Board

MBBS (Qld), MRACGP, FAICD

Original appointment date 01 April 2022

Current term until 31 March 2028

David is a graduate of The University of Queensland. He served as a Medical Officer in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and worked in Accident and Emergency in the United Kingdom, before deciding on a career in General Practice.  He is the co-owner of a mixed billing General Practice, where he works part-time in clinical practice.

David also has an extensive career in governing health care organisations, and in ensuring that safe and efficient care is delivered to the community they serve. He has high level skills in the areas of corporate governance, clinical governance, fiscal management, patient safety and patient experience.

He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has more than 25 years’ experience as a company director. In 2019, he was awarded Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is currently also serving as a director of a not-for-profit organisation which provides medical outreach services to rural and remote communities in Queensland.

David was instrumental in establishing both the Gold Coast Medicare Local and the Gold Coast PHN and served as Chair of both organisations. He has extensive experience in community engagement and has also served as Chair of the Gold Coast Health and Wellbeing Council.

In 2021, David was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Medicine, in General Practice.

Appointed: 1 April 2026

Current term: 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030

Chris is an experienced board member, senior executive, lawyer and Queensland business leader, with a reputation for strategic thinking and a demonstrated track record of building organisational cultures that deliver success for all stakeholders.

In 1980, Chris co-founded a Queensland law firm which has grown to become one of the state’s leading practices with a team of more than 200 people. Chris was managing partner of the firm from 2005 to 2021 and was instrumental in growing the firm’s team, client base and practice footprint throughout this time.

From 2018 to 2024, Chris was also the president of Advoc, an international network of 90 law firms with a presence in 70+ countries. Chris chaired Advoc Global from 2018 to 2023 and also chaired Advoc’s Asia Chapter from 2018 to 2024. In addition, Chris was previously a non-executive director of Gladstone Ports Corporation.

Alongside his legal qualifications and nearly 50 years of legal and leadership experience, Chris has further strengthened his expertise through executive education, including completing Harvard Business School’s residential programme in Leading Professional Services Firms.

Chris is committed to community engagement, drawing on his extensive skills in communication, mediation and relationship-building to foster positive outcomes.

BSc (Hons), PhD, GAICD

Original appointment date 18 May 2019

Current term until 31 March 2030

As well as sitting on our Board, Birgit Lohmann has been a Board member of a number of not-for-profits.

Birgit was also the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of the Sunshine Coast from 2011 to 2018.

In that role Birgit was responsible for the academic activities of the University, including the Faculties. Birgit also held the following roles:

• standing deputy to the Vice Chancellor
• Chair of the Academic Board
• member of the University Council.

Birgit previously had academic and management roles at the Australian National University, Murdoch University, Griffith University and the University of Adelaide.

Birgit has also served in a number of leadership roles including:

• Head of the School of Science and Director of the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University
• Pro Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Quality at the University of Adelaide.

Appointed: 1 April 2026

Current term: 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030

John holds a Master Nursing Science and is a highly skilled Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of clinical experience, 14 of which have been with Sunshine Coast Health.

John has worked in variety of positions both locally and internationally, which has allowed him to develop exceptional clinical and leadership skills, and operational management expertise.

John is the Director and founder of Global Pacific Medical, an innovative organisation run by health professionals that support conference based education for Nurse Practitioners and other relevant health professionals. Global Pacific Medical also supports a variety of health initiatives and projects.

John enjoys the dynamic challenges and ever-evolving opportunities that health care provides. John is passionate about travel, sport and giving back to the community'

Appointed: 1 April 2026

Current term: 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030

Tina is a non-executive director with experience across governance, risk oversight, financial management, digital transformation, technology, and innovation in a variety of industries. She currently serves as a Director on the Board of Australian Retirement Trust and Deputy Chair of the Global Board, and as a Director on the USA Board for The Fred Hollows Foundation, where she chairs the Global Finance & Audit Committee, overseeing financial governance, risk management and investment strategies for operations in more than 20 countries.

Tina is also a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Hume Bank, Director and Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee for .au Domain Administration.

Tina brings extensive experience in finance, technology and transformation in the financial services sector from a long career with a multinational banking institution in several roles focused on technology and data in Australia and internationally.

Tina holds a Bachelor of Commerce Accounting and Information Systems from Deakin University, is a Chartered Accountant accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course.

BComm (Honours), FCPA, MBA, MFM, FAICD

Original appointment date 10 June 2021

Current term until 31 March 2030

Mr Rod Cameron has more than 35 years’ domestic and international experience with multinational ASX and NYSE listed and unlisted companies operating in sectors including:

• energy
• resources
• manufacturing
• professional services
• disability services.

Rod is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a director  of sophisticated non-for-profit and for-profit companies for more than a decade.

He has held a host of leadership roles in sophisticated organisations, including:

• Chief Executive Officer of Autism Queensland
• Chief Financial Officer of Endeavour Foundation
• Chief Financial Officer for an ASX listed company
• Chief Financial Officer of the subsidiary of a NYSE listed multinational corporation.

Rod is also a qualified accountant, being a Fellow of CPA Australia. He holds an Honours degree in Commerce, Master of Business Administration and Master of Financial Management.

Appointed: 1 April 2026

Current term: 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030

Matthew Byrne is an experienced Board Director and senior executive with more than 30 years’ experience delivering large‑scale property, community and infrastructure outcomes across government, listed company and not‑for‑profit sectors.

He is Managing Director of a Private Investment and Advisory firm, currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Authority Board, where he also chairs the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. Matthew is an Executive Committee member of the Sunshine Coast – Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure Committee and Chair of the University of the Sunshine Coast, School of Business and Creative Industries Advisory Board.

Matthew holds an Executive Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Technology (Surveying), and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

BSc, BA, MBA and FAICD

Original appointment date 1 April 2024

Current term until 31 March 2028

Sandra is an experienced non-executive director, focussing on complex for-purpose organisations. She has a background in energy, investment banking and IT. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a B Science (Computer Science, Maths), a B Arts (Computer Science), and a Masters of Business Administration. Sandra is a member of the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Board Audit and Risk Committee and the Workforce Committee.

Sandra is also a non-executive director of Workcover Qld (chairing the People Committee), ASX listed Australian Ethical (chairing the Investment Committee), and two not-for-profits, Sydney Dance Company (member of the Audit and Risk Committee)and the Clayfield College Foundation (as Chair). She is a member of Chief Executive Women and chairs their Membership Committee. Sandra was previously a non-executive director of QSuper, The Investor Group on Climate Change, and an advisory member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Institute.

PhD, MBA, B. Econ, Econometrics (Hons)

Original appointment date 1 April 2024

Current term until 31 March 2028

Sue has 28 years’ experience working in both public and private sector financial management leadership roles and 12 years systems thinking research experience working with the UQ Business School and subsequently as Health Systems lead with UQ’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health.

Sue has expertise in project leadership, governance, regulatory and strategic oversight, policy frameworks, and financial and enterprise risk management. She has more than 15 years’ experience as a Non- Executive Board member including the Edmond Rice Education Australia Board and chairing the Nudgee College Advisory Board.

In her early career as the newly appointed Group Treasurer for AMH Pty Ltd Sue established a full group treasury operation in a company born of an industry rationalisation. More recently, Sue has developed a strong practical competency in systems thinking for policymaking. Projects she has led include developing a pilot system dynamics patient flow model of a public emergency department; exploring the risks and mitigating factors for COVID-19 spread in urban Indigenous communities; using participatory systems approaches to conceptualise and develop a tool for exploring outpatient referral flows and waitlists; and an evaluation of Queensland’s nursing/midwifery ratios trial (as part of a wider evaluation approach).

Sue has completed an AICD New Director’s Course, London Business School’s Leading Change Course, and this year will participate in Oxford University’s Healthcare Leadership residential programme.