Gillian Brown

Gillian Brown was appointed a director of Suncorp Group in February 2024 and is a member of the Customer Committee.

With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Gillian brings to Suncorp broad skills in financial services law, infrastructure, investments, and finance. Gillian has extensive experience in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business restructures and disposals and public private partnerships, strategy and risk allocation, workplace health and safety.

In addition to her role at Suncorp, Gillian holds non-executive director positions with the High Speed Rail Authority, Ausgrid Partnerships, QIC limited, BRIC Housing Limited and Queensland Community Foundation. Her previous board roles include serving as Chairman of Minter Ellison lawyers and as a director of Queensland Treasury Corporation and DBCT Holdings Pty Ltd, a Queensland Government owned lessor of Dalrymple Bay coal export terminal in Mackay. Gillian is also a former director of Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited (ARTC), the owner and operator of Australia’s largest rail freight network.

Throughout her career, Gillian has held appointments as Chair of Audit and Risk Committees and member of Environment, Health and Safety Committees. She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chief Executive Women.