Governance

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute is under the control and management of The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. The Governor-in-Council appoints all members of the Council.

Our Patron

Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland

Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland is the patron of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Dr Young has been a strong supporter of QIMR Berghofer, serving as a Council Member from 2005 until 2019. Her Excellency was sworn-in as the 27th Governor of Queensland on 1 November 2021. Prior to […]

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QIMR Berghofer Council Chair

Arun Sharma

Professor Arun Sharma is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Commercialisation) at QUT. He has played a leadership role in developing Australian research capability in information and communication technology. Is the co-founder of National Information and Communications Technology Australia Ltd (NICTA) – Australia’s national centre of excellence and inaugural Director of NICTA’s largest research laboratory. Prior to establishing […]

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QIMR Berghofer Council Deputy Chair

Michael Sargent

Mr Sargent has been a member of the QIMR Berghofer Council since 27 November 2014.  He has more than 45 years’ experience working with some of the world’s leading financial groups. His experience includes stockbroking, merchant banking, financial planning and money market operations. He was a Fellow of the Certified Practicing Accountants and a Fellow […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Margo MacGillivray

Margo MacGillivray BA LLB LLM FGIA Margo MacGillivray is an accomplished corporate executive who has enjoyed a successful legal career, including as a partner of leading international law firm DLA Piper, as the Chief Legal Officer for international legal technology company For The Record and as General Counsel for award winning insurer, Budget Direct. Most […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Michael Finney

Michael Finney BEng (Hons) MBA JD FAICD Michael Finney is a successful lawyer and experienced senior executive with over 25 years of experience in the intellectual property, commercialisation and technology sectors as well as an engineering and bioscience background. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University of Queensland, an MBA from the Australian […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Sonya Bennett

Dr Sonya Bennett AM MBBS FRACGP MPHTM FAFPHM GAICD Dr Sonya Bennett is a practicing public health physician and has Fellowships with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. During her career, she has worked in Queensland Health, the Australian Defence Force, and in the academic research […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Celeste Neander

Ms Celeste Neander, Council Member B.Comm,  Dip. FP  GAICD A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ms Neander is a senior finance professional with extensive experience in financial and investment markets spanning 38 years. She was Senior Portfolio Manager for BT Managed Accounts with responsibility for the discretionary management of bespoke investment portfolios […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Mitchell Petrie

Mr Petrie is a former Partner, KPMG Australia and an experienced director. He was a Partner with KPMG Australia for 16 years and retired from the KPMG Partnership in December 2015. He has significant experience in corporate governance and enterprise risk management, board advisory, internal controls, statutory financial reporting and governance, risk and controls for […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Janet Verbyla

Professor Emeritus Janet Verbyla is currently Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) where she was Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor heading the Academic Division from 2012 to early 2018. Commencing as an active teaching and research academic in software and information engineering, Professor Verbyla has progressed through a wide range of university academic executive […]

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QIMR Berghofer - Council Member

Maria Kavallaris

Professor Maria Kavallaris AM FAHMS FRSN Professor Kavallaris is an internationally recognised scientific leader in cancer biology and therapeutics. She is the Founding Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine at the UNSW and Head of the Translational Cancer Nanomedicine Theme at the Children’s Cancer Institute. Professor Kavallaris is Chair of the Australian Institute for […]

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Professor, PhD, FAHMS, Director and CEO

Fabienne Mackay

CAREER HISTORY Professor Fabienne Mackay studied Medicine and Biomedical Engineering before she obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology and Immunology from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France. She is the 8th Director and CEO of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Queensland. Prior to that, in 1994, she started her research career in the biotech […]

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Fellows

QIMR Berghofer fellowships are awarded to outstanding individuals, external to the Institute, who have made a significant contribution to QIMR Berghofer by giving of their time or expertise.

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