Queensland Productivity Challenge

With productivity key to Australia’s competitiveness and prosperity, the new Queensland Productivity Commissioner and Chair plays a vital role. The Commissioner will share insights on the state’s productivity landscape, challenges, and the reforms needed to drive long-term growth, while updating AICC members on the Queensland Productivity Commission’s October 2025 inquiry into construction productivity.

OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Angela Moody

Productivity Commissioner and Chair

BEcon, BA, MProfEcon, GradDipAppFin, GAICD

Angela was appointed as the QPC Commissioner in April 2025.

Angela has over twenty years’ experience in policy development and evaluation, regulation and legislative reform, strategic development and implementation, stakeholder management, corporate governance, and commercial analysis across private and public sectors. Her executive experience is complemented by over fifteen years’ as a Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair on Not for Profit Boards.

Prior to joining the Commission, Angela was the Chief Financial Officer at the Gladstone Area Water Board, where she led a cross-functional team covering the areas of finance, pricing, legal, procurement, property, technology, and risk.

Before joining the Gladstone Area Water Board, Angela was a consultant advising private and public sector clients on a range of issues relating to policy development and evaluation, regulation and legislative reform, strategic development and implementation. She has also held management roles in industries subject to economic regulation or experiencing structural and market change.

Angela is an economist with a Bachelor of Economics, a Bachelor of Arts, and a Master of Professional Economics from The University of Queensland. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and Australian Graduate School of Management and Securities Institute of Australia.

Angela currently holds Non-Executive Director and Committee roles with organisations focused on supporting Queenslanders during difficult times and the provision of education.