Simon Blackwood
Non Executive Director
I am a Board Member and Executive with over 20 years board level experience working with Government and Industry. At Board level what I do is drive governance improvements. I do that by leveraging significant knowledge and experience in industrial relations, work health and safety and workers' compensation and through my expertise in large and complex business operations, including extensive experience in delivering on legislative, policy and service delivery processes, managing significant budgets (over $150 Million) and large and diverse workforces (over 800 staff). Board level highlights include: Currently Board member of Council on Ageing (COTA) Queensland and Safety Governance Foundation; previously Board Member of 4 large entities in the government and statutory authority sectors (Safe Work Australia's governance board, the Queensland Electrical Safety Board, workers' compensation boards) and; as a CEO I provided support to a number of Boards, including the Queensland Work Health and Safety Board and Q-COMP Board. In an executive capacity, I was Deputy Director General at the Office of Industrial Relations. Here I had responsibility for 15 pieces of legislation and offices in Brisbane and 16 regional locations. I effectively managed complex relationships at the highest levels of government with a wide range of significant stakeholder groups. Previously I was Executive Director of Workplace Health & Safety, where I led the introduction and implementation of Queensland's nationally harmonised work and health and safety laws and major changes to Queensland Workers' Compensation laws. Earlier I was Executive Director of the Division of Private Sector Industrial Relations. Finally, I have a PhD in Sociology.
