Q-COMP

Our board has union, employer, health and government representatives.

• Rachel Hunter

  Chair

  Prior to her appointment as Q-COMP Chair, Rachel served as Director-General of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General and also the Department of Education, Training and the Arts.  She has also served as Queensland's Public Service Commissioner.  Rachel has extensive experience in the vocational, education and training sector, initially as a teacher and then in a variety of management roles including Institute Director positions.  Rachel was the Director of the Southbank Institute of TAFE and concurrently, the Chair of TAFE Queensland.

  

• Barry Leahy

  Deputy Chair

  Barry Leahy was appointed as Deputy Director-General of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General in February 2005. He was previously CEO of Comcare, the organisation responsible for workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation in the Commonwealth jurisdiction. Barry has worked in the Australian public service for some 30 years and held senior positions in industrial relations, occupational health and safety and workers compensation.

  

• Dr Beres Wenck

  Beres is a current member of the Health Promotion Council and National Chair of the Clinical Risk Management Committee of MDA National. She is a past President of the Australian Medical Association (Queensland) and is past Chair of the AMAQ Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee. Beres has previously been appointed by the Minister for Industrial Relations to the Selection Panels for the General and Specialty Medical Assessment Tribunals. She conducts a private general medical practice in Milton and was recently commissioned to write a paper on models of primary and community care in 2020 for the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission.

  

• Cecily Tucker

  Cecily, who joins the Q-COMP board in July 2010, is a Senior Adviser and Legal Counsel with the peak industry representative - the Australian Industry Group (AIGroup). She has a longstanding involvement in representing employer interests in relation to workers' compensation, workplace health and safety and workplace relations, and considers that membership of the Q-COMP Board provides a valuable opportunity for local industry to have a voice in the Queensland workers' compensation scheme. Cecily also brings a wealth of experience from her background in legal practice. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a postgraduate Diploma in Education, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

  

• Patrick McKendry

  Patrick is the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of Careers Australia Group (Industry). Prior to this he was Executive Director of the National Retail Association, a national organisation representing the retail sector. In November 2006, Patrick was appointed by the Commonwealth Government as Chairman of the National Quality Council (NQC). Patrick is also Chairman of TVET Australia Pty Ltd, which is owned by State, Territory and Commonwealth Ministers for Vocational and Technical Education (VTE).

  

• Tom Jeffers

  Tom is the Queensland Vice President of the Australian Workers Union. He has recently been appointed to the position of Southern District Secretary. He is a Trustee Director of QSuper and also a Board member of Workplace Health and Safety Board. He is also a member of the Interim Board of Energy Skills Queensland

  

• Amanda Richards

  Amanda is the Assistant General Secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions, the peak union body in Queensland representing over 350,000 workers. Amanda is also an appointed member of the Workplace Health and Safety Queensland Board and is a Trustee of the QSuper Board. She has worked in the area of occupational health and safety and workers' compensation for many years and comes from a nursing background.