Statement: High-calibre team heads ports, rail, energy, water bodies

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Note Mr Harley (former Chairman TTA) appointed to the Queensland Rail board .. good move ..

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Media release

Treasurer and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Tim Nicholls

High-calibre team heads ports, rail, energy, water bodies

Treasurer and Minister for Trade Tim Nicholls today announced the appointment of fourteen directors to the boards of Queensland's ports, rail, energy and water bodies.

Mr Nicholls said the new appointees brought an ideal skill set to the Government-owned corporations.

"Power, water, the State's passenger rail network, ports – for these essential services, the GOCs have to get it absolutely right," Mr Nicholls said.

"If we are going to deliver better infrastructure and planning and better value for money for Queenslanders, our GOCs must have a strong leadership base.

"This is what these directors bring to the table."

Gordonvale sugarcane grower and former Cairns councillor Paul Gregory and Bell Potter Securities client advisor Greg Nucifora have been appointed to the board of Ports North (Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Ltd). They join Robert Macalister who has been reappointed.

Engineer Alan Grummitt brings 50 years' experience in ports and harbour engineering to his appointment as a director of North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Ltd.

UDP Consulting Engineers managing director Patrick Brady will join the board of Port of Townsville Ltd (POTL).  Jessups Accountants and Business Advisors partner Ian Jessup and commercial, corporate and property lawyer Dominique Tim So have also been appointed to the POTL board.

Dawson Petie has been reappointed to the Queensland Rail board. Mr Petie is joined by industrial and employment solicitor Geoff Harley, chief executive officer of the Collaborative Research Centre for Rail Innovation David George and infrastructure director with QC Resource Investments Wendy McMillan.

Independent energy consultant, sessional member of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Southbank Institute of Technology board member Sandra Deane has been appointed as a director of Energex Ltd.

Gary Humphrys returns to the board of Ergon Energy Corporation Ltd. He will be joined by new appointees John Love and John Gardner.

Mr Love is a property developer and former electrical contractor and Mr Gardner is a property developer and former CEO of Northern Territory Power and Water Authority.

Kenneth Howard has been reappointed to the board of Powerlink. Industrial relations and human resources specialist Anne Barclay will join Mr Howard on the board.

Queensland University of Technology economics and finance senior lecturer Dr William Wild has been appointed to the board of SunWater Ltd. Dr Wild is a former vice president of the Bank of America in Hong Kong.

Mr Nicholls paid tribute to outgoing directors John Bird and Susan Forrester (Ergon); Walter Threlfall (Powerlink); Jack Camp, Jodie Siganto and Lesley Anderson (Far North Queensland Ports Corporation); Graham Davies, Julie Bignell and Robynne Dudley (North Queensland Bulk Ports); Professsor Stephen Graw, the Honourable Tony McGrady AM, Rabieh Krayem, Natalie Scopelliti and Di Zetlin (Port of Townsville); Maureen Hayes, Denise McMillan-Hall and Dr Leo Keliher (Queensland Rail); Bronwyn Morris (QIC); and John Gibson and Tony Mooney (SunWater).

"Together, these directors brought enormous energy, experience and direction to a critical program of change in Queensland's GOC sector."

[ENDS] Date TBC


BIOGRAPHIES – NEW APPOINTMENTS

Far North Qld Ports Corp. Ltd (Ports North)

Paul Gregory

Academic – Diploma Advanced Education.

Currently – director family sugarcane farming business near Gordonvale, chair Pyramid Residential Centre.

Previously – three successive terms as councillor, Cairns City Council 2000-2008 and Cairns Regional Council from 2008 to April 2012.

Background – director across broad range of sectors and industries including primary industry, aged care, environment.

Greg Nucifora
   
Academic – Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Currently – senior client advisor, Bell Potter Securities, Cairns, operates sugar cane farm, deputy chairman ECU Australia credit union, member Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Background – finance, corporate governance, risk management.

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Limited (NQBP)

Alan Grummitt
   
Academic – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil).

Currently – fellow, Institute of Engineers Australia, fellow Assoc. of Consulting Engineers Australia, chair Cullen Grummitt & Roe group (worldwide port infrastructure), chair Riverside Group, Fantasea Cruising, a number of RiverWijs companies, director Darwin Port Corp.

Background – 50 years' experience in port and harbour engineering, cold storage, civil and structural engineering, associated materials and cargo handling.

Port of Townsville Limited (POTL)

Patrick Brady

Academic – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), member Australian Institute of Company Directors, board of Professional Engineers Australia, Institute of Engineers Australia.

Currently – managing director of UDP Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd, Townsville CBD Advisory Committee, Townsville Economic Development Committee.

Previously – Townsville chairman, Urban Development Institute of Australia (2009 – 2011).   

Ian Jessup
   
Academic – Bachelor of Economics, Commerce

Currently – partner Jessups Accountants and Business Advisors, chartered accountant, registered company auditor, official liquidator, registered trustee in bankruptcy, deputy chancellor James Cook University of North Queensland, board member accounting companies, positions in arts and community organisations.

Background – commercial and public accounting, legal.

Dominique Tim So
   
Academic – Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce.

Currently – associate MacDonnells Law (corporate, commercial, property), solicitor High Court of Australia, Supreme Court of Queensland, board Townsville Hospital Foundation.

Queensland Rail Ltd

Geoff Harley
   
Academic – Bachelor of Laws.

Currently – solicitor Supreme Court of Qld, High Court of Australia, consultant Clayton Utz, Brisbane, Chair, Qld Urban Utilities, member Australian Human Resources Institute, Australian Institute of Company Directors, advisory board Qld Conservatorium of Music, advisory council Griffith University Business School, board member Brisbane Marketing Pty Ltd, Rowland Pty Ltd.

Background – over 40 years' experience as solicitor, the last 20 specialising in industrial and employment law. Previously, Chair of TransLink Transit Authority (2008-2012).

David George
   
Academic – Master of Arts (Hons) Metallurgy and Science of Materials.

Currently – fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors, fellow Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics (NZ), CEO Cooperative Research Centre for Rail Innovation. 

Previously – CEO ONTRACK (NZ Railways Corporation) 2004 to 2007, various roles QR Limited from 1990 to 2004.

Wendy McMillan
   
Academic – Bachelor of Business – Marketing, Bachelor of Arts.

Currently – infrastructure director of QC Resource Investments Pty Ltd, director Infrastructure Association of Queensland, member Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Management, Australian Marketing Institute, Property Council of Australia.

Previously – manager strategic development John Holland Group.

(2008-2012), General Manager Australia TradeCoast Ltd (2005-2008).

Energex Ltd

Sandra Deane

Academic – Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws (Hons), qualified company secretary.

Currently – independent energy consultant, sessional member Qld Civil and Administrative Tribunal, board Southbank Institute of Technology.

Background – corporate (publicly listed, large private, GOCs) and professional (legal) sectors, more than 12 years' experience in the energy sector, AGL Energy Limited, Gascor Pty Ltd.

Ergon Energy Corporation Ltd

John Love

Currently – licensed Qld electrical contractor, manager/director Steppe Pty Ltd (property and development investment), business advisor Gosforth Medical Research, boards Pines Training Centre Pty Ltd, Youth with a Mission, Family Challenge.

Previously – founder John Love Electrical, Sunshine Coast.

John Gardner

Academic – Graduate Diploma Advanced Management.

Currently – residential property developer.

Previously – CEO Northern Territory Correctional Services, CEO NT Power and Water Authority, CEO NT Department of Industry and Business, director several NT public organisations.

Background – public and private sectors including banking, finance, IT, utilities, business and infrastructure development.

Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Ltd (Powerlink)

Anne Barclay
   
Academic – Graduate Certificate in Business (Strategic HR Management).

Currently – co-founder, director HR Advantage Consulting Pty Ltd, founder, director Profile Consulting Pty Ltd.

Previously – senior HR and IR positions including deputy director, HRM, Griffith University and principal HR advisor Brisbane City Council.

Background – IR, HR.

SunWater Ltd

Dr William Wild
   
Academic – PhD, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor & Master of Laws.

Currently – senior lecturer at QUT, on board of St Lucia Finance Group.

Previously – principal adviser and head of project finance syndication at KBC Bank in London, vice president Bank of America, Hong Kong.

Background – international project finance, corporate finance, loan syndications banker.