Paul Lucas

The Honourable Paul Lucas joined the Board in 2021. Paul has extensive experience with regulated utilities in the energy, rail and aviation sectors at both a State and Federal level.

His background provides him with a particular understanding of regional and remote communities, together with governance, risk and strategy expertise. Dual qualified as a Solicitor and Urban Planner, he is a consultant to a major Eastern Seaboard law firm.

He is an independent Director on the Boards of The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Kokatha Aboriginal Corporation, and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation. He is a Director of the Central Highlands Development Corporation and the State Advisory Council of the National Heart Foundation.

He conducts DFAT funded courses internationally in areas including governance, infrastructure, disaster resilience. He is the Queensland President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

He has previously served as Chair of the Cross-River Rail Delivery Authority and as a Director of Airservices Australia and Powerlink. A former Deputy Premier of Queensland, he served as a Minister for 11 years in a variety of portfolios including Energy, Infrastructure and Planning and Local Government.