Jim Varghese AM
Chairperson - Jobs Queensland Board
Chair and owner, The Leadership Company Qld Pty Ltd.
Jim Varghese AM is Chairperson and owner of The Leadership Company Qld Pty Ltd, and Director and Chair of the Springfield City Group Board of Directors. He is a highly experienced professional with more than 30 years’ experience leading government agencies across the Queensland and Victorian public sectors. Jim is also the Chair of Mindhive Pty Ltd, Member of the Independent Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal, co-founder and chair of the AIBL Advisory Council and Chair of the Mahatma Gandhi Company.
Jim’s distinguished public sector career includes tenure as the CEO of the Southeast Queensland Transit Authority and various appointments as the Director-General for the State Government with portfolio responsibility including Main Roads, Education, Employment and Training, and Primary Industries and Fisheries departments, and recent role as Chancellor of Torrens University Australia.