Get involved and help Queenslanders living with cancer by volunteering. Volunteers are the heart of our organisation. Join us to make a greater impact and connect with like-minded people.
Every contribution helps support those living with cancer. Whether a one-off donation or monthly gift, your support ensures funding stability for long-term goals and future generations.
Leave a legacy by including a gift in your Will, starting a tribute page for a loved one, or funding a research grant for early-career cancer researchers driving clinical innovations.
Organise a fundraising event in your community, either as a team or an individual. You can join one of our existing fundraising events or you might like to come up with your own way.
When organisations work together, we can have a greater impact for every Queenslander going through cancer and help amplify our message for all Australians.
However you get involved, you’re making a direct impact on the lives of Queenslanders affected by cancer. See the results of what we’ve all achieved.
Cancer Council Queensland is committed to implementing sound governance and management systems and processes that allow us to conduct our affairs and services in accordance with our values. Our leadership, patrons and environmental, social and governance (ESG) statements are what guide us to do our best for all Queenslanders. We are fortunate to have an experienced and qualified Board to oversee our operations, as well as our patrons Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM and Professor Graeme Nimmo RFD.
Contributions go towards world-class research, prevention programs and support service.
Robert Gregg has been a Cancer Council Queensland Board Director since in 2018, and was a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee from 2016 to 2023. Robert has brought decades of experience in investment banking, private equity and funds management in Australia, Asia and South Africa through senior corporate finance roles. Based in Asia for five years, he held directorship roles with business groups that worked across the Asian and European markets.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Queensland. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Robert is currently the joint Managing Director of a Brisbane-based funds management company.
In 2021, Todd Everitt was appointed as a Director of Cancer Council Queensland and Chair of the People and Workplace Culture Committee, where he has actively supported the organisation’s workforce and workplace to drive enhanced organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, and aligned workplace practices with strategic goals. He became Deputy Chair of the CCQ Board in 2023.
Throughout his 25-year career, Todd has achieved significant impact across corporate and government sectors. At KPMG, he played a pivotal role in establishing the people advisory practice in Qld over nearly a decade and delivered transformational outcomes with an extensive array of clients through his expertise in project and people management. He developed and implemented innovative strategies that improved organisational performance, strengthened leadership capability, and delivered tangible results in professional services and management consulting.
Todd’s contributions extend beyond the corporate world. For over 20 years, he has provided strategic guidance to not-for-profit organisations such as The Salvation Army, Cancer Council, Rural Aid, Lutheran Education Qld and more recently First Peoples Leading, enabling them to navigate complex challenges and achieve sustainable growth. His ability to align organisational strategy with mission-driven outcomes has been instrumental in these roles.
Todd holds a Bachelor of Business in Human Resources and Marketing, as well as a Diploma of Project Management. As the Managing Director and CEO of Executive Central, a consultancy established in 2004, Todd has expanded the organisation’s reach and impact, delivering tailored leadership development and coaching programs to clients across diverse sectors. He has spearheaded initiatives in strategy development, diversity and inclusion, team performance, workforce restructuring, and executive coaching, ensuring that Executive Central remains at the forefront of leadership innovation.
As CEO of Executive Central, Todd continues to leverage his extensive expertise to support the organisation’s vision of profoundly impacting todays and tomorrow’s leaders. His commitment to driving meaningful change and empowering others underscores his leadership philosophy, a philosophy that he extends into his work with Cancer Council Queensland.
A director with Cancer Council Queensland since 2024, Adjunct Professor Alanna Geary’s leadership experience comes from her 40-year career as a health professional.
Alanna is the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, with professional oversight and responsibility for around 10,000 nurses and midwives. Her goal is to ensure that Nurses and Midwives are empowered through education, training and utilisation of the most contemporary research to provide excellent clinical care to the patients and families who attend the services in Metro North.
She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and holds Adjunct Professor titles from University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, Australian Catholic University, and the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Wendy was appointed as a Director in 2023. She has four decades of experience in the financial services industry, having held a variety of senior executive roles with AMP and Westpac. She was Managing Director of MAP Funds Management (a superannuation and funds management business) for six years.
As CEO of Davidson HR Consulting, she led a team focused on enhancing clients’ workplace performance. Wendy was also CEO of Monitor, an information technology consulting business. More recently, Wendy was the CEO of Mercy Super, and is currently the CEO of Holy Cross Services, a social enterprise focused on employing the disabled and disadvantaged, operating a commercial laundry and cleaning business.
Wendy has held a number of directorships in financial services, education and dentistry and is a past lecturer at the University of Queensland. She is currently a member of the Queensland Treasury Corporation’s State Investment Advisory Board.
Appointed as a Director of Cancer Council Queensland in April 2020, Ian has been a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (formerly the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee) since 2019, and was appointed as the Chair in 2020.
Ian is a chartered accountant with over 40 years’ experience in the United Kingdom and Australia. Before his retirement in 2015, he was an Ernest & Young partner specialising in risk management, internal audit, and corporate governance.
Today, Ian is a non-executive director of IDU Technologies, and Halo Connect, and he holds active audit committee roles with:
Ian is also an external member of the audit committee for the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, and he is an external advisor for the Queensland Art Gallery and South Bank Corporation.
Professor Alpha Yap has been a Cancer Council Queensland Director since 2021. He was also a member and then Chair of the Medical and Scientific Committee from 2019 to 2023.
Alpha is a Professor at the University of Queensland, and a Senior Principal Research Fellow of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council.
He is a renowned international expert in cell biology of epithelial tissues. The discovery of how cells use mechanical forces for communication, and how disease disrupts these forces, are attributed to his instrumental research.
Over his career, Professor Yap has mentored over 40 PhD students and post-doctoral scientists. His work has been proudly funded by bodies such as NHMRC, Australian Research Council, Welcome Trust, and Cancer Council Queensland.
Professor Yap’s leadership roles have included:
Rob was appointed to the Cancer Council Queensland Board in 2022, after being the a member of the Marketing Advisory Group since 2020.
Rob is the Founder of Spout Logic. For over three decades, Rob has been delivering highly awarded advertising and marketing in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Rob also has strong expertise in digital marketing and has held the role of Chief Digital Officer for several multinational businesses.
He is also a lecturing fellow at QUT’s BEST Centre on behavioural economics with specialisations in human-centred design, brand strategy and behaviour change. Rob is also a board member of Brisbane Portrait Prize and Tourism and Events Queensland.
The patrons of Cancer Council Queensland are Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland and her husband Professor Graeme Nimmo RFD.
Matt was previously the CEO of 54 reasons, Save the Children’s Australian service delivery arm. He is an experienced clinician and practitioner, who is passionate about impact and outcome measurement, social justice and advocating for systems change to provide equal opportunity to all.“Like many of you, I’m committed to equity and have a strong sense of social justice. We will continue to shape our response to health and social equality together and with humility. My hope is that together we continue to create the conditions and environment to make us the most effective we can be, individually and collectively.”
Mena comes with a diverse background in health policy reform, human resource management, executive operational leadership, and community initiatives. Her career spans client-facing roles, in clinical settings, government, not for profit and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations across health, education, and community sectors.
Mena brings expertise in cultural capability and reconciliation agendas, strategic partnership development, and system advocacy for rights-based approaches to social justice. She is currently serving on several advisory and board director positions focusing on influencing and responding to strategic, operational and policy driven agendas. Growing up in Central Queensland and having lived and worked in remote communities across the country, Mena has first-hand experience of the disparities and challenges in health service effectiveness, access, and preventative care. She is dedicated to achieving health equity for all Queenslanders, and systems that serve regional and remote communities, and First Nations people. ‘I’m excited about the opportunity and impact I can make at Cancer Council Queensland and feel strongly connected with our commitment to health equity. I believe in designing systems that are holistic and person-centred, and preventive strategies that are accessible and support overall well-being to address the barriers of people and places hardest to reach. If we get this right, we will be best serving everyone.’ As a descendant of the Walman Yawuru people in Kimberley, Western Australia and family ties across Northern Australia, Mena’s values are deeply grounded in global Indigenous principles of rights, respect, reciprocity, relationships, and responsibility.
Shane is an experienced finance professional with over three decades of experience in global financial leadership roles. He joined Cancer Council Queensland after finishing his work as CFO of Vitrinite and 1064 Gold.
Shane’s career has spanned a range of finance leadership positions within the Rio Tinto Group, including as CFO of Rio Tinto Growth and Innovation, Rio Tinto Exploration and Argyle Diamonds.
Bringing a range of financial business improvement skills to Cancer Council Queensland, Shane works to ensure the organisation has the financial strength to continue to deliver on its mission of leading Queenslanders in a partnership against cancer.
Shane has also held the position of Acting Chief Financial Officer at the Public Trustee of Queensland, overseeing financial matters during a critical transitional period.Shane has a Master of Commerce from University of New South Wales and is a fellow of CPA Australia and the Governance Institute of Australia.
Sandi leads our Viertel Cancer Research Centre, one of the few collaborative Australian research units to fully integrate cancer services within a cancer control organisation.
The centre’s research focus areas are prevention, early detection, treatment and survivorship. To support and enhance Cancer Council Queensland’s goals to prevent cancer in the community and improve the lives of those living with cancer.
Sandi’s experience comes from leading cancer survivorship cohort studies and clinical trials aimed at cancer-related morbidity reduction, enhanced quality of life, and survival after cancer. Her passion for research excellence has led to guidelines on international oncology and cancer-related lymphoedema.
Adeline is an impactful leader with a demonstrated record of establishing, driving and improving people-centred solutions that deliver excellence in performance. She is equipped with expertise across safety and wellbeing, communications, human resources and people management.
Working in Australia and overseas in higher education, healthcare and community services, Adeline then transitioned into human resources over 15 years ago. She has accumulated extensive knowledge and a personal drive for supporting businesses to lead with impact through her experience in various executive roles across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
Adeline’s strengths are in talent acquisition, learning and engagement, and workforce analytics and optimisation. She has tertiary qualifications in communications and human services from the University of Queensland, and postgraduate qualifications from Queensland University of Technology.
After completing the Company Directors program, Adeline has continued to volunteer as a Board Director in the community and sporting sectors and, in 2023, was awarded a Women Leaders in Sport grant through the Australian Sports Commission.
A proud mother of two young children, Adeline is a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and uses her position as a woman in leadership to promote the business benefits of a diverse workforce and the impact this can have on sustainability, growth, engagement and community impact.
Samantha has held the position of General Counsel, Cancer Council Queensland since 2011, and the additional role of Company Secretary since 2018. She also held the role of Legal Counsel, Cancer Council Australia from 2018 to 2023.
In her position as General Counsel, Samantha provides professional advice and support in respect to legal, governance and compliance issues, to facilitate enhanced organisational accountability, capacity, performance and risk management. Samantha also performs the role of Privacy Officer. As Company Secretary, Samantha is responsible for providing efficient administration services to the organisation’s Board and Committees and maintaining rigorous standards of corporate governance.
Prior to joining Cancer Council Queensland, Samantha worked in private practice as a lawyer for 10 years in Sydney, Singapore and London, specialising in finance. During this period, she also provided pro-bono advice and assistance to several community legal centres and human rights law organisations. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (Modern Asian Studies). Samantha was a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Not-for-profit Law Committee from 2012 to 2020. Samantha was a finalist in 2015 for the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association, Corporate Lawyer of the Year Award.
Bradley is a strategic leader with extensive experience across a broad range of sectors. As the Head of Growth and Impact for Cancer Council Queensland, he plays a key role developing strategy, driving innovation and growth with measurable outcomes.
With a proven track record of delivering results in commercial and not-for-profit roles, Bradley is passionate about challenging the status quo, leveraging insights and developing initiatives led by evidence-based decisions.
Prior to working with Cancer Council Queensland, Bradley held executive level positions in large organisations, most recently a not-for-profit, where he honed his expertise in strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, business development and performance management.
Bradley holds a degree in Business and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Our social and governance frameworks are embedded in our day-to-day operations, and in the business tools we use.
Impactful ESG and sustainability actions are what navigate us at Cancer Council Queensland.
Here are a few examples:
Our mission to support Queenslanders touched by cancer is vital.
The way in which we manage that support, and the way it impacts the community, and our environment is also important.
Our commitment to the Queensland community is that our programs and initiatives are underpinned by an environmental, social and governance framework. We will continually review our actions and keep finding ways to improve our impact – for the benefit of our planet and its people.
Cancer Council Queensland’s ESG framework aligns with our values: Responsible, Inclusive and Collaborative.
Download our ESG brochure here.
