Greg Chemello, QBC Board Chair
BRTP(Hons) MSc(EnvMgt) MBA FAICD
Appointed 17 April 2025
Greg has been a Director of Boards for 30 years, and a member (now Fellow) of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) since 1992. Over the last decade, Greg has balanced a sequence of CEO and executive leadership roles with several Board positions. He is a respected, trusted leader and is widely regarded as a competent and professional advisor across Queensland’s business, government, community and political spheres.
Greg’s experience includes land use and infrastructure planning, property development, project delivery, economic development, stakeholder and community engagement and corporate governance. Over the last 20 years, his leadership has focused on public and private sector asset owners and private sector development advisory/consulting businesses experiencing substantial transformation.
Debra Robinson, Deputy Chair
Appointed 1 December 2025
Debra is a senior local government executive with more than 30 years’ experience across planning, development, construction, customer service, and organisational transformation.
Amelia Hodge
LLB GAICD GradCert Prop Eco MAPI
Appointed 17 April 2025
Amelia brings a powerful combination of legal, governance, risk management and human-centred stakeholder and commercial skills across private and public sectors, professional services, construction, insurance, energy, industry bodies and infrastructure projects.
With extensive career experience, direct P & L responsibility, broad Australian and global networks and political advocacy expertise, Amelia brings strength and energy to all that she applies attention to.
Amelia has Chair and NED experience on a range of diverse Boards and Finance, Risk and Audit Committees in the public and private sector, including global V20 leadership positions.
In her consultancy days, Amelia acted as transaction director on multiple government infrastructure projects of economic significance and has worked within the oil, gas, energy and transmission sectors.
Amelia was honoured to serve on the Council for the Order of Australia for 4 years for the Office of the Governor General.
Over 30 years, Amelia has served a range of charities advancing the lives of women and children, in addition to mentoring hundreds of young professionals and leading diversity equity and inclusion initiatives. Additional advisory board and pro bono volunteer activities have included the engineering, NFP & Arts Sectors and several start-ups.
Sally Noonan
B.Econ GradCert Mmt GAICD PMESA
Appointed 1 December 2025
Sally is an experienced executive leader and strategic thinker with an extensive career spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She has served in CEO, Deputy Director-General, and Chief Economist roles within the Queensland Government. In these roles she established a track record of delivering value, excellence and innovation in organisational strategy, economic development policy, infrastructure and transport planning, insurance governance, and social inclusion.
Sally's recent focus has been to apply her strategy and governance expertise to improve the effectiveness of varied 'for purpose' government and non-government organisations including through roles such as Non-Executive Director, Chair and Member Audit and Risk Committee, Member Governance Committee, and Principal Strategy Consultant. She enjoys navigating complexity to deliver better outcomes in diverse sectors including homelessness, child protection, landholder engagement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, youth justice, student accommodation, and building regulation.
Miriam Kent
BA (Hons), GAICD
Appointed 1 December 2025
Throughout an international career spanning three decades, Miriam has achieved commercial success across the public, private and not-for profit sectors in Australia and the United Kingdom.
She brings this extensive expertise to several not-for-profit Board positions, including with St John Ambulance Queensland and WorkHaven. Miriam is also passionate about shaping Queensland’s future and holds leadership and advisory roles on the Queensland Futures Institute Futures Council and the City Vision Sub-Committee of the Committee for Brisbane.
As Chief Executive Officer of Gallipoli Medical Research (GMR), an independent research institute located in Brisbane, Miriam leads internationally renowned researchers who conduct pioneering research and clinical trials that address contemporary health issues among veterans, their families and the wider community.
Miriam brings extensive governance experience, in addition to her transformative leadership, expertise in driving strategic change and operational excellence, and a lifelong passion for the community and NFP sectors to the QBC Board.
Gerard Benedet
BIntSt BCom GAICD
Appointed 1 December 2025
Gerard Benedet is an experienced executive and company director with strong governance credentials and a proven record of operating in highly regulated environments, engaging with government, and overseeing complex policy and service delivery reforms. He brings deep experience in public accountability, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic decision-making relevant to a statutory authority board.
Gerard has served in senior executive leadership roles since 2019, including as Queensland Branch Director and subsequently Executive Director of a Pharmacy Guild of Australia, a national member based registered organisation. In these roles, he has been responsible for organisational performance, regulatory compliance, financial oversight, workforce leadership, and the delivery of outcomes in partnership with state and federal governments. He has worked directly with Ministers, central agencies, regulators and industry participants to design, implement and govern major reforms, ensuring alignment with legislative frameworks, public interest objectives and operational capability.
Gerard’s earlier career includes senior executive and governance-adjacent roles across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, including at News Corp Australia, Careers Australia, and the National Rugby League. He has also held senior advisory roles at the highest levels of government, including Chief of Staff to the Queensland Treasurer and to the Leader of the Opposition, providing him with a strong understanding of statutory decision-making, Cabinet and Budget processes, public sector governance standards, and the expectations placed on board directors of government bodies. Gerard was the inaugural National Director of not-for-profit advocacy organisation Advance Australia.
Gerard holds qualifications in international studies and commerce and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Chris Mountford
Appointed 1 December 2025
Chris is CEO of Independent Schools Queensland, with a strong background in property, infrastructure, and economic policy as the former Queensland Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia.