Foundation Chairman

Sir Leo Hielscher has been recognised as one of the key figures responsible for transforming Queensland’s economy with a career spanning more than seven decades in the areas of Government, the banking and finance industry, domestic and global financial markets, superannuation industry and as an independent company director.

He was the Under Treasurer of Queensland for 14 years (1974–1988) before his appointment as Chairman of the Queensland Treasury Corporation (Advisory Board) in 1988. In 1991, the Advisory Board became the Queensland Treasury Corporation Board and Sir Leo was appointed as its inaugural Chairman.

Sir Leo was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship in 1973, a Knight Bachelor in 1987, an Honorary Doctorate of Griffith University in 1993 and The University of Queensland in 2017, and a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) in the General Division in 2004. He was honoured as a Queensland Great by the Queensland Government in 2007. Sir Leo retired as Chairman of the QTC Board on 30 June 2010.