Board of Directors
Steve Noakes
Chair (Since 2018), Director (Since 2017)
- Local Beechmont/Binna Burra resident
- Chair, Pacific Asia Tourism – international sustainable tourism development projects (Est. 1980)
- Former Vice President & Councillor, National Parks Association of Queensland (Est. 1930)
- Member: Royal Geographical Society of Queensland (Est 1885)
- Inaugural Chair, Binna Burra Foundation (Est 2020)
- Received (2008) the inaugural Ecotourism Australia Medal, recognising active engagement in the Australian and international ecotourism industry
- Received (2024) Indonesian Ecotourism Network award ‘… for his enduring dedication for advancing sustainable tourism in Indonesia and across the Asia Pacific’
- Tertiary qualifications in business, tourism, hospitality and teaching
- Has served as an Adjunct/Visiting Professor 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
Ian Pritchard
Director
- Former Interim Managing Director and Company Secretary of Binna Burra Lodge at the time of the 2019 bushfire
- Chartered Company Secretary
- Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Undergraduate qualifications in economics and business law
- Master of Business Administration
- Previous executive positions held in not-for-profit organisations
Neil Scales OBE
Director
- Qualified engineer in electrical, mechanical and civil engineering with tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Computer Systems, Business and Management
- Past Director General of Queensland Government Department of Transport and Mains Roads, a position held for over a decade
- Held various senior roles in transport in the UK and Europe before moving to Australia, including fifteen years as the Chief Executive and Director General of the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority in the UK
- Serves on the Boards of the High Speed Rail Authority, the Australian Road Research Board, Tourism and Transport Forum, Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYC) Queensland and the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council
- Adjunct Professor in the School Civil and Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology
Susanne Behrendt
Director & Company Secretary
- Chartered Accountant (CAANZ), Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA) and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
- Tertiary qualifications in business and finance: BA (Hons) European Business, MS in Finance
- Fulbright Scholar and Jawun Alumni
- Over 13 years of experience in senior leadership positions in the NFP sector, currently as Executive GM Corporate Services and Company Secretary for MS Queensland
- 7 years of private practice experience working with accounting firm KPMG across Australia and Europe