Our Committee

Paul Lunn
Treasurer

Paul is a Senior Partner of Love and Partners – one of the oldest Accounting Firms on the Sunshine Coast.

He holds a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting from the University of Southern Queensland. In 1994 Paul was admitted as a member of CPA Australia and advanced to Fellow in 2009. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Paul is experienced in providing general accounting and taxation services to a wide range of clients, including primary producers, property developers, hospitality and international expatriates. He has been involved in many community based organisations over the last 25 years including: Sunshine Coast Area Consultative Committee, Maroochydore Chamber of Commerce, Sunshine Coast Marathon Committee, and External Academic Advisory Committee School of Business (USC).

David Andrews

David is a strategy consultant with over 15 years’ experience working with global professional services firms in Australia, the US and throughout Asia on engagements spanning behavioural economics, management science, entrepreneurship and rapid business expansion.

Working with business owners and senior management teams, David has enjoyed helping both individuals and companies set and achieve substantial organisational objectives and he believes in the results that can come from impactful strategy, tactical execution and a real focus on building employee and customer engagement.

David is now a principal of a boutique advisory practice that takes on engagements in behavioural economics, M&A transactions and business growth and he has additionally held both advisory roles and equity stakes in multiple food sector businesses on the Sunshine Coast. David holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the University of NSW.

Roland De Marco

Roland received his PhD in Chemistry / Physics from La Trobe University in 1992. From July 2007 to December 2009, Professor De Marco served as Dean of Research in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University presiding over 300 teaching/research and research staff in a Faculty comprising comprehensive activities across a diverse range of disciplines, leading to his subsequent appointment as Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research Strategy) at Curtin University in 2010.

In January 2011, Professor De Marco took up the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of the Sunshine Coast and attained the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) in January 2016. He continues research in the field of electrochemical surface and interface analysis, electrochemical sensors and energy materials, and has procured over $13.5 million in competitive research funding and has published over 130 refereed publications in the field.

Leanne Layfield

Leanne retired as Executive Officer of the Caloundra Chamber of Commerce in 2018 after leading the organisation the organisation to new heights and strengths over a six year tenure. During that time she increased the membership to over 500 members and implemented signifcant and impactful activity that supported and engaged the business community. The Caloundra Chamber of Commerce is widely regarded as one of the leading business associations in Queensland.

Prior to the Chamber role, Leanne’s career was in the tourism industry leading Caloundra Tourism and prior to that she held senior roles in Tourism Sunshine Coast and Tourism Queensland.

She has a wealth of experience in the not for profit sector and with incorporated associations. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Leanne currently sits on the Fisher Electorate Business Council working with Andrew Wallace MP. Leanne is the Secretary of the Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance and is on the committee of the 4556 Chamber of Commerce. She lends a hand to the annual Buderim9 cycling event that fundraises for charity. What she loves most of all is helping SME businesses at the grassroots level connect and advance.

Tim Marchington

Tim is the co-founder of ICIX (International Compliance Information Exchange) a Silicon Valley based technology company. ICIX is an online SAAS application that allows major global retailers and manufacturers to effectively manage compliance in their global supply chains.

Tim is actively involved as a thought leader within ICIX, developing new industry solutions using blockchain principles and IOT (Internet of Things).  Tim has run several businesses from start-up – including ICIX, which now operates at a global level.

Tim has a Certificate of Agriculture (Sunraysia College of TAFE), SQF HACCP Practitioner (SQF Institute), and Salesforce ADM02. Prior to ICIX, Tim was founder of PQM Pty Ltd, a consultancy business assisting food manufacturing businesses and primary producers to develop HACCP based systems to meet domestic retail and global food safety standards.

Marc Robinson

Marc is a Partner with BDO on the Sunshine Coast, one of the largest full service accounting and advisory firms in Australia, and globally.

Drawing from his 20 plus years experience, from assisting clients across all industries, Marc has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the challenges affecting local small and medium sized businesses and is a big believer in providing exceptional personal service that results in strong relationships.

Mark is a member with the Taxation Institute of Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. 

Judy Tomlinson

Judy is a business contractor (freight and event planning), and President of Celebrate Glasshouse Country Inc. Originally from Victoria, Judy also lived and worked in NSW where she operated a successful caravan park – before moving to the Sunshine Coast in the late 1990s.

Since moving to Glasshouse Country five years ago, Judy has been actively involved as a member of the Executive Committee of Glasshouse Country Chamber of Commerce. Judy also helped establish Celebrate Glasshouse Inc. (previously Celebrate Beerwah Inc.) as a means of improving the living and business standards in our region.

Judy leads the Celebrate Glasshouse Country team to deliver projects designed to support community groups, businesses and tourism in Glasshouse Country – including the highly successful Beerwah Street Party in 2015 and 2017. She is passionate about the community and has led her team of volunteers to achieve strong results for the region.

Alister Morrison

Alister is the Senior Director & Head of Physical Sciences at UniQuest, based at The University of Queensland (UQ). He leads a team of intellectual property (IP) commercialisation specialists, focusing on commercialising technology through licensing and start-ups.

Alister brings more than 20 years of strategic international experience, having held senior career roles in mergers and acquisitions, economics, business development, strategy, planning and technical asset development with UK-based Gulf Keystone Petroleum and US-based Pioneer Natural Resources.

His former workplaces also include strategy and technology management consultancy, Arthur D. Little (ADL), and energy research firm, Wood Mackenzie, and he has international experience across Europe, Australia, USA, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Alister holds a BSc in Geology and an MSc in Applied Geophysics and has a passion for the Sunshine Coast region, clean energy, technology, innovation, capital fundraising and community projects. He is eager to contribute to helping the region develop further, particularly through improved infrastructure and technology.

Emma Thomas
(Ex Officio Member)

Emma Thomas is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sunshine Coast Council – one of the largest local governments in Queensland with a region of in excess of 320,000 residents.He has over 25 years’ experience in local government, majority of this time spent in senior and executive level roles.

As the CEO, Emma is responsible for overseeing and guiding the delivery of significant milestones to put both the organisation and the region on the Australian map as a leader in local government excellence. With more than $12 billion committed, or in the pipeline, in major public and private investment, Emma is leading an outstanding organisation delivering on the Council’s vision of the Sunshine Coast as Australia’s most sustainable region – Healthy. Smart. Creative.

Anthony Dow
(Ex Officio Member)

Anthony is the Economic Development Manager for Noosa Council. Anthony has accumulated a deep knowledge of the government sector (Local, State and National) in New Zealand, NSW and Queensland – specialising in regional and business development.

Prior to influencing economic and community policy in communities up the East Coast of Australia and NZ, he spent 15 years leading pricing, revenue management programs and systems for major telecommunications and media organisations in NZ, Canada and the USA.