QPAC is governed by a Board of Trust with members appointed by the Queensland Government. In collaboration with the Trust members, QPAC is managed by an Executive Group.
The Executive Group is responsible for the operations and the achievement of the Centre's strategic priorities. QPAC is a Statutory Body of the Queensland Government. Its responsibilities are set out in the Queensland Performing Arts Trust Act 1977.
Trust Members
Professor Peter Coaldrake AO, Chair
Professor Peter Coaldrake AO was Vice-Chancellor and CEO of QUT from April 2003 to December 2017 and served as Chair of Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia’s universities, between 2009 and 2011. A dual Fulbright scholar, Professor Coaldrake is the author or editor of a number of books, including co-author with Dr Lawrence Stedman of Raising the Stakes: Gambling with the Future of Universities (UQP, 2016 revised edition).
Professor Coaldrake was appointed Chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust in October 2017 and is currently Chief Commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), and Board member of the Queensland Community Foundation.
Ms Leigh Tabrett PSM, Deputy Chair
Leigh Tabrett PSM has worked as a secondary teacher, a university administrator, and senior public servant, ending her public service career as Deputy Director-General (Arts Queensland) in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. She has served on numerous state and national policy and co-ordinating bodies and government owned companies. She has been an advisor to both State and Federal Governments on higher education and on arts and cultural policy and has led policy, organisational and legislative reform agendas in both areas.
Ms Tabrett now works as a company director and executive coach.
Leanne Coddington
Leanne is a renowned leader in the Visitor Economy sector, particularly for marketing Queensland’s tourism industry and enhancing the State's major events calendar.
She chairs Netball Queensland and is a Non-Executive Director of Helloworld Travel Limited, the Museum of Brisbane, and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. Leanne has been an industry representative on the Australian Government’s Reimagining the Visitor Economy Expert Panel and is an Adjunct Professor at UQ Business School.
She was CEO of Tourism and Events Queensland from 2013 to 2022 and has held senior roles at Tourism Queensland and the Hyatt Hotel Group.
Julian Myers
Julian Myers is a senior Partner in the Financial Advisory practice of PwC with more than 25 years of experience as a trusted business and corporate taxation advisor. He has worked extensively across the Queensland business community and his experience spans a large portfolio of local, national and global clients in a range of industries as well as key leadership roles within PwC Australia.
Mr Myers is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a Chartered Tax Adviser with the Taxation Institute of Australia, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Queensland Justice of the Peace. He is also the former Chair of La Boite Theatre Company with over 12 years experience in arts governance roles.
Georgina Richters
Georgina Richters is the Principal and Lead of First Nations Advisory, an Aboriginal-owned management consulting practice with Brisbane-based consultancy Environment Land Heritage Pty Ltd. She has worked in leadership roles within the public, private and not-for-profit sector and has more than 25 years’ experience working in Indigenous affairs at national, state, local and community levels delivering innovative community-based and led solutions that protect, restore and build the social and economic well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.
Ms Richters is also the Deputy-Chair of the Brisbane 2032 Legacy Committee and Board Member of Tourism Australia.
Susan Rix AM
Susan Rix AM is an accomplished business leader with over 40 years’ experience as a chartered accountant and corporate advisor assisting clients in varied aspects of commercial, financial and taxation matters with an emphasis on small to medium enterprises across a broad range of industries and professions.
Ms Rix is an experienced company director and Chair with current and past board roles spanning the private, not-for-profit and government sectors in diverse industries including health, infrastructure, disability services, and education. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Murray Saylor
Murray is a proud Samsep man from Erub (Darnley Island) in the Torres Strait. He has more than 20 years’ diverse experience in the fields of business, government, defence, Indigenous affairs, and the resource sector with a focus on First Nations’ cultural, ecological, and economic sustainability.
Mr Saylor is the Founder and Managing Director of Tagai Management Consultants, a company driven to work respectfully with clients in the Australia and Asia-Pacific region to deliver market leading procurement and supply chain management as well as business advisory and stakeholder engagement services.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group
The role of the Advisory Group is to advise the QPAC Board on the actions necessary to realise QPAC’s commitment to recognising the unique, place that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures hold in Australian culture, and to working towards making this vision real across all aspects of the organisation’s operations. The Group is an advisory group established by, and directly responsible to, the QPAC Board. It has no executive powers, unless delegated to it by the QPAC Board.
Advisory Group members:
- Georgina Richters, Chair
- Leigh Tabrett PSM
- Carla McGrath
- Ivan Ingram
- Tyá Dynevor
- Murray Saylor
Duties and responsibilities:
- Lead reconciliation activities
- Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objectives in Creative Together 2020-2030: A 10 Year Roadmap for arts, culture and creativity in Queensland
- Support QPAC's Strategic Plan First Nations objective to prioritise reconciliation led by First Nations knowledge and expertise
- Advise on a Framework for action to achieve QPAC’s strategic goal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural presence
- Reporting
Executive Group
- Chief Executive John Kotzas AM
- Executive Director – Visitor Experience Jackie Branch
- Executive Director – Philanthropy and Partnerships Zoë Connolly
- Executive Director – Marketing and Ticketing Roxanne Hopkins
- Executive Director – Venue Infrastructure and Production Services Bill Jessop
- Executive Director – Curatorial Jono Perry
- Executive Director – Business Performance Kieron Roost
- Executive Director - People and Culture Gemma Davidson
- Director – Finance and Business Michael Stout
- Director – First Nations Strategy Kurt Schulte-Schrepping
- Director - Programming Ellen Kavanagh
- Director - Engagement Katrina Torenbeek
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