Christine Flynn (Chairman, BA, DipEd, FAICD)

Christine has worked in a range of senior management positions across the Australian Public Service and the Queensland Public Service, which has included international work. She has particular interests in change management, leadership development and relationship management, organisational culture and diversity. She has worked on industry partnerships with universities and serves on the advisory Board for the QUT School of Management. Christine currently consults to the private and public sector on organisational change and leadership.

Harry Zaphir (Deputy Chairman BA, PhD, FAICD, FAMI, AFAIM, CCD)

Harry is a non-executive director of a number of Credit Union service companies, a professional speaker and author. He has worked in, with, and for Credit Unions around Australia and South East Asia for nearly 30 years. He is also a Credit Union Development Educator, as well as a Certified Credit Union Director. In July 2008 he took up a 3 year appointment as Executive-in-Residence in the QUT Business Faculty. His interests lie in balancing the requirements of good corporate governance with the principles of mutuality, and ensuring member value in an increasingly competitive financial sector. Harry has been a member of Queenslanders Credit Union since 1987 and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1998.

Ken Campbell (BA Econ, BEc, Dip Ed, FAICD, FAMI)

Ken worked for the Australian Taxation Office for some 30 years in various directorial roles. He has had extensive experience in the Credit Union Industry and mutual sector at state and national levels. These roles include Chair of the Queensland Credit Union League, Vice Chair of the Credit Union Foundation of Australia, Membership Councillor of Credit Union Services, Chair of the Australasian Institute of Credit Union Directors and more recently Vice Chair of the Australasian Mutuals Institute. Ken is very committed to the cause of mutuality and how it can work in a vibrant and meaningful way in today’s competitive and changing society.

Gary Lamb

Gary is self employed providing consulting services to the Credit Union and Building Society industry on EFT solutions. He has worked in the credit union industry for over 20 years and at a senior management level with First Data International and Diebold, who supply essential ATM and EFT services to the credit union industry. He was on the Board of a Private Primary School for 13 years and as the Chairman for 8 years. He has been a member of Queenslanders Credit Union since 1994 and as a Director of Discovery Credit Union Ltd, prior to the merge, since 2003.

Doug McAully

Doug’s employment focus has always been in financial and taxation areas and he is presently employed as a Tax Accountant in Ipswich with the Accounting Practice of R W Ramsey & Company Pty Ltd. He has been in this position for a period of 19 years. Prior to that he was the Company Secretary and Australian Accountant for a Public Company based in Wacol. He was appointed to the Board of Discovery Credit Union Ltd in 2001.

John Merrell (B.Bus, LL.B (Hons), LL.M – Barrister at Law)

John is a member of the Bar in Queensland and has been in private practice since 2000. John’s practice is primarily in the areas of employment and industrial law. Prior to 2000, John was a principal industrial officer with the Queensland Public Sector Union where he had been employed for over eleven years. John has been a member of the Queenslanders Credit Union since 1989. John was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2004.

Robert Rush

Robert has over 35 years experience in the financial services industry having commenced his career in the Building Society Industry where he held a number of senior management and executive roles in areas including lending, retail operations, marketing, administrative services, treasury and risk management. Robert is currently Managing Director of Harding Martin Financial Services Pty Ltd which provides advisory services to individuals and organisations. Robert joined the Board of Discovery Credit Union in 2001 and has been a director of Queenslanders Credit Union since the merger in 2007.

Alex Scott

Alex is the General Secretary of the Queensland Public Sector Union of Employees (QPSU), having been elected to that position in March 2002. Alex commenced his employment with the Union as an Organiser in April 1989 and in 1994 was elected Assistant General Secretary serving in that position until 2002. Alex is a Vice-President of the Queensland Council of Unions, Branch Secretary of the CPSU/SPSF, Queensland Branch and Vice-President of the State Public Services Federation. Alex was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2002.

Liz Ward (Adv. DipBus, GAICD)

Liz is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse Pty Ltd, a company owned by all the Australian State and Territory tourism organisations and the Federal body, Tourism Australia, to provide information technology services to support their digital marketing activities. Liz was previously employed with Tourism Queensland for 12 years in management positions across the fields of information technology, finance, electronic marketing and international marketing. Liz spent six years in the credit industry earlier in her career and has been a member of Queenslanders Credit Union since 1988. Liz was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2001.