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Common Ground Queensland - Board and Staff Members

Kate Jones - Co-Chairperson

Kate has more than 20 years experience in senior government and leadership positions. Kate served as a Minister in the Queensland Government for more than eight years in a range of portfolios including State Development, Education, Tourism and Major Events and Innovation and Climate Change.

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Michael Ryall - Co-Chairperson

Michael is the Chief Financial Officer of the property development company Spyre Group. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in property, hospitality and professional services in Australia and the Middle East.

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Peter Pearce - Director

Peter has over 40 years’ experience in not-for-profit governance with organisations working in employment, homelessness, housing, child and family support, acute health care and child care. He has worked in senior roles in aero-medical retrieval, aged care, health, energy, politics, public service, business development and general management.

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Mark Lightfoot – Director

Mark is a Partner in the Banking and Financial Services Group of HWL Ebsworth. His clients include major Australian Banks and financial institutions.

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Joanna Spanjaard - Director

Joanna is a Director with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is the national leader of their risk transformation solution. She has over 20 years’ experience in risk management developing, implementing and providing assurance over all aspects of risk management including risk frameworks, risk appetite, risk maturity diagnostics, risk governance, culture and operating models.

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Christine Grose - Director

Christine Grose has over three decades of direct service delivery and management experience in the community sector - in particular in the areas of homelessness and youth at risk.

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Mark Neave - Director

Mark has over 40 years’ experience working within the Health and Welfare sectors as a frontline worker ranging from direct clinical work as a social worker in mental health, child safety and acute care and in Executive positions within Government and Non-Government organisations. He holds a unique understanding of the myriad of services and associated complexities that are often faced within community and acute responses.

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Joell Ogilvie - Director

Joell is the Executive General Manager for the Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and has over 30 years’ experience working for Flight Centre.

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Justin Hogg - Director

Over his career, Justin Hogg has worked as an accountant in a number of industries including overseeing teams responsible for billion-dollar business ventures through to working with charities to further their goals. Having also graduated top of the class for his Commerce degree at the University of Queensland, Justin is more than just a numbers expert.

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Sue Pope - CEO

Sue commenced in October 2022 as the CEO of Common Ground Queensland.

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