Queensland Futures Council
The Queensland Futures Council provides a forum for the leaders of Queensland's largest organisations to contribute to the public policy debate on the State’s economic and social growth.
The Futures Council provides diverse, cross-sectorial advice to the Queensland Futures Institute and helps to set our policy agenda.
Membership is by invitation and includes a prestigious and diverse range of leaders across business, industry, the community sector, government and academia.
Queensland leaders who have accepted a position on the Council include:
Chief Executive Officer
Immediate Past President
Professor Helen Bartlett
Vice Chancellor and President
University of the Sunshine Coast
Matthew Battams
Branch Director
Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland
Gerard Carlyon
Chief Executive Officer
Mackay Regional Council
Dan Clark
Chief Executive Officer
Australia Pacific LNG
Gert-Jan De Graaff
Chief Executive Officer
Brisbane Airport Corporation
Jacinda Euler Welsh
Principal
Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Professor Carolyn Evans
Vice-Chancellor and President
Griffith University
Professor Ian Frazer AC
Chair and Ambassador
Translational Research Foundation
Professor Maher Gandhi
Chief Executive Officer
Translational Research Institute
Nick Hamilton
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Challenger Limited
James Harman
Chief Executive Officer
EDL
Michael Hiller
Queensland State Chair
KPMG
Ben Ikin
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Rugby League
Miriam Kent
Chief Executive Officer
Gallipoli Medical Research
Steve Laidlaw
Chief Executive Officer
People First Bank
Simon Ling
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Treasury Corporation
Dr Robyn Littlewood
Chief Executive Officer
Health & Wellbeing Queensland
Kevin Mercer
Chief Executive Officer
St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland
Bridget Messer
Chief Risk Officer
Suncorp
Chris Mountford
Chief Executive Officer
Independent Schools Queensland
Professor Karen Nelson
Vice-Chancellor
University of Southern Queensland
Cem Ozenc
Corporate Vice President and General Manager Oceania, Novo Nordisk
Kylie Rampa
Chief Executive Officer
QIC
Bruce Rush
Chief Executive Officer
Suncorp Bank and Managing Director Queensland, ANZ
Mark Scott
Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director
Hastings Deering
Professor Margaret Sheil AO
Vice-Chancellor and President
Queensland University of Technology
Julian Simmonds
Chief Executive Officer
Economic Development Queensland
Neil Stephens
Chief Executive Officer
Port of Brisbane
Alan Swanson
Chief Executive Officer
PMSA
Professor Deborah Terry AC
Vice-Chancellor and President
The University of Queensland
John Tucker
Chief Executive Officer
TAFE Queensland
Kathy Vincent
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Retirement Trust
Terry Weber
Regional Manager QLD, NT & PNG
CISCO
Cr. Greg Williamson
Mayor
Mackay Regional Council
