Experience

Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  QRAA became the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority on 1 July 2017. As a a specialist provider of government financial and advisory support to rural and regional Queensland, the organisation has been helping Queensland primary producers and industry recover from natural disaster, improve sustainability and profitability, make a start in business and overcome challenging times for more than 20 years. As the Queensland Government’s experts in rural finance, we now also administer the State Government’s Farm Business Debt Mediation program, conduct a biennial Rural Debt Survey, undertake research and provide advice to government. Show less



BDO in Australia

• Australia
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, International Business

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2015

  As a senior member of the BDO International Business team I supported Australian businesses looking to invest or do business offshore, and guided overseas companies as they considered entering the Australian market. I provided assistance with the development and execution of export and investment strategies and helped drive engagement with government for my clients. I also lead the firm’s Corporate Partnership with AUSTRADE. As a senior member of the BDO International Business team I supported Australian businesses looking to invest or do business offshore, and guided overseas companies as they considered entering the Australian market. I provided assistance with the development and execution of export and investment strategies and helped drive engagement with government for my clients. I also lead the firm’s Corporate Partnership with AUSTRADE.



Hear and Say

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non-Executive Director

  • Jun 2009 - May 2013

  Hear and Say is a not-for-profit organisation, which aims to offer children with even profound or total hearing loss the potential to hear the world around them; listen to their parents, families and friends; speak like their hearing friends; believe they can do anything they want; and dream about a future with many possible life pathways. Hear and Say is a not-for-profit organisation, which aims to offer children with even profound or total hearing loss the potential to hear the world around them; listen to their parents, families and friends; speak like their hearing friends; believe they can do anything they want; and dream about a future with many possible life pathways.



Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)

• Australia
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• State Manager - Queensland

  • Jan 2004 - Apr 2009

• Senior Trade Commissioner, Thailand

  • 2000 - 2004

• Senior Trade Commissioner, Manila

  • 1998 - 2000

• Trade Commissioner, Seoul, South Korea

  • 1995 - 1998