Executive Team

President: Dougal Pitt

Dougal was educated by and worked in the forest products industry of South Africa.

After an assignment to a Hong Kong trading company dealing in specialised pulps for the textile, pharmaceutical and food industries, Dougal retired and has happily settled in Buderim.

Secretary: Jules Verity

Originally from the UK, with a background in nursing, Jules moved to Australia in 1999. In 2009, she and three others started a community radio station in Gin Gin (Gin Gin’s Own, 104.9 FM) and was secretary of the association on and off until she moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2015.   She has been secretary for three other Associations on the Coast and is on the sub-committee for the annual BWMCA Jazz in the Park event.   She is also a co-presenter of “Sunday Jazz” on 104.9 Sunshine FM.  Jules is delighted to be involved with an organisation that has the community at its heart.

Executive Committee Member: Ian McKaskill

Ian McKaskill is a professional mechanical engineer with over 40 years’ experience in a diverse range of engineering and related areas, including oil & gas, minerals processing, heavy engineering manufacturing, IT and education. He has expertise in project management and the successful delivery of large capital works projects in the process industries. Ian’s career also includes marketing and business development and general management of engineering, construction and project management businesses.

Ian has also been involved in rural and regional-based activities in North East Victoria. Roles that Ian has held over the past 15 years include Board Member and Chair of the Alexandra District Hospital; Board Director of Yea Bendigo Community Bank; President, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network; President, Treasurer and System Administrator of the Murrindindi East Chapter of U3A; and Independent Member of the Murrindindi Shire Council Audit and Risk Committee.

Ian has recently relocated to the Sunshine Coast and is looking forward to putting back into the community as he has done in Victoria.

Treasurer: Athol Lubbe