After founding Rowland in 1992 as a one-person operation, Geoff Rodgers has led the Company’s growth into one of Australia’s premier strategic communication, digital and creative agency.

As Chairman, Geoff is widely recognised as a leader in the profession, having built a particularly strong track record across a range of industry sectors.

Rowland adds strategic value to our clients as they navigate transformation, challenges, and opportunities in this constantly changing world.

Over the past 37 years, he has provided strategic consulting support to some of the world’s and Australia’s most significant entities including ExxonMobil, BHP Billiton, Vale, Rio Tinto, Glencore, Anglo American, British Gas, AMP, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Suncorp, News Corp, Lend Lease, Brookfield, Leighton, Vodafone, McDonalds, Morgan Stanley, Morgans Stockbroking, Queensland Investment Corporation, Port of Brisbane, Gladstone Ports Corporation, Brisbane Airport Corporation, IBM, City of Daejeon, and a range of departments and agencies across the three tiers of government.

Geoff was awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday 2016 Honours List. He also received a Special Acknowledgment Award from the National Trust in 2017, was named “Business Person of the Year” at the 2012 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards, and in 2000, received recognition from the Public Relations Institute of Australia for having made a “significant contribution to the industry”.

He is also currently Chair of Integrated Development Strategies Pty Ltd and Newsreel.com.au, and an Ambassador of CEO Sleepout for St Vincent De Paul Society. He has held a number of other Board and committee positions over the years, as well as several key industry positions including Brothers Rugby Club (President), City of Brisbane Investment Corporation (Chair), Vice President of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (Qld), Chairman of the Registered Consultancies Group, and Executive Councillor of the Australian Marketing Institute.

Geoff has provided voluntary strategic communication support to a broad range of charity and not-for-profit groups, and has been involved in a number of significant civic projects and bodies including, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, National Trust Brisbane City Hall Appeal (Chairman), Major Brisbane Festivals (Director), General Douglas McArthur Brisbane Memorial (Deputy Chairman of Steering Committee and Trustee), Tattersall’s Club (Vice President), St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace (Deputy Chairman), Edmund Rice Foundation (Committee Member), CEDA (State Advisory Committee Member), and was a member of Queensland Fundraising Committee for the Australian Olympic Committee (Rio 2016).

Industry experience

• Mining, energy, and resources
• Infrastructure
• Finance and investment
• Property and real estate
• Sport, leisure, tourism, and hospitality
• Transport
• Agribusiness
• Information technology
• Government

Qualifications and professional affiliations

• Bachelor of Business – Communication, Queensland University of Technology
• Diploma in Marketing, Australian School of Business and Law
• Diploma, Company Directors Course – Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Fellow, Public Relations Institute of Australia
• Member, International Public Relations Association