Our Team
Queensland Hydro board
Meet the team leading Queensland Hydro

Mark Irwin’s career history includes a demonstrated track record of commercial and strategic capability working across complex projects, investments and regulatory environments.
Mark’s last role was as CEO of Adbri Limited, a company listed on the ASX and he currently sits on the Board of Pacific Energy Group, a company owned by QIC.
In summary, Mark has had over 15 years experience as either a CEO or a C-suite executive, most of which was in the resources and agricultural sectors. Other experience includes OZ Minerals Limited (Chief Commercial Officer) GrainCorp Limited (CEO and Managing Director) and Consolidated Pastoral Company (CEO and Managing Director).

Paul is a Partner in the QIC Infrastructure team and has over 25 years domestic and international experience in the energy and utility sectors. He represents QIC on the Board of Tilt Renewables and the ACCC / AER Infrastructure Consultative Committee.
He has served in a number of CEO roles across Asia and Australia including being responsible for Engie’s activities in the Asia Pacific, heading the largest vertically integrated utility in Singapore (Senoko Energy), leading the Australian energy retailer Simply Energy and overseeing Lumea which is the entity responsible for Transgrid’s unregulated activities.
Paul’s passion for providing sustainable energy solutions for customers led him to oversee Engie’s exit from coal fired generation in the Asia Pacific as well as the investment in customer solutions and new renewable generation in multiple developed and emerging economies including, Australia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Malaysia.

Michael is a Partner in the QIC Infrastructure team and has more than 20 years’ experience as a corporate/ commercial lawyer with extensive experience in direct equity investing, M&A, joint ventures, consortium arrangements, co-investments, investment structuring and capital raisings.
With overall responsibility for QIC Infrastructure’s legal function, Michael has a deep understanding of the strategic and commercial legal considerations relevant to new investments, divestments and asset management activities. Michael has previously been involved in the acquisition of interests in Queensland Motorways, Tilt Renewables, Lochard Energy, Epic Energy, the Port of Melbourne and Hobart Airport.
Before joining QIC, Michael was at King & Wood Mallesons where he gained extensive experience on a range of complex commercial transactions. Prior to this, Michael was at Milbank LLP in New York where he gained extensive experience on a range of securities, debt finance and M&A transactions.