Company Information

Company Directors

Rod Little, Chairperson

Karel Williams, Managing Director

Ken Craig

Mark Rose

Christian Lugnan

Company Owners

Ken Craig, Mark Rose, Karel Williams and Rod Little  - 100% First Nations ownership.

Company Details

Moreton Consulting Pty Ltd was registered as a company under the Corporations Act 2001 on 9 July 2010.

We became First Nations majority owned on 5 September 2014. 

We received Supply Nation Certification on 21 February 2018.

The company name changed to Burbangana Group on 2 July 2018.

We joined the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce in May 2020.

The Company became 100% First Nations owned on 28 July 2020.

Australian Company Number – 145 128 712

Australian Business Number – 13 145 128 712

Our Journey

Burbangana Group was established in July 2010 as Moreton Consulting, founded in Redfern by Kerry Pearse and Margaret (Marg) Girdwood. Within a year, most of their work centred on First Nations issues, sparking a five-year governance transformation grounded in self-determination.

In 2011, Bronwyn Penrith, a Wiradjuri woman, joined as an Associate, bringing a lifetime of advocacy for equality and First Nations rights. Two years later, a Board of Directors was formed with Bronwyn as the inaugural Chair. By 2014, she became the majority shareholder, joined by Cheryl Penrith, also a Wiradjuri woman, who retired from the company in 2016.

December 2016 marked a turning point. Russell Taylor AM, a Kamilaroi man and recently retired CEO of AIATSIS, became an owner and Director, alongside Ken Craig, a Gumbaynggirr man, and housing expert from Coffs Harbour.

In 2018, the company was certified by Supply Nation as First Nations controlled. Soon after, it was renamed Burbangana Group, reflecting majority First Nations ownership.

Professor Mark Rose, a Gunditjmara man, joined the Board in 2019.

The transition to full First Nations leadership accelerated in 2020. Karel Williams, a Palawa woman and former senior public servant, succeeded Kerry Pearse as Executive Director. Rod Little, a Yamatji and Nyoongar man and a former Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, also joined the Board. That year, Burbangana became 100% First Nations-owned. 

Marg Girdwood resigned from the Board in 2020, continuing as a valued Associate until her retirement in 2022. Kerry Pearse later stepped down as a Director, completing the shift to full First Nations ownership as well as management. In May that year, Burbangana also joined the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce.

In 2023, Russell Taylor retired as a Director but remained involved with the company as its Patron until his passing in April. Bronwyn Penrith also retired as a Director but remained a valuable Associate, and Rod Little was elected Chair.

In 2024, Christian Lugnan, a Gumbaynggirr and Dhanggati man and a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants, became a Board Director.

Burbangana Artwork

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