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.
Catherine Black - Treasurer
Catherine has over 25 years’ experience as a financier and corporate advisor in Australia and the UK covering both public and private sectors, as well as roles in corporate strategy development and planning. Catherine has been working with a Federal Government agency, which provides commercial and financial advice to government on major infrastructure projects, since August 2018. She is a Managing Director, leading the cities and social infrastructure practice. A strong supporter of the arts, Catherine was previous experience on executive committees and/or boards in the arts and not-for-profit sector.
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.
Kate Hunter
Kate Hunter is an advertising copywriter with 25 years’ experience. Her work is recognised as being insightful, human and often humorous. She has been a panellist on Gruen and is regularly invited to comment on advertising and marketing by local and interstate media. She has written opinion pieces and sponsored content for the Mamamia Women’s Network. In 2010 Kate’s first novel, Mosquito Advertising, The Parfizz Pitch was published by UQP. That same year Kate presented at the Brisbane Writers Festival for the first time. In 2015 Kate wrote the picture book, ‘A Curry For Murray’, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo and published by UQP.
Kevin Moreland
Enjoying a global career spanning more than 30 years in the communications industry, Kevin's most recent role was Managing Director of BCM Partnership, one of Australia’s leading marketing, advertising and communication
consultancies.
Kevin has specific experience in the arts, creative industries and events marketing (Brisbane Powerhouse, QPAC, Queensland Art Gallery, State Library of Queensland, QTC, QUT events and Creative Industries Faculty).
Considered a leader in his field, Kevin is regularly invited by peak industry bodies to deliver keynote presentations related to branding, mass media communication, digital and social media marketing.
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.