Damien Frawley
Chair
Board committees
- Member, Human Resources Committee
- Member, Risk and Audit Committee
Damien Frawley has more than 35 years’ experience in the financial services sector, both domestically and internationally. From 2012 to 2022, he was the Chief Executive of Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), responsible for more than $100 billion in assets under management for a range of government, domestic and global institutional investors.
Prior to QIC, Mr Frawley was Blackrock’s Australian Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2012, after joining as its Head of Institutional and Retail in 2007. He also held senior roles at Merrill Lynch Investment Management, Barclays Global Investors and Citibank.
Mr Frawley is also the Independent Chair of Hostplus, a Non-Executive Director of Mirvac Group, and a Director of Blue Sky Beef.
Michael Carey
Board committees
- Member, Funding and Markets Committee
Michael Carey was appointed as the Under Treasurer of Queensland in September 2023. Prior to this appointment, he served as Associate Director-General of the Cabinet Office, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and Chief Executive Officer of Trade and Investment Queensland.
Mr Carey previously held senior roles within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Treasury, and the Department of State Development, where he led strategic economic industry initiatives and major economic policies and programs across government.
Mr Carey has a passion for public service and significant experience advising State and Federal Government as well as working with the private sector. He is also a board member of the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Economic Development Queensland, Trade and Investment Queensland, and South Bank Corporation.
Neville Ide
Board committees
- Chair, Funding and Markets Committee
- Member, Risk and Audit Committee
Neville Ide has more than 30 years’ experience in financial markets, including treasury management having held executive positions in the banking and government sectors.
Mr Ide’s industry knowledge and experience covers banking, insurance, infrastructure and corporate treasury management, including debt and equity capital markets, balance sheet structuring and financial risk management.
Mr Ide has served as a non-executive director on several public and private company boards since 2006. He is currently Advisory Board Chair of Cryptoloc Technology Pty Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of SEQ Water.
Dr Natalie Smith
Board committees
- Member, Human Resources Committee
Dr Natalie Smith has over 30 years’ experience in technology and transformation consulting, predominantly in financial services and government. She has a combination of executive, corporate governance and academic expertise in digital and transformational projects.
Dr Smith is currently an Associate Professor in Practice at the University of Sydney. Her governance roles are Deputy Chair of UnitingCare Queensland and a member of St John of God Health Service Digital, Information and Technology Committee. She is also a member of the National AI Centre’s Thinktank on Responsible AI.
Previously, Dr Smith was a partner in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice and Deputy Chair of Mercy Community Services, and a member of the Financial Investment and Property Board for the Uniting Church in Queensland.
Karen Smith-Pomeroy
Board committees
- Chair, Risk and Audit Committee
Karen Smith-Pomeroy is an experienced financial services senior executive with a specialty in risk and governance.
Ms Smith-Pomeroy held senior executive roles with Suncorp Group Limited from 1997 to 2014, including as Chief Risk Officer of Suncorp Bank from 2009 to 2013, and Executive Director, Suncorp Group subsidiary entities from 2009 to 2014. She is an experienced director and committee chair with prior roles on a number of listed and unlisted company boards and committees.
Ms Smith-Pomeroy is currently Chair of Regional Investment Corporation, and a Non-Executive Director of Kina Securities Limited and National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. She is also Chair of the Queensland Department of State Development and Infrastructure Risk and Audit Committee, Chair of the Queensland Department of Resources Audit and Risk Committee, and a member of the Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet and Public Sector Commission and South Bank Corporation Audit and Risk Management Committees.
Rosemary Vilgan
Board committees
- Chair, Human Resources Committee
- Member, Risk and Audit Committee
Rosemary Vilgan is an experienced non-executive director, with specific expertise in financial services and business leadership and transformation. She was the Chief Executive of QSuper, a global financial services business with $90 billion in accounts, from 1998 until 2015.
She is currently Chair of Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation, Chair of Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, a member of the Cambooya Investment Committee, and a member of the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Ms Vilgan’s former roles include Chairperson of the Federal Government’s Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, a member of the Board of the Children’s Hospital Foundation (Qld), a member of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, and a Queensland Council member of AICD. She is a former Councillor, Deputy Chancellor and Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and a former Director and Chair of the Board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
In 2013, Ms Vilgan was named the Telstra Australian Businesswoman of the Year.
John Wilson
Board committees
- Member, Funding and Markets Committee
- Member, Human Resources Committee
John Wilson has more than 35 years’ experience in investment and capital markets. Mr Wilson was most recently a Senior Advisor and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He spent the majority of his executive career at the fixed interest manager, PIMCO.
Mr Wilson currently serves as a special advisor to Brighter Super and an advisor to Blue Owl Capital. His previous directorships include Ord Minnett, QIC, LGIASuper, Etihad Stadium, Rugby Australia and the UNE Foundation. He was Chairman of the Australian Rugby Foundation and Chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Lands Council Investment Committee.