Staff, Management & Council

• Professor Graham Durant, Director (Executive)
  Graham is Questacon's third director, having joined us in early March 2003. Prior to Questacon, he spent ten years as Senior Curator and Deputy Director of the Hunterian Museum, Scotland, and was closely involved in the opening of the Glasgow Science Centre in 2001. He has a PhD in geology and a background in science communication. Did you know Graham was once shortlisted for the U.K. Olympic kayaking team?

• Lorraine Neish, General Manager, Operations (Executive)
  • Brenton Honeyman, Manager, Education and Visitor Experience
  • Natalie Watson, Manager, Finance, Contract Services Information & People Services
  • Bernard Finucane, Manager, Facilities
• Graham Smith, General Manager, Development (Executive)
  • Dr Stuart Kohlhagen, Manager, Questacon Research and Development
  • Sally D'Addio, Manager, Exhibition Services Operations
  • Allen Rooney, Manager, Outreach Programs

Leon Kempler
Leon has been the Chairman of our Council since 2004. Leon's a businessman who works on developing and commercialising technology. He's a busy guy: he's also the Chairman of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Digital Harbour (who are redeveloping Melbourne's Docklands) and Acacia, a company bidding to role out the new broadband network in Victoria.

Antony Cohen
Antony is a partner in KPMG, and has been on our council since 2004. Antony advises power utilities on how to run their businesses better, including how to deal with climate change and carbon and emissions trading. In fact, KPMG itself is now a carbon neutral company.

Lynda O'Grady
Lynda joined the board with Leon and Antony in 2004. She was then a senior product marketing executive in Telstra. Lynda is now head of a management consulting firm and is Chairman of Q-gen, a biotech company in Brisbane that commercialises new products like vaccines.

Tracey Bunda
Tracey is from Flinders University's Yunggorendi Centre that helps support Indigenous students at the university. Tracey is a Goori woman from Ngugi (Moreton Island) and Wakka Wakka (Sunshine Coast) in Queensland. Her research looks into how Indigenous students engage in higher education.

Catherine Foley
Cathy is a physicist and head of a research unit in CSIRO that is investigating superconductors. She was inspired to study science by a high school teacher, and overcame dyslexia to succeed at university. She is a Joey Scout leader and has worked voluntarily with the Sisters of Charity in an Indigenous community. Cathy is also the President of the Institute of Physics and on the board of FASTS, the association that represents Australia's 60 000 scientists.

Denis Goodrum
Denis is the former Dean of Education at Canberra University. He teaches science education to student teachers his research is about the learning of science in schools. Back in the 1990's Denis was the Project Director for the Science Academy's 'Primary Investigations' science teaching program.

John Simpson
John is the Corporate affairs Manager at NAB. We worked with John for many years when he was the Director of External Affairs at Shell Australia. John is also a director of SecondBite, a charity that redistributes over 100 tonnes of surplus food each year.

Mary-Anne Waldren
Mary-Anne founded the world's second biggest science festival - the Australian Science Festival - and she helped to establish National Science Week with the ABC. Mary-Anne also set-up MAW Action, an event management company in Canberra.