Executive Leadership Team (2024)

Bruce Barbour holds a Bachelor of Laws from Sydney University and was admitted as a Legal Practitioner to the Supreme Court of NSW in 1995.

Mr Barbour commenced as CCC Chairperson on 2 July 2022 for a three-year term.

Prior to the appointment as Chairperson, Mr Barbour was a part-time Ordinary Commissioner of the CCC from May 2021 to January 2022, and was appointed the Acting Chairperson from 28 January 2022 to 1 July 2022.

Mr Barbour has extensive experience in administrative law, investigations and management. He was the NSW Ombudsman for 15 years from 2000 to 2015. Mr Barbour has also been a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Member of the NSW Casino Control Authority and acted as Commonwealth Merit Protection Commissioner and Queensland Integrity Commissioner.

Mr Barbour’s board experience includes being Chair of the NSW Public Interest Disclosures Steering Committee, Convenor of the NSW Child Death Advisory Committee and Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute.

Ms Jen O’Farrell has a Bachelor of Laws (1st class honours, QUT), a Bachelor of Commerce (UQ) and a Bachelor of Business (QUT). She was admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2008.

Prior to commencing at the CCC in July 2015, Ms O’Farrell assisted the Commission of Inquiry into the regulation of the Queensland Greyhound Racing Industry as the Commission’s Executive Director. This role allowed her to combine her experience in law, risk management, corporate governance, workforce management and organisational strategy. She gained this experience through more than 15 years in both the public and private sectors, including as the General Manager, Strategy and Renewal and Director Legal Services at the Department of Transport and Main Roads, and as a solicitor with Corrs Chambers Westgarth lawyers.

Ms O’Farrell’s professional achievements include the success of the Department of Transport and Main Roads’Innovation Strategy: Putting ideas into action. This strategy was developed and led by Ms O’Farrell in 2014 and won that year’s Australian Human Resources Institute Fons Trompenaars Award for Innovation & Creativity.

Ms Sharon Loder has a Bachelor of Laws (QUT), a Bachelor of Business (HRM) and a Master of Laws (UQ). She was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1992 and since 2000 as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia.

Ms Loder is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has many years experience in senior and executive positions in law enforcement and integrity commissions. These include her terms as Executive Director, Investigation Division at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, as Executive Legal Officer and as Director, Misconduct Investigations at the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, and as Manager of the Legal Unit, State Crime Operations Command, Queensland Police Service (QPS).

Mr Caughlin has a Bachelor of Laws (UQ) and a Bachelor of Arts (Government) (UQ). He was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2006, and became a Barrister in 2009. Mr Caughlin is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Caughlin has significant legal experience in the public sector, having worked as a criminal defence lawyer with Legal Aid Queensland, and in various senior roles across the CCC.

In his substantive role, Mr Caughlin is the Executive DIrector, Legal, Risk & Compliance. In that role he is responsible for the CCC's legal, risk and compliance, and research functions.

Detective Chief Superintendent Loth holds a Master of Leadership and Management (Policing), a Graduate Diploma of Executive Leadership and Graduate Certificate in Applied Management (Policing and Emergency Services) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He has over thirty years’ experience in the Queensland Police Service and held several senior leadership roles in investigative units including Taskforce Argos covert internet operations. He has also held previous senior roles in the Crime and Corruption Commission during two previous secondments. These include terms as a Director, Corruption Operations and as Executive Director Crime Operations. Stephen is currently undertaking further postgraduate studies in Cyber Security.

Marcus has worked in public and private sector roles over 31 years in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Before commencing in the CCC, Marcus had worked in several senior executive roles over 14 years in the Brisbane City Council mainly in development regulation, land use planning, economic development and corporate services. These roles included leading teams of over 350 people for a variety of service delivery outcomes in regulatory assessment, enforcement, stakeholder and community engagement, business improvement, change management, policy and strategy development. Two key achievements in that time were leading delivery of the Brisbane City Plan 20214 and the Council Corporate Plan.

Prior to that, Marcus worked in consultancy delivering environmental approvals and implementation frameworks for key infrastructure supporting the transport and resource development sectors for major roads, ports, rail lines, mines and public transport. When working overseas, Marcus led site acquisition and site design for telecommunications network rollouts. Marcus has qualifications in regional and town planning as well as project management.