HopgoodGanim gets new leadership

Luke Mountford will take over as managing partner of law firm HopgoodGanim after Bruce Humphrys stood down from the role after 20 years.

From July 1, 2023, Humphrys will transition to an advisory role.

Mountford, who has been with the firm since 2009, has led the private enterprise practice and executed transactions worth more than $1 billion in the past year, including advising Halcyon on the sale of its lifestyle communities to Stockland for $620 million.

Mountford is also on the board of One Harvest and is the chair of the QUT Law Founders Scholarship Committee.

Scott takes over at QRA

Jimmy Scott has been appointed as the acting chief executive of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

Scott joined QRA in 2012 and has held a number of executive roles with the organisation including general manager of operations, and general manager of resilience and recovery.

His appointment follows the departure of long-time QRA CEO Brendan Moon, who has taken a post with the Australian Government as the inaugural coordinator-general for the recently established National Emergency Management Agency.

Metarock’s new execs

Metarock has appointed Jeff Whiteman as chief financial officer and Andrew Ritter as company secretary.

The appointments follow the resignation of the current CFO and secretary Brett Maff.

Managing director Tony Caruso said both men were chartered accountants and Ritter was the current company secretary at MSL Solutions and Verbrec.

Whiteman had previously worked for Golding and Aust Ag.

Founder of intelliHR leaves

Executive chair of intelliHR Matt Donovan will shift into the chief executive role on the departure of the company’s founder Rob Bromage.

Donovan has been in the executive chair role since March this year and has previously worked for Microsoft, McCann and Havas. Most recently he was global general manager and partner at Microsoft 365.

The ASX-listed company has about 320 customers in 20 countries.

Bromage said founding the company was his proudest professional achievement. He would remain a shareholder in the company and would now take a break before his next big challenge.

Fraser first alumnus to head Griffith

Former deputy premier and treasurer Andrew Fraser has been made Griffith University’s sixth chancellor following the retirement of Henry Smerdon.

A University Medallist, Fraser graduated with a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) in 1999 and joined the University Council in 2017 before being elected deputy chancellor last year.

Currently the chair of OrangeSky Australia and president of Motorsport Australia, Fraser serves on a range of boards across industries and sectors. He was also previously the head of strategy and investment at the National Rugby League and was a Member of Parliament in Queensland from 2004-12.

He is also currently on the board of Australian Retirement Trust.

New director for Whitsundays

Tourism Whitsundays has appointed Christine Lacey of Little Fish Tourism Development Consulting to its board. Two current board members, Julie Telford and Matt Boileau, were re-elected.

Outgoing directors Judy Porter and Kate Purdie were thanked for their contribution. Telford was also elected as chair.

Growth for EPP

Executive Performance Partners said it was thrilled to welcome Matt Kratiuk as its chief growth officer.

“We are both proud and excited to have Matt join the team, growing the EPP community together is something that we share a passion for. I’m looking forward to seeing the impact that Matt and his team can have on EPP customers – both new and existing,” chief executive David Munro said.

Mackay gets a CEO

CDHC makes Dowling permanent

The Central Highlands Development Corporation has confirmed Peter Dowling is its chief executive. Dowling had been working as interim CEO since May and chair Kerry Hayes said he had proved to be a steady hand for the organisation.

Before his interim role, Dowling had been the organisation’s business and investment attraction manager and had worked previously for BHP in community relations and corporate affairs.

Moore departs Domino’s

After 30 years with the organisation, Domino’s chief operating officer Brett Moore has left the company.

Moore started with DMP at 17 and had been a shift runner, store manager, regional manager and a franchisee before being appointed as COO.

Farmer gets a COS

Gayle Walters has been appointed as chief of staff to the Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer.

Walters had previously worked for the State Library and was a senior policy advisor for the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women.

Swyftx gets general counsel

Adam Percy has announced his appointment as general counsel Swyftx.

Percy was previously head of legal at the Brisbane company and previously worked for Openpay and Allens.