Patrick Brady
Chair Board of Directors
Mr Brady was appointed to the Mater Misericordiae Ltd Board in September 2019 and to the position of Board Chair on 1 February 2024.
Mr Brady has over 40 years of experience in the construction industry in metropolitan and regional Queensland, across urban development, public infrastructure, agriculture and mining engineering. Mr Brady is Chair of Premise, one of Queensland’s leading engineering firms providing engineering, environmental, surveying and planning consulting services from fifteen locations across Australia, Port Moresby and Vietnam. Mr Brady is the Chair of Energy Queensland Limited and a Director of Catholic Health Australia Limited.
Prior to the 2019 merger of the Queensland Mater hospitals, Mr Brady was Chair of Mater Health Services North Queensland Limited where he also served as a member of the Capital Projects Committee and the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr Brady served as Chairman of the Port of Townsville Limited and the Townsville Branch President of the Urban Development Industry Australia (UDIA). He has also performed board duties with the Townsville CBD Taskforce, Townsville Water Security Taskforce, Townsville Industrial Development Board, DSDMIP, JCU Engineering Advisory Board and the Townsville Crocodiles Basketball Club.
Mr Brady holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Hons) from Monash University. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of the Institute of Public Works Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, and a Fellow of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.