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Rowena McNally

Chair, NESA

Experienced Chair and non-executive director - over 20 years of experience as a board chair and director, including Chair of Mount Isa Water Board and Catholic Health Australia and a Director of the Resolution Institute and North West Hospital & Health Service (Chair Quality Safety & Risk). Rowena has also served on/chaired numerous Property, Executive Appraisal and Finance & Audit Committees and is the current Independent Chair of NESA.

Expertise

  • Large (200+ employees) organisation – unlisted
  • Small to Medium Enterprise – SME (199+ employees) – unlisted
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (200+ employees)
  • Government owned organisation/entity
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Banking
  • Civic & Social Organization
  • Hospital & Health Care
  • Governance
  • Legal
  • Risk

Experience

  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Committee Chair
  • Committee Member
  • Executive Director
  • Senior Manager

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
ChairQuality Safety and RiskNorth West Health and Hospital ServiceHealth
Independent ChairNominations and Succession CimmitteeNational Employment Services AssociationEmployment Services
MemberFinance Audit and Risk CommitteeNorth West Hospital and Health ServiceHealth
Past ChairExecutive CommitteeCatholic Health AustraliaHealth
ChairQuality Safety and RiskSt Vincent's Health (Queensland hospitals - Northside, Brisbane and Toowoomba and Holy Spirit)St Vincent's Health Queensland group
ChairBoard Executive, member Finance and RiskMount Isa Water BoardWater distribution and infrastructure
MemberOperational Risk CommitteeErgon EnergyElectricity distribution and infrastructure
Director (Executive and non-executive)Burnett Water Pty LtdConstruction of Dam and related infrastructure
Director, Committee memberAudit and Risk CommitteeGladstone Area Water BoardWater distribution and infrastructure
Councillor and committee memberFinance and Risk CommitteeQueensland Law SocietyLaw and advocacy
Chair / National PresidentExecutive CommitteeInstitute of Arbitrators and Mediators AustraliaArbitration, mediation, dispute resolution, adjudication
Director/Immediate Past ChairFinance CommitteeResolution InstituteArbitration, mediation, adjudication, dispute resolution
National President / ChairAustralian Corporate Lawyers AssociationLaw and advocacy
Queensland President / DirectorCompany Secretaries InstituteGovernance and advocacy
Deputy Chair / DirectorCerebral Palsy AustraliaDisability Services and advocacy
Chair / DirectorCerebral Palsy League of QueenslandDisability services and advocacy

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
Sugar Industry CommissionerSugar Industry CommissionerSugar Industry
Senior Manager Corporate ServicesQueensland Sugar CorporationSugar Industry
Corporate lawyerMetway BankBanking
Executive DirectorProfessional Standards Office QueenslandProfessional Standards
LawyerFeez RuthningLegal

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