The Pyjama Foundation - Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Bronwyn Sheehan Founder and Executive Director, The Pyjama Foundation 2009 Queensland Australian of the Year Bronwyn Sheehan founded The Pyjama Foundation in 2004 to make a positive impact on the lives of our community’s most vulnerable children. In less than five years, The Pyjama Foundation has won a number of awards, garnered corporate and government support, and inspired a large team of community volunteers. A nurse and midwife and business owner, Bronwyn herself was inspired by the work of foster carers. Bronwyn was alarmed at statistics highlighting the poor literacy levels of children in care, and determined to find a way to address this issue. This was the beginning of The Pyjama Foundation Love of Learning Program. Bronwyn Sheehan is the 2009 Queensland Australian of the Year and 2008 National Finalist of the IBM Community and Government category of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Norelle Deeth Retired Director-General of Queensland Department of Child Safety Norelle was appointed Director-General of the Queensland Department of Child Safety in August 2007, having held the position of Deputy Director-General for three years. She also served Queensland as Deputy Director-General with Queensland Health and, prior to that, as Assistant Under-Treasurer for Queensland Treasury, responsible for the resources, health and community services portfolios. In 2001, Norelle won the Queensland Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her lead role in the implementation of accrual output budgeting across the Queensland public sector, and in 2003 participated in the inaugural Executive Fellows Program of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. Norelle is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Norelle began her working life as a high school teacher and has an affinity with young people. As Director-General of the Department of Child Safety, she oversaw the development and implementation of a suite of initiatives to increase the department’s capacity to deliver high quality, culturally appropriate child protection services throughout the State. Norelle is a trustee of the QSuper Fund, a director of QSuper Ltd and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of QSL.

Shane O’Kane Principal, Queensland Infrastructure Partners Shane has 25 years of experience in the finance sector which includes significant experience in both the infrastructure sector and corporation and privatisation transactions. His experience includes involvement in acquisitions as well as advising governments on the sales process including a greater than 12 month secondment to the South Australian government in relation to the corporatisation and privatisation of the State Bank of South Australia. Shane has developed innovative structures which may be of significant benefit to the State during the sales process to assist with managing risk and maximising the financial return. In addition if these structures are pursued, they may be of significant benefit to the State in funding future infrastructure needs and monetising other infrastructure assets.

Jim Morrison Chief Financial Officer, GroundProbe® Jim is currently the Chief Financial Officer of international technology company GroundProbe. Prior to this he was a Partner in international accounting firm Deloittes for over ten years. Jim has extensive accounting, finance and transaction experience in both domestic and international markets. He has worked in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.