David Jay OAM - Chairman
David is the Principal of David Jay Consulting. In a career spanning over 30 years, David has provided leadership, project direction and management on a range of major infrastructure projects that have been recognised and acknowledged as highly successful both within Australia and internationally including World Expo '88, South Bank, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the Queensland Health state-wide Health Building Program. David is highly experienced in working with government and the private sector in delivering projects. His previous public sector roles include Director, Capital Works Branch, Queensland Health and Director, Health, Law and Order Portfolio, Department of Public Works.

Brian Guthrie PSM
Brian was the CEO of Townsville City Council from 1994 to 2008.  His career as an engineer and senior executive spans over 30 years experience in local government management and infrastructure procurement. Brian has been on the Board of the Queensland Local Government Managers Association since 1993, the Secretary/Treasurer Urban Local Government Association Queensland since 1994, a member of the Chief Officers Group, Australia, since 1996 and a Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Chair of Audit Committee (1998 – 2004). He is presently the Chair of the Waterways Project for Townsville Port Authority. He was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding service to Local Government in the 2005 Australia Day Honours list.

Greg Hallam PSM
Greg Hallam is the Executive Director of the Local Government Association of Queensland, a position he has held since 1996.  He has worked in Local Government for almost three decades, including Brisbane City Council, the Commonwealth Office of Local Government in Canberra, and the Esk Shire and Townsville City Councils before assuming his current role. He holds directorships with local government Workcare Board, and Local Government Mutual Insurance Corporation and Local Buy Pty Ltd. He is a former director of the Queensland Treasury Corporation. In addition he sits on the Boards of Sporting Wheelies and Queensland Cycling. He was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding service to local government in the 2001 Australia Day Honours list, the Centenary Medal in 2003, and the International Olympic Councils (IOC) Merit Award in 2005.  He has degrees in Commerce, Economics and Business Administration and is a qualified Local Government Clerk.

Stephen Rochester
Stephen Rochester is Chief Executive of Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC), the State’s central financing authority and corporate treasury services provider. With over 27 years experience in public sector financing, Stephen has been involved in all aspects of the provision of corporate treasury services to the Queensland public sector as well as the establishment and operation of domestic and offshore borrowing programs, the development and implementation of liability management strategies and the provision of infrastructure funding and financial risk management services.

In addition, Stephen has extensive experience in Australian Loan Council and related Commonwealth/State financial matters and played an integral role in the establishment of Queensland Treasury Corporation in 1991. In August 2003, Stephen was awarded national ‘Public Sector Financial Manager of the Year’ as part of the 2003 CFO Awards (CFO is a publication of the Fairfax Business Media Group).

Roger Short
Roger is a highly experienced solicitor and company director with extensive project delivery experience including Wivenhoe Dam, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Noosa Sewerage and Water Treatment plants, and Townsville Casino.  His legal experience was derived as a construction and property law Partner with Blake Dawson Waldron, and Henderson & Lahey (now Clayton Utz), and as a consultant to McCullough Robertson.

His public company experience includes roles as a Director, Forest Place Group Limited, retirement village owner/operator (taken over by FKP Ltd) (1984 – 2002) and Director, then Chairman, Breakwater Island Limited, owner/operator of the Townsville Casino (taken over by Jupiters Ltd).  Roger is currently a Consultant to Thiess Pty Ltd and a Director of Payce Consolidated Ltd, and Paynter Dixon Pty Ltd.