Meet our board

Chairperson
 

Viv Grayson spent most of his career in the Housing, Land and Property Development sectors working in various senior accounting and finance roles both in Australia and overseas. Prior to retiring from full time work, Viv was the CFO and Company Secretary of ASX listed Devine Limited and previously was the CFO of AVJennings.

Working in those sectors, Viv has an acute appreciation of the importance of skills training and the apprenticeship system across those and other industries and the important role that TAFE Queensland plays.

Viv has a degree in Business - Accountancy from QUT and is a CPA. He is an associate of Chartered Secretaries Australia (ACG) and the Governance Institute of Australia (AGIA).

Post finishing full time work, Viv provides consulting services to the property development sector, is on the Board of Burleigh Golf Club, and Treasurer of Alliance Francaise Gold Coast. He was until recently, Chair of the Advisory Board for leading Body Corporate Manager, SSKB.

Member

Peta is an executive with Australian property fund manager Natgen. Prior to this, she was an executive leader with ASX200-listed global property fund manager Cromwell Property Group, where she led the Retail Funds Management business.

Peta was a top-performing fund manager at Suncorp, managing multi-billion-dollar fixed income portfolios. She later held senior roles with global investment banks UBS and Goldman Sachs JBWere, where responsibilities included advising Queensland statutory authorities on capital planning and funding strategies.

A frequent commentator on economic and financial issues through ABC Radio, Peta is passionate about financial literacy and community engagement. This complements a long-standing commitment to education, including board and advisory roles with Griffith University’s Honours College, and the Somerville House Foundation, where she contributed strategy, governance, and sector expertise. 

Peta also serves on FINSIA's Queensland Regional Council, providing input into membership strategy, education, and mentoring. Other previous roles included FINSIA’s Financial Advice and Services Council, and Deputy Chair of the Accessing Capital Committee with the Queensland Futures Institute.

Peta holds a Master of Applied Finance, AICD Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors, and is a Senior Fellow of FINSIA.

Member

Lorelei is an experienced leader with a track record in building relationships and delivering growth. She has over 30 years of communication and stakeholder engagement experience, working at a senior level across the public and private sectors, including with boards and executive leadership teams in community services, property, and infrastructure. Lorelei takes a strengths-based approach to fostering positive relationships and trust to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

She combines professional expertise with a deep understanding of community needs, ensuring organisational strategies align with broader societal goals. Her leadership style emphasises inclusivity and creating a shared vision, supporting individuals and teams to realise their full potential. 

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Ms Colleen Hope is an educator with over 40 years’ experience, specialising in diverse learning. Ms Hope commenced her career with the Department of Education in 1981 as an Early Childhood Educator. Former roles have included the Principal, Thursday Island State School, working with First Nations students supporting English Second Language practices and culture  and access to further study pathways. Ms Hope was also the Principal of the Mudgeeraba Special School for 21 years until her retirement in 2024, delivering quality learning outcomes for students with severe intellectual impairment and multiple impairment.  During her time in this role, Ms Hope successfully delivered a number of vocational education and training courses to improve the recreational and employment outcomes for these students. 

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Rosemary Cole (White) has more than 40 years’ experience in acute healthcare.  After training to be a registered nurse at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Rosemary pursued her nursing career predominantly in the critical care disciplines.  She has worked in both the private and public health sectors in four Australian states and territories and for several years during the 1980s in the United Kingdom.

Rosemary has formal qualifications in critical care, a Bachelor of Nursing degree from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management from Griffith University.

In 1990 she joined the Uniting Health Care Group working in senior management and leadership roles at both The Wesley Hospital and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.  With strong organisational, governance and interpersonal skills, Rosemary led complex clinical services functions for more than two decades. She has a passion for building knowledge, skills and workplace cultures that deliver high quality positive patient outcomes. 

Achieving excellence in professional standards and ensuring this translates to a strong, committed nursing and related health disciplines workforce for the future has been a focus across her career.  

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Andrew is a corporate lawyer and commercial advisor with more than 40 years of personal and advisory experience in corporate governance, risk management and the responsibilities of non-executive directors in both the 'for profit' and 'for purpose' sectors. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and, in addition to his law degree, has a degree in economics and an MBA and brings practical financial and commercial skills to board discussions.

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Susie is an experienced finance executive specialising in large-scale systems transformations and digital modernisation across complex multi-regional organisations. She currently serves as Global Head of Product Finance at Flight Centre Travel Group where she leads finance systems governance and transformation initiatives spanning five countries.

Susie has extensive experience managing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations and technology-enabled finance change programs, with a strong track record in both private sector and public sector environments. Her background includes leading significant Microsoft Dynamics 365 implementations at Flight Centre and SAP transformations at Energy Queensland where she developed deep expertise in regulated environments and public sector governance frameworks.

Throughout her career, Susie has demonstrated capability in building stakeholder relationships across executive leadership, technical teams, and cross-functional groups, with particular strength in translating complex technical initiatives into strategic business outcomes. She has led steering committee governance for major platform implementations, managed vendor relationships for large-scale system deployments, and championed the elevation of finance as a strategic partner in organisational transformation.

Susie holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from the University of Southern Queensland and a Post Graduate Certificate in IT from QUT. She brings to the TAFE Queensland Board practical experience in managing change across distributed organisations, coupled with a strong understanding of governance, risk management, and the critical role that systems and processes play in delivering quality outcomes for diverse stakeholder groups.

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Kieran Chilcott is a proud Aboriginal man and respected leader with a strong commitment to advancing self-determination and improving outcomes for First Nations communities. With more than 20 years’ experience as a senior executive in the not-for-profit sector, Kieran brings deep expertise across the education, health and human services sectors, underpinned by both lived experience and strategic leadership.

Kieran currently holds several key governance and government advisory roles, including as a founding Director and Chairperson of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, a Board Member of the Central West Hospital and Health Service, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He previously served as a Council Member of the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, playing a role in its transition to TAFE Queensland.

Kieran holds a Bachelor of Education and formal qualifications in business, governance, project management and mental health.