Queensland Rail Board

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 September 2017

Experience

Sandra is a professional Non-Executive Director. She is currently a board member of the National Disability Insurance Agency, MLC Insurance Limited, Auswide Bank Limited, Horizon Oil Limited, 7-Eleven Holdings Pty Ltd and Sunshine Coast Children’s Therapy Centre.

In all cases she Chairs the Audit Committee or Audit and Risk Committee and sits on a number of other Board committees including Nominations and Disclosure. She is also the Independent member of the Audit Committee of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Public Trustee of Queensland and member of the Council of the University of the Sunshine Coast and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.

Sandra has extensive experience in financial services and was previously a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers for 16 years leading a number of practice areas including 5 years as Global Leader of their Governance Risk and Compliance practice.

Qualifications:

BCom, CA, GAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee, Major Projects and Procurement Committee

Other Directorships:

Director - National Disability Insurance Agency, Director - MLC Insurance Limited, Director - Auswide Bank Limited, Director - Horizon Oil Limited, Director - 7-Eleven Holdings Pty Ltd, Director - Sunshine Coast Children’s Therapy Centre, Independent Member of Audit Committee - Reserve Bank of Australia, Independent Chair Audit and Risk Committee and Member of Investment Board – Public Trustee of Queensland, Council Member – University of the Sunshine Coast.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 October 2016

Experience

Stephen has more than 35 years’ experience in a broad range of strategic, functional and customer-facing roles within multi-billion dollar national and international business environments. He has extensive functional and operational experience backed by strong commercial acumen.
 
Most recently, Stephen has worked with Bradken, a publicly listed Australian-based company supplying differentiated consumable and capital products to global markets in the resources, freight rail and power generation sectors.  During this time, he headed multi-million dollar businesses making and selling products across the globe.  This work involved responsibility for operations in Australasia, Africa, China, India; as well as North and South America.
As Chief Operating Officer and later Interim Chief Executive Officer of Queensland Rail, Stephen led Australia’s largest transportation company through a period of major restructuring and change, delivering growth and innovation across a broad portfolio of Queensland Rail’s activities. He has established a reputation as a national leader in transport innovation and his work has extended well into the resources sector where he has led the commercial development of the supply chain and infrastructure components of a number of major projects in liquefied natural gas, alumina and coal, in Australia and overseas. He has built strong international and business credentials, working with a range of global corporations and governments to advise in the areas of transport, logistics and infrastructure.

Qualifications:

MBus, BBus, Grad Dip Transport & Logistics Management, FCILT, FCIEAM, GAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee, People and Safety Committee (Chair)

Other Directorships:

Director – Tasmanian Railways Pty Ltd (TasRail), Director – Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 7 October 2015

Experience

David has extensive Board experience and has held a number of executive and non-executive roles across a range of sectors including road, rail, water, gas, electricity, logistics and supply chain management. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Rail Track Corporation and Director and Chair of the Australian Railway Association. David also served as a Director of the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board.

David has worked as Managing Director of Lend Lease Engineering and Managing Director of Lend Lease Infrastructure Services, and as a Director of the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordination Company Pty Ltd.

He received the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2013 for significant service to the rail industry through national structural reform and infrastructure upgrades and has been a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2000.

Qualifications:

GAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee (Chair), People and Safety Committee

Other Directorships:

Director - Airservices Australia, Chair – Technology and Investment Committee, Member – Audit at Risk Committee, Member – Safety Committee

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 October 2016

Experience

Ms Peters was appointed as the Director for South East Queensland by AECOM in September 2017.

Prior to this Ms Peters was a Director at Conrad Gargett and has more than 25 years of infrastructure experience, including senior executive roles with Leighton Contractors, Brisbane Airport and Visionstream.

Experienced in building high performance teams to deliver results, Ms Peters has contributed to many significant infrastructure projects such as Eastern Busway and Inner Northern Busway.

Ms Peters has worked on many major precincts / projects and is known for her ability to offer innovative approaches to complex and sensitive tasks. An outspoken advocate for delivering more to communities when delivering infrastructure, Ms Peters highlights the importance of weaving infrastructure back into the urban fabric, creating added economic benefits and engagement with the community.

Ms Peters has contributed to the development of Queensland and Brisbane through board and committee roles such as the Queensland Government Precinct Advisory Committee (Chair), Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Committee, the Urban Land Development Authority and the University of Queensland Senate.

Ms Peters contributions are sought by government and industry to address key industry and state wide issues such as skill development, innovation and collaboration. Ms Peters has worked closely with CEOs, board members, Ministers and Directors General to establish shared understanding of industry macro and micro economic impacts.

Qualifications:

B.Arch (Hons), B.App.Sci, Grad Dip Project Management, Registered Architect, FAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee, Major Projects and Procurement Committee

Other Directorships:

Member – Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Committee, Division Councillor – Property Council Australia (QLD)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 30 July 2014

Experience

Paul is a Chartered Professional Engineer with 40 years’ experience in the planning, design and delivery of key infrastructure projects. In June 2016 he retired after 30 years with global consulting firm Arup Pty Limited, where he was the Brisbane leader and the regional Energy Business leader. Prior to joining Arup in 1986, he worked as a specialist geotechnical engineering consultant in Australia and as an Engineering Project Manager on major public housing projects with the Hong Kong Housing Authority.

Paul is experienced in leading engineering teams to achieve results through innovation and challenging conventional design solutions to solve problems. He has contributed to many significant projects across Queensland and internationally, especially in large scale transport infrastructure and energy development projects. These include the Airport Link and Northern Busway project in Brisbane, LNG facilities on Curtis Island at Gladstone, and the Kogan Power Station on Queensland’s Darling Downs.

Paul previously served on an advisory council to the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and IT at the University of Queensland and was also a Director of Green Cross Australia and Kidsafe Queensland Inc. Paul remains a Kidsafe Ambassador.

Qualifications:

BA MSc, FIEAust, CPEng, RPEQ, GAICD

Member of:

Major Projects and Procurement Committee (Chair), Audit and Risk Committee

Other Directorships:

None other than Queensland Rail.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 6 June 2018

Experience

Heather is a consultant and former partner with McCullough Robertson Lawyers. She brings more than 30 years’ experience as a private sector lawyer and partner in regional and metropolitan practice. For the last decade her specialist focus has been providing legal and governance strategic advice across charitable, non-profit and public sectors.

Her industry expertise covers aged care, health and community services, affordable housing and Indigenous communities.

Her governance experience, both as an advisor and director, includes organizations with large workforces, multiple locations, significant property interests, business model transitions, subsidiary structures and complex stakeholder interests.

Qualifications:

LLB, GradCertBus, MAICD

Member of:

Major Projects and Procurement Committee, People and Safety Committee

Other Directorships:

Board Member - Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Chair - Uniting (NSW & ACT), Director - Uniting (Victoria & Tasmania) and Chair, Governance Committee, Director - Australian Regional and Remote Community Services Ltd, Director - Community Services Industry Alliance Ltd and Chair, Community Services Reform Council, Director - National Affordable Housing Consortium Ltd and Chair, Governance and Remuneration Committee, Chair - Epic Good Foundation, Director - SEFA Partnerships Ltd, Advisory Council Member - Queensland Family and Child Commission, Advisory Board Member - Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission