Cara Walsh

Cara is Director of Cobble Hill Consulting and Chair of the Business Advisory Board for QUT's Business School.

She has 25 years’ experience developing digital products and transformation solutions in both America and Australia.

Some of Cara’s previous roles include:

• Global VP of Customer at Outfit.io
• Sessional Academic in Digital and Customer Experience at QUT
• Manager of Digital Strategy, City of Brisbane
• Director of Digital Ad Products at AT&T
• Manager of Client Services and Integration at McAfee
• Member, Minister’s Committee on Open Data (Queensland Government)
• Mentor at Ethni, a not-for-profit building skills for culturally diverse youth.

Cara holds the following qualifications and professional memberships:

• Bachelor of Arts (Communications), The State University of New York College
• Board Readiness Graduate, Women in Technology.

Lindi Deguara LLB (Hons), BMedia&Comm (Dist), GAICD, FGIA, CertInvRel

Lindi is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Managing Director of her own advisory, where she uses her versatile skillset to support boards and executives to deliver strategic commercial outcomes and implement sustainable supporting governance and risk management structures.

Lindi is an experienced director, executive and company secretary with over 20 years’ experience in Australia and internationally within construction and general infrastructure, energy, resources, engineering and training sectors. She has had executive multi-disciplinary accountability across various corporate governance and service functions including legal, human resources, communication, social performance, tendering, insurance and company secretariat.

Lindi has previously served as a director of Golden West Apprenticeships Limited, an advisory board member of a healthcare start-up, and a tutor at Queensland University of Technology.

David Winters

David is a risk transformation leader and technology program specialist, with over 30 years’ experience in complex program leadership with a proven program delivery track record across Australia, Europe, South East Asia and the United States.  

David currently works with organisations to build confidence in whole-of-organisation transformations across complex programs. He provides: risk leadership coaching; advisory and governance advice; and delivery assurance across complex strategic transformations enabling successful outcomes with measurable business value.

David holds professional memberships and qualifications with Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ), Australia Institute of Project Management (MAIPM), Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), APMG Registered Consultant PPM (PRINCE2®, MSP®), Charter Institute for IT (MCIIT), Justice of Peace (Qualified), QLD.

Damian Wright

Damian is a Chartered accountant and is currently the Partner in Charge of Audit at BDO Brisbane. He is also the current Chair of Lives Lived Well Limited, a not-for-profit operating in the Health Sector.

He has more than 30 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant across a variety of industries and organisations including the Government Sector.

Some of Damian’s previous roles include:

• Director of a large educational organisation in South East Queensland
• Former Director of QLeave.

Damian holds the following qualifications and professional memberships:

• Bachelor of Commerce, The University of Queensland
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA)
• Registered Company Auditor and Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia.