The Honourable Paul Lucas

Independant Non-Executive Director

Paul has extensive experience as a non-executive director across a broad range of sectors including water, energy, aviation, rail, economic development, health, and civil construction. His board experience is both within the private sector and on government owned enterprises at all 3 levels of Government. He currently Chairs the Water for Lockyer & Somerset project and is a board member of the Southwest Hospital and Health Service and a Council member of the University of the Sunshine Coast. He has extensive experience in rural and remote Australia.

Passionate about Indigenous matters, he has served as an Independent Director on several first nations Boards in 3 states in the health and Native Title areas. He is currently on the board of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara.

He is a practising solicitor and qualified urban planner who consults and advises Boards and CEO’s in the public and private sector who are seeking to navigate and resolve complex and multi-stakeholder issues. He delivers governance and policy training across Asia (particularly Indonesia), Africa and the Pacific on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Australia Awards program.

A former Deputy Premier for 4 years and a Minister in the Queensland Government for 11 years, Paul’s portfolio included responsibilities for Infrastructure and Planning, Transport and Main Roads, Local Government and Health and he was also involved in many large transport infrastructure projects across South-East Queensland. He was responsible for the extension of the Gladstone State Development Area to accommodate the LNG export plants and facilitation of the CSG industry generally.