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 Trust aims to achieve the aforementioned goals to:
- support the work of QIMR by providing annual funding sufficient to meet the shortfall after grants, subsidies and other traditional
funding sources of QIMR in order to attract funding and
- enhance the profile and image support from all sources.
The current members of the QIMR Trust are:
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 was the Independent Chair of the Queensland Furnishing Industry Superannuation Trust for 13 years.
She is 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 extensive commercial experience gained during 40 years in the areas of Banking, Merchant Banking & Investments.
Before joining the QIMR Trust, 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 number of professional organisations 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.