2009 Queensland Australian of the Year

Bronwyn Sheehan founded The Pyjama Foundation in 2004 to make positive impact on the lives of our community’s most vulnerable children. In less than five years, The Pyjama Foundation has won a number of awards, garnered corporate and government support, and inspired a large team of community volunteers.

A nurse and midwife and business owner, Bronwyn herself was inspired by the work of foster carers. Bronwyn was alarmed at statistics highlighting the poor literacy levels of children in care, and determined to find a way to address this issue. This was the beginning of The Pyjama Foundation Love of Learning Program. Bronwyn Sheehan is the 2009 Queensland Australian of the Year and 2008 National Finalist of the IBM Community and Government category of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
Appointed 30 September 2004

Fiona Murdoch

Fiona brings more than two decades of experience in Board and senior executive roles to The Pyjama Foundation. She has extensive experience in the resources and infrastructure sectors in Australia and internationally with senior operational roles held with AMCI Investments, MIM Holdings and Xstrata Queensland.

Fiona is passionate and committed to children’s education and is convinced of the enormous value that The Pyjama Foundation’s Love of Learning Program provides in empowering children in foster care with learning, life skills and confidence to change the direction of their lives.

Fiona holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Director program.

Shane has 25 years of experience in finance sector which includes significant experience in both the infrastructure sector and corporation and privitisation transactions.
His experience includes involvement in acquisitions as well as advising governments on the sales process including a greater than 12 month secondment to the South Australian government in relation to the corporatisation and privatisation of the State Bank of South Australia.
Shane has developed innovative structures which may be significant benefit to the State during the sale process to assist with managing risk and maximising the financial return. In addition if these structures are pursued, they may be of significant benefit to the State in funding future infrastructure needs and monetising other infrastructure assets.
Appointed February 2009

Rowan Macdonald

Rowan has more than 25+ years’ experience in the financial services sector. His experience spans taxation, transaction execution, risk management and investment banking. His experience includes work with change management, addressing the impact of regulatory change and bedding down capital market transactions. Most significantly, Rowan has worked in management roles spanning EY’s prestigious portfolio, including EY’s Global Accounts Committee, as Managing Partner of EY’s Oceania Financial Services business (2015 – 2017), and Managing Partner of EY’s Asia-Pacific Financial Services taxation practice (2010 – 2015).

Appointed November 2017

Brian is a Global Co Lead Agribusiness Partner in the Brisbane office of K&L Gates, a global law firm with 47 offices around the world. Brian has more than 20 years’ experience servicing clients in agribusiness and primary industries including in agricultural property transactions, water transactions and in leading teams in mergers and acquisitions. Brian has been involved in some of Australia’s largest and most complex agribusiness transactions and regularly provides advice to leading rural enterprises and other commercial enterprises in their business dealings. Brian has a strong interest in corporate governance and is motivated by seeing his clients succeed and grow their businesses whilst providing strategic advice for their benefit where he can.
Brian joined The Pyjama Foundation Board in June 2014

Peter is currently founding board member and Managing Director of TVN which was recently acquired by Tremor Video a US based technology Company. TVN was an Internet delivered video platform that connected buyers and sellers through technology. Before founding TVN Peter was part of the Microsoft executive team that launched Microsoft Media Network in Australia and an early stage employee of Aquantive which was sold to Microsoft in 2008.Peter brings an entrepreneurial energy combined with a goal orientated mindset to any venture he is involved with.
Peter joined The Pyjama Foundation Board in November 2014