensland Government as Deputy Coordinator-General within the Department of Infrastructure and Planning. In this role he was responsible for delivering major water and road projects.

More recently, Dave was the Director-General of Queensland Transport and then the Department of Transport and Main Roads, overseeing the integration of organisations to a new customer-focused model. His primary responsibility was transport leadership including strategic policy and planning, system stewardship, infrastructure delivery and service delivery.

Dave is an advocate for regional Queensland and one of his highlights as Director-General is participating in the community champions program for Indigenous communities, where he regularly visits the community of Pormpuraaw and assists community members with accessing much-needed government services.

He is also a member of Queensland’s Male Champions of Change group, joining 10 other prominent and influential business leaders to promote gender equality across a range of industries, including the Queensland public sector.

Dave was named as one of Australia’s Top 100 most influential engineers by Engineers Australia magazine in 2014.

He holds Masters Degrees in Business and Engineering Science and completed a Harvard executive program looking at private sector involvement in infrastructure delivery. He is also a Fellow of Engineers Australia; Honorary Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics; and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

He is also a Council of Australian Governments Senior Official and holds multiple Board positions including the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.