Our much anticipated second Game Changers conversation for 2019 showcases Dr Kirstin Ferguson. Kirstin is a professional company director, an award-winning expert in leadership and corporate culture, an author, the creator of an international social media phenomenon and a commentator on gender diversity and inclusion. Her current board appointments include being the ...

In the first Game Changers for 2019, Cameron Costello, CEO of Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC) spoke about his ability as a leader to generate sustainable and capacity-building outcomes for the Aboriginal community while employing entrepreneurial skills to seek strong sustainable economic development. Focussing on sustainable and culturally ...

In the November 2018 Game Changers conversation meet Queenslander Julieanne Alroe, a leader in the aviation and infrastructure industry. As CEO and Managing Director, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC), Julieanne was one of only a handful of women in the world to run a privatised airport.  Julieanne managed the BAC through one of its most productive periods, preparing ...

In the September 2018 Game Changers conversation meet Chairman and Chief Executive of AEG Ogden, Harvey Lister. AEG Ogden is the largest venue management company in the Asia Pacific region, with operating entities currently managing over 200,000 seats in 12 venues, across the Asia Pacific. Harvey Lister commenced his career in the music industry in Brisbane with radio ...

The first conversation for Game Changers for 2018 showcased the proud Queenslander and successful entrepreneur and investor Steve Baxter, founder of Transition Level Investments. Mr Baxter was Queensland’s second Chief Entrepreneur. Since 2010 Steve has become a major early stage investor in startups leading to the founding of Brisbane tech startup co-working space ...

In the October 2017 Game Changers conversation meet Australian entrepreneur Therese Rein. In 1989, Therese founded Ingeus, an employment services provider that assists people who are long-term unemployed to find decent, lasting work. From a one-person start-up in an attic office in South Brisbane, Ingeus grew to a team of more than 6,000 colleagues, serving half a ...

In the August 2017 Game Changers conversation meet Carbon Creative founder Wayne Denning. Wayne Denning, Executive Producer and Managing Director of Carbon Creative, is a proud Birri Gubba man from Blackwater, Central Queensland. In 2006, he left a successful career in Federal Government to start Carbon Media (now Carbon Creative), a full service creative agency, ...

In the second Game Changers conversation for 2017 meet Dr Catherine Ball. A renowned environmental scientist with business credentials to match, Dr Catherine Ball’s breakthrough work focused on sending unmanned aerial vehicles to remote areas of coastline to observe endangered turtle colonies. Since winning Telstra’s Queensland Business Woman of the Year, Catherine ...

The first Game Changers conversation for 2017 showcased the intelligence and entrepreneurial skill of Queensland business leader Wayne Gerard, CEO of RedEye Apps — a tech start-up leading new ways of managing, sharing and storing engineering drawings and data in the mining, oil and gas, utilities and infrastructure industries globally. Wayne’s driving passion has ...

Jamie Pherous has made his mark on the Queensland travel industry as the Founder and Managing Director of Corporate Travel Management (CTM), one of the largest privately owned travel management companies in Australia and New Zealand. Since establishing the Brisbane headquarters in 1994, CTM has been listed on the ASX and today employs more than 2000 staff across Australia, ...