Michelle James, Chair
LLB (Hons), GAICD
Appointed 1 December 2022
The QBC Board Chair, Ms James is a Principal and Director with law firm Maurice Blackburn where she heads up its Queensland and Northern Territory personal injuries businesses. She has over 25 years of experience in litigation and significant experience advocating for the rights of injured people, particularly survivors of child sexual abuse.
She has authored submissions to, and appeared before, numerous State and Federal Parliamentary and Senate Committees in relation to matters impacting injured people, and survivors of child sexual abuse. She has expertise in organisational leadership and governance and is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in governance.
Ms James is National President and Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and was the first woman President of that organisation in Queensland. She is a recipient of the Queensland Law Society Agnes McWhinney Award and is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist.
John Anderson, Deputy Chair
Appointed 1 December 2022
Mr Anderson is a respected Aboriginal Elder, tertiary qualified with extensive board and leadership experience. He is the Chair of Coexistence Queensland and a Community Member of the Board of Professional Engineers Queensland. Additionally, Mr Anderson is a sole trader and has been Executive Director of Pi-CaTS Pty Ltd since 2005 following a 30-year career with Queensland Government including with the then Queensland Transport and Main Roads, and the Rail and Ports Division of Queensland Transport throughout central west, south west, and south east Queensland.
Mr Anderson is a former Toowoomba-based Regional Manager (Cultural Heritage) of the then Department of Environment and Heritage. He is also a former Federal Council Member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions through his membership of the Community and Public Sector Trade Union (State Public Services Federation Queensland) and was active in the public sector trade union movement representing Indigenous worker rights locally, nationally, and internationally.
Suzanne Baker
Appointed 1 December 2022
Ms Baker is a professional non-executive director with 25 years of experience as a non-executive director, committee member and chairperson. She has extensive experience on public sector boards and Audit Committees and holds tertiary qualifications and professional memberships in Accounting, Finance and Governance.
Colin Cassidy
PSM
Appointed 1 December 2022
Mr Cassidy holds positions on the Metro South Hospital and Health Board and two of its committees. He has significant board and committee experience and has had a long public sector career, including several senior executive roles in the Queensland Government. In the January 2020 Australia Day Awards, Mr Cassidy was awarded the Public Service Medal for his contribution to town planning, corporate services and economic development in Queensland.
Christopher Edwards
FAICD MBA PMP PMI-RMP PMI-PBA
Appointed 1 December 2022
Mr Edwards is a member on the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland and holds positions on committees for Racing Queensland and Metro South Hospital and Health Board.
Meg Frisby
LLB
Appointed 1 December 2022
Ms Frisby is the Director of Meg Frisby Consulting, a stakeholder relations consultancy based in north Queensland. She has extensive private and public sector experience having worked as a lawyer, a Chief of Staff in state and local government and in the resources sector as a Stakeholder Relations Specialist.
Robyn Petrou
Appointed 1 December 2022
Ms Petrou has more than 15 years’ experience as a non-executive director and committee member and over 25 years’ experience as a senior executive in the financial services industry. She is currently a non-executive director with QInsure and Executive Performance Partner with Performance Partners, a business and executive performance firm.
