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QIMR Trust

The role of the QIMR Trust is to raise funds for, and on behalf of, the QIMR Council in support of QIMR's mission. All monies raised by Trust are directly applied to QIMR research activities.

The current members of the QIMR Trust are:

Ms Jane Seawright (Convenor)
Mr Rodney Wylie
Mr Ian Manly
Ms Patricia McCormack
Mr David Stirling

Ms Jane Seawright BA LLB (Hons) MBus (Marketing)
Jane Seawright is a lawyer with extensive experience in marketing and strategy. She established a freelance marketing consultancy, Seawright Consulting, in 2000, and held the position of Independent Chair of the Queensland Furnishing Industry Superannuation Trust for 13 years. She is presently Special Counsel in the Corporate & Financial Services team at Phillips Fox, and is also a Law Society-accredited mediator and registered adjudicator, pursuant to the Building & Construction Industry Payments Act 2004. Jane Seawright is a member of the QIMR Marketing Committee.

Mr Rodney Wylie OBE B Comm BA FCA FAICD
Rod Wylie is a Brisbane-based Chartered Accountant with substantial experience in investment, company management and corporate governance issues across a wide range of organisations, in many cases with nationwide and international activities. He has been involved through Board/Council membership in the administration of a number of professional and community non-profit groups. Mr Wylie chairs the QIMR Investment Committee and is a member of the QIMR Finance and Audit Committee and QIMR Personnel Administration Committee.

Mr Ian Manly MBA FAIM
Ian Manly has extensive experience in business management and corporate development. He is the Managing Director of First 5 Minutes Pty Ltd, a company providing fire and emergency procedures and training to the property industry throughout Australia. Mr Manly is the Convenor of the QIMR Marketing Committee.

Ms Patricia McCormack BA (Psych and IR)
Patricia McCormack is a highly regarded People Management professional with extensive experience in all facets of Human Resource Management. She established People Focus in 2002 with the aim of providing HR services specialising in organisation development and human resources management. Ms McCormack is a member of the QIMR Personal Administration Committee and the QIMR Marketing Committee.

Mr David Stirling
David Stirling has had extensive commercial experience over the past 40 years in the areas of Banking, Merchant Banking & Investments. Before joining the QIMR Trust Board, David was Managing Director of a financial services firm and a Partner of an international Chartered Accounting firm. He has been a member of a considerable number of professional organizations including the Institute of Engineers, Commercial Law Association, Institute of Chartered Accounts affiliate, F.P.A. ,Securities Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. David is a member of the QIMR Investment Committee." David is a member of the QIMR Investment Committee. <

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