Gary is the Immediate Past Chair of Anglicare Southern Queensland, having served for 10 years on the board from 2015. He is a former Chair of the Anglicare SQ Audit & Risk Sub-Committee, an Advisory Member to Diocesan Council and a member of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Audit & Risk Committee. Gary was the inaugural Program Co-Director of the Master of Laws in Enterprise Governance at Bond University and a Semester Professor teaching subjects in strategy, risk and compliance together with reputation risk and social responsibility. Gary has a background in tertiary sector research collaboration and commercialisation, as well as fundraising and university-industry partnerships.  

Prior to his tertiary career, Gary held senior executive positions with ASX listed companies BHP and James Hardie Industries and was a Managing Partner in business advisory specialising in strategy development and implementation, data analytics and revenue led turnaround. Gary holds a Master of Business in Marketing, a Bachelor of Economics and is a Graduate of the AICD Directors Course.