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Administration

Management

Patrick Pickett - Chief Executive Officer
Thy Huynh - Personal Assistant to CEO
Alison Barclay - Administration Officer

Richard Wenn - Director - Artistic Planning
Anne Powell - Assistant Artistic Administrator
Sam Cockerill~ - Education Officer
Jacqui Bodel - Artistic & Administration Coordinator

Matthew Farrell - Director - Orchestra Management
Nina Logan - Orchestra Manager
Judy Wood - Orchestra Librarian
Fiona Lale* - Assistant Librarian / Artist Liaison
Darryl Keys - Production Coordinator
Ashleigh Ellson - Operations Coordinator
Lynda Walker - Food & Beverage Attendant

Liesa Hogg* - Philanthropy Manager

David Martin - Director - Marketing & Development
Erin Whittaker - Senior Marketing Coordinator
Vanessa Lea - Marketing Coordinator
Marc Missiaen - Temporary Marketing Coordinator
Nicole Small - Marketing & Development Assistant

Jen Mundt* - Human Resources Manager

John Waight - Chief Financial Officer
Sandy Johnston - Accountant
Donna Barlow* - Accounts Payable Officer

*Part-time
~Funded with the Assistance of the Queensland Department of Education and Training

Board

Greg Wanchap - Chairman
Philip Bracanin
Tony Denholder
Rhyll Gardner
Jenny Hodgson
Jason Redman
Janine Walker
Tony Keane


Greg Wanchap
Mr Wanchap is Principal of WHK Horwath, Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants. He specialises in advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, and capital raisings and is an adviser to corporations and privately owned businesses as well as serving on a number of commercial and community boards. His commercial background includes investment banking, manufacturing, and insurance and extensive experience in doing business in China. Mr Wanchap holds a Bachelor of Business from Queensland University of Technology, is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, Fellow of Taxation Institute of Australia, Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Philip Bracanin
Philip Bracanin studied music and mathematics at the University of Western Australia, where he was awarded MA and PhD degrees for analytical studies of contemporary music. Professor Bracanin recently retired from The University of Queensland where for nine years he was Dean of the Faculty of Music, and for ten years, Head of the School of Music. Additionally, Professor Bracanin has served on the boards of the Australian Music Centre, Australia Council, 4MBS Classic Radio and the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, where for ten years he was Deputy Chair and Chair of the Concerts Committee.

In 1988 Bracanin was Composer-in-Residence at the Anglo-Australian Music Festival in Birmingham, England. In 1991 he fulfilled a similar role at the Bournemouth International Festival, at which two of his works were performed, including a festival commission. In May 1995 his First Symphony was premiered by the Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra in Pusan, Korea, and in September his Second Choral Symphony was premiered. Additionally, in 1995 his Guitar Concerto won the APRA Award for the best Australian Classical Composition. His music has been recorded in Australia, Germany, and Finland and in the former Yugoslavia, and performed in Australia, Europe, Korea, Malaysia, Canada and the U.S.A.

Tony Denholder
Tony Deholder is a partner in the Brisbane Commercial and Projects Group at Blake Dawson. He specialises in resources law and native title. He also advises on infrastructure development and commercial matters. He has advised clients in all mainland Australian States and the Northern Territory on native title aspects affecting the establishment of projects and infrastructure.

He has also advised on various constitutional issues including conflicts between Commonwealth and State legislation, compensation for the compulsory acquisition of property and the extent of Commonwealth and State legislative power. Previous experience includes carriage of litigation in various jurisdictions including the Queensland Court of Appeal, and involvement in capital raising on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Tony is the co-author of numerous articles on native title matters, including on the implications of the Wik decision and the Commonwealth's 1998 Native Title Act amendments. Tony is a member of the Queensland Branch Committee of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association (AMPLA), and is a founding member of the Australian Native Title Law Association (ANTLA).

Rhyll Gardner
Rhyll Gardner is General Manager, Queensland, St.George Bank. She has 20 years experience in banking and finance across retail, corporate and business banking, financial markets, treasury, risk, marketing, strategy, product development and management and segment management.
 
Prior to starting her career in banking, Rhyll studied music at the University of Queensland playing the piano and the clarinet. Rhyll's formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland, a Master of Applied Finance and a Master of Arts from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma from Finsia and she is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Rhyll was also a Queensland finalist in the 2006 Telstra Business Women’s Awards and serves on the Council of St.Margaret’s Girls School.

Jenny Hodgson
Ms Hodgson is a Producer with the Programming Unit of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Previously she had undertaken projects with the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University and worked for the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra for eleven years including seven as General Manager. Ms Hodgson holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, a Masters of Business Administration from the Queensland University of Technology, a Licentiate of the Trinity College of Music, London (pianoforte) and an Associate in Music, Australia (pianoforte).

Jason Redman
Jason Redman is Principal Trombonist of Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and was appointed to the Board as Employee Director in 2009. He is also currently chair of the Artistic Committee which is responsible for overseeing artistic planning and administration.

He has appointed to the QSO in August 1990, and has appeared as a soloist with QSO and TQO numerous times. He completed his B. Mus at Griffith University in 1991.

Jason is also a Churchill Fellow, studying with leading US trombonists in the USA in 1996.

Janine Walker
Janine Walker is Director of the Office of Human Resource Management of Griffith University and an Adjunct Professor in the University’s Business School. Janine has held significant senior positions in the field of people management and industrial relations including HR Director of Princess Alexandra Hospital, Director of Industrial Relations for Queensland Health and Industrial Director and General Secretary of the Queensland Public Sector Union.

Janine has worked as a broadcaster for the ABC and a columnist for The Courier-Mail. She served from 1991 to 1997 on the Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Chair of the Corporation’s Audit Committee for four years. She has held a range of Government appointments including membership of the Vocational Education Training and Employment Commission and Chair of the Australia New Zealand Foundation. She has been Chair and a member of a number of Commonwealth and State bodies in areas as diverse as the status of vocational education and training, population policy and employment issues affecting people living with HIV-AIDS. She chaired the Council of All Hallows’ School in Brisbane for seven years.

Tony Keane
Tony is Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking Queensland for National Australia Bank. He has responsibility for nab's relationships with Queensland's large privately owned and public listed companies. The client base covers a broad range of industries including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, professional services, technology, tourism, mining & associated services, etc.

Tony has a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) degree from University of Adelaide and a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Finance from Swinburne. He is a Fellow of  the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has worked for nab for over 25 years in various positions in SA, Victoria and Queensland.