SHAREHOLDERS
Board of Directors
Steve Noakes
Chairperson
- Local Beechmont/Binna Burra resident
- Extensive 45 years of engagement in the tourism and travel sector as an entrepreneur, academic and volunteer in various not-for-profit organisations
- Councillor, National Parks Association of Queensland
- Received (2008) the inaugural Ecotourism Australia Medal, recognizing active engagement in the Australian and international ecotourism industry
- Tertiary qualifications in business, tourism, hospitality and teaching
- Has served as an Adjunct Professor in Sustainable Tourism at Universities in Australia, Finland and Norway
Hal Morris
Director
- In April 2020, Hal Morris was invited to re-join the Board of Binna Burra after the September 2019 bushfires.
- Previously been Chairman of Binna Burra for eight years from 2007 to 2015
- CEO of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority 2013 - 2021
- Graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1981
- Has held senior executive roles in the Queensland Public Service and Queensland Rail
- Past CEO of the Australian Logistics Council then the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Australia)
- Tertiary qualifications in Government and Business
Helen Moore
Director
- Chair of the Binna Burra Lodge Ltd Board Committee on Audit & Risk
- Former General Manager Finance and Business Services, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (2012 – 2018)
- Independent Chair of Audit and Risk Management Committee, Queensland Department of Education
- Independent Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
- Independent Member, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee, National Centre for Indigenous Excellence
- Independent Member: Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee, Great Barrier Reef Foundation
- Independent Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Moreton Bay Regional Council
- Non-Executive Director of Santos Organics Ltd
- Tertiary qualifications in Business/Accounting
Rachel Brown
Director
- Managing Director & Company Secretary, RE Brown Consulting. Advisory services to property and agricultural family businesses.
- Board member Caloundra City School Limited
- Previous experiences include:
- Director & Company Secretary & Risk Committee member, McIntyre Centre Riding for the Disabled Ltd
- Secretary/Treasurer, Brisbane Triathlon Club
- Experienced commercial lawyer in utilities, property and FMCG sector
- Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Chartered Secretary, Governance Institute of Australia
- Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Law
Robert McDowall
Director & Company Secretary
- Managing Director, Arabon Accountant
- Chair and Non-Executive Director, Hard Fizz
- Company Secretary, BALNCE Group
- Fellow, CPA Australia
- Former Deputy President of Queensland Divisional Council, CPA Australia (2019)
- Regular contributor to CPA Australia committees and programs
- Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Justice of the Peace (Qualified)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), undertaking Masters of Teaching (Secondary)