Five new board members took their place at the table for the first time at the Toowoomba and Surat Basin annual general meeting in October.
Dr Anthony Lynham, Tim Miles, Amanda Kenafake, Julie Whitcombe and Erika Brayshaw joined the board, with Peter Lock and Rob Hart taking leave.
Board chair Dr John McVeigh welcomed the new members, while expressing his thanks to Messrs Lock and Hart for their service.
“Peter and Rob both provided outstanding service and dedication to TSBE over many years,” he said.
“Their departure, however, provides an exciting opportunity to welcome new board members from diverse backgrounds, industry and skill sets to enrich the TSBE board going into 2023.
“We are about to embark on TSBE’s second decade of linking business with opportunity to create sustainable growth and diversity for our region and our board members play a pivotal role in this process.”
The five new members have impressive resumes and will be familiar to many people in the local community and further abroad.
Dr Anthony Lynham is a Queensland-based maxillofacial surgeon and a serving member of State Parliament from 2014 to 2020, holding ministerial portfolios during that time.
He was appointed as director and chair of the Gladstone Port Corporation in October last year.
Tim Miles is general manager, corporate at Newlands Group, a local privately-owned construction company specialising in design and construction services for the civil, essential services, commercial building and resources sectors.
Amanda Kenafake is CEO and executive director of Toowoomba accounting firm Power Tynan, while Julie Whitcombe is general manager strategy and development at CleanCo, a government-owned corporation focused on the development and supply of firmed renewable energy for Queensland customers.
Erika Brayshaw has been the general manager for the Toowoomba Chronicle since June 2020.
