Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Queensland Trust for Nature in 2019, Dr Liz O’Brien stepped down from her position on the board in to join the team in QTFN and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in 2022.

Liz spent her early years amongst the sugar cane, reefs and rainforests of the Whitsunday region and is passionate about applying her expertise to support the enhancement of biodiversity to deliver a range of returns – environmental, economic, social and cultural. Her multi-sectoral career has spanned industry-applied research, Queensland public sector policy and investment roles, and university research management, partnership brokering and strategy development. Liz also serves a Non-Executive Director of the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre.