QLD
Delivers Economic Impact to Destinations | Large-Event Specialist | Gold Coast Tourism Advocate, Strategist, Activist
I am experienced in all segments of destination management - leisure, business and major events, and have successfully identified and developed commercial opportunities for the Gold Coast: for example, the CEO of the Broadbeach Alliance and I led the justification to host a country music festival. The Broadbeach Country Music Festival has now run for 5 years and has been recognised as Australia’s 3rd best country festival. It delivers $5.65M in economic impact to the Gold Coast and $10.96M to Queensland.I’m famous for my love of the Gold Coast and am an energetic advocate, strategist, activist and hands-on leader as demonstrated by my contribution to the following organisations:►Vice Chair and Director of the Board - Gold Coast Tourism Corporation►Director of the Board, Business Events Council of Australia►Board Member, Griffith University Advisory Committee►Past Chairperson, Broadbeach Alliance►Past Business Events Advisory Committee, Tourism Austral
NSW
Practice Group Leader and Director
+61403941258
Practice Group Leader and Director at Spruson & Ferguson. Patent Attorney specialising in Medical Devices, Engineering, and Robotics inventions.
NSW
Partner, PwC Australia
+61412782897
VIC
Managing Partner
+61406550555
Andrea is a former Non-Executive Director, Management Consultant/Managing Partner, CEO and senior executive. She is an expert consultant to board and senior leaders
Andrea Durrant is the Managing Partner of BoardsGlobal, a leading consulting firm with clients ranging from ASX10, large Government Business Enterprises, multinationals, big Four CA firms and private equity to for-purpose entities. BoardsGlobal specialises in board, governance and organisational culture high performance, with methodology based on the practices and behaviours of high functioning boards and C-suite teams. Andrea is a former Non-Executive Director, Management Consultant/Managing Partner, CEO and senior executive. She is an expert consultant to board and senior leaders with a deep understanding of board and organisational dynamics together with commercial and governance drivers. Andrea is recognised by clients for her perceptiveness and sound judgement, ability to pinpoint the critical issues, bring a constructive approach, and help boards and senior leadership groups to build outstanding culture, composition and governance on their boards. Her work delivers evidenc
Boards and governance Leadership Strategy Behavioural dynamics and culture High growth businesses Resilience
EXECUTIVE AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Managing Partner - BoardsGlobal 2016-present Chief Executive - Melbourne Chamber of Commerce 2013-2016 Managing Partner - Columbard (now BoardsGlobal), 2009-2013 Managing Partner - Traffic Group and Mobilise (NZ) 1999-2008 Chief Executive - Nokia Mobile Phones, NZ 1994-1998 National Director - Telecom NZ
Andrea grew up in Fiji and went to boarding school in NZ. Meanwhile her family moved to Australia. She went to university in Auckland and began her career there. At the age of 18 she had her first child, a son whom she adopted out. She is the proud grandmother of his two children, and feels very fortunate to have a significant role in his life. Andrea’s second marriage was to Glenn, the father of her second son, who is now at university. Growing up in a third world country starkly illustrated the impact of poverty and luck in life to Andrea, and reinforced the importance of education. As a teenager and university student, and avid reader, she devoured books such as “The Women’s Room” by Betty Friedan which also had a profound effect. Another key influence was her grandmother, who would have loved to have had a career but found herself repeatedly pregnant. Andrea took from this that it is important to “have a go” even when opportunities and challenges appear daunting,
NSW
Non Executive Director
+61417693994
Company Director
+61417576754
A life of giving hope and healing to those in need. A mother, Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeon, Director RACS Clinical Director Surgery RAAF.
I love gardening and caring for the planet, but have more to give- when I see inequity in the treatment of women, and access to expert surgical care for regional and rural communities. I'm going back in- as Director of Trauma in Darwin for 12 months.
NSW
AMCan Too Chair and Founder
+61423411858
NSW
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
+61412820341
