BWF Board
#Board
Fiona Taylor - Chair
Fiona has worked in policy and equity within the Queensland Government and held numerous volunteer roles in women’s, school and aid organisations.
Cheryl Leavy - Secretary
Cheryl is an Executive Director with the Queensland Government, and formerly Deputy Commissioner of Queensland Family and Children Commission. She has been a member of UPLIT’s Angel’s Palace Advisory Board since 2017 and is a Kooma Traditional Owner. Cheryl’s country is in southern inland Queensland between Cunnamulla and St George.
The Hon Justice Thomas Bradley
Justice Bradley is a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He is a Vice-Patron of the Qld Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, president of Access Arts Inc, chair of the Brisbane Festival Giving Committee and a former member of the Council of the National Library of Australia.
Emma Hansford
Emma Hansford has over 20 years’ experience across strategy development and execution, change management, marketing, communications and consulting with 13 years’ experience in the financial services sector. She is currently the General Manager of Strategy & Initiatives at QIC, an institutional fund manager specialising in alternative investments. Emma holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is a passionate supporter of the arts and lover of literature.
Georgina Buckley
Georgina is a lawyer at McCullough Robertson Lawyers specialising in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. She acts for and provides advice to corporations, individuals, state departments, and not-for-profit organisations, and has been involved in multi-million dollar disputes. In her spare time, Georgina is also a writer and an avid reader.
Jane Curry
Jane Curry has spent over 30 years in book publishing starting in London with Time Life Books before coming to Australia in 1985.
Jane had held the roles of Managing Director of Weldon Publishing, Lansdowne Publishing, Macquarie Library and National Book Distributors.
Jane published her own list at Macmillan Australia before establishing the award-winning independent publisher Ventura Press in 2002.
She has been a director of Copyright Agency Limited since 2015 and heads the Finance and Audit Committee. She is a past director of the Australian Publishers Association and was convenor of the APA’s Independent Publishers Committee.