About us

Mark O’Brien AM has more than 30 years experience in western Queensland in both private and public sectors, with extensive experience in logistics for rural and remote areas of the state. Mark served as Mayor of Murweh Shire Council for eight years from 2004–12, and for six of these years, was a Queensland Local Government Grants Commissioner. Having developed the concept of ‘cluster fencing’ he was appointed as a Queensland Government Wild Dog Fence Commissioner, and more recently as a Queensland Drought Commissioner. After helping to corporatise the Save the Bilby Fund as its inaugural Chairman, Mark then served nine years as Chair of the South Western Natural Resource Management Group.

Keith Allan has more than 30 years experience in treasury and corporate finance during his time at Coca-Cola Amatil. He brings his experience in risk management to the Board, with exposure to a wide range of banking and financial markets. A key facet of this experience is his involvement in the development and maintenance of key relationships with stakeholders. He has established a dynamic environment of acquisitions and divestments throughout the Asia Pacific region, as well as Central and Eastern Europe. Keith has held the role of Group Treasurer at Coca-Cola Amatil for the past eight years.

Richard Ballinger is a highly experienced lawyer and General Counsel who has worked with Fast-Moving Consumer Goods businesses both as General Counsel and in large private practice firms, as well as in management and on leadership teams. He is skilled in partnering business leaders and their functions and managing their issues, including regulatory and compliance, joint ventures, brand partnership agreements, customer and supply agreements, distribution arrangements, product liability and dispute resolution. Richard has previously held roles as Director on the Boards of two joint venture companies.

Monica Bradley has more than 30 years of strategy and technology experience. She works with organisations to transform and thrive in the innovation economy by crafting business models enabled by technology and centred around genuine customer needs. Monica brings leadership in strategic discussions to the Board to help better understand the risks and opportunities of the changing economy and exercise informed judgement in strategy design, talent attraction and investments. She draws on her global network to connect the capital, technology, talent and customers which create sustainable ventures delivering human prosperity. Monica currently sits as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of BenchOn, Umano, City Smart and Brisbane Marketing and the Advisory Boards of 2017 Riskwise, Five Good Friends, QBDF Co-Investment Venture Fund (Investment Review Member) and the Minister for Innovation’s Advisory Council.

Andrew Clark has more than 20 years experience providing assurance, financial management, consulting, governance and risk management services and has held a range of executive finance positions. He is a Partner with Assured Business providing enterprise resource planning and business transformation services with a focus on improving governance, risk and compliance. Before leading a national consulting practice, Andrew was a Chief Financial Officer with Airservices Australia, providing financial strategic management for one of the world’s leading air traffic control and fire rescue providers during a period of industry and service delivery change.

Karen Foelz is a beverage entrepreneur and advocate for healthy living. The founder of Spring & Grove, a naturally flavoured sparkling spring water with zero calories, zero sweeteners and zero preservatives, Karen is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2017, Karen was a finalist for the Women in Technology Sue Wickenden Startup Entrepreneur Award and the Women’s Agenda Emerging Entrepreneur Award. Karen is deeply involved in the evolution of the startup ecosystem at QUT, contributing to the university wide initiative to significantly grow the support for student, alumni and staff founders.

Jeff Maguire has more than 35 years of supply chain experience, encompassing manufacturing and logistics in a variety of roles and functions, including line management, project management, and strategic management roles. He has been with Coca-Cola Amatil for 27 years and is leading its participation in Container Refund Schemes (CRS) across Australia. Jeff’s global connections tap into a comprehensive knowledge base of active CRS operations from around the world to assist with successful local implementation.

Mark Powell is the National Sales Director for Lion Nathan Australia, holding various regional sales positions in Adelaide and Brisbane before relocating to Sydney in 2008 as Lion’s Regional Sales Director. Prior to his 15 years at Lion, Mark spent eight years with Coca-Cola Amatil and a further eight with PwC in Sydney and London.

Dominique Tim So is a Senior Lawyer for James Cook University, having previously worked in private practice as a General Counsel for an ASX-listed company. She has practised in Property, Corporate and Commercial Law. Dominique has acted on behalf of small to large businesses, high-net-worth individuals, private and public companies, not-for-profit organisations and government corporations across a wide array of industries. Dominique has held previous Director’s positions with government-owned corporation Port of Townsville Limited and the statutory not-for-profit Townsville Hospital Foundation.