Chief Executive Officer

John Bradley is the CEO of the Queensland Water Commission, which is responsible for water security in South East Queensland. The Commission has managed the region’s advanced restrictions regime, the fundamental structural and regulatory reform of the SEQ water sector, the development of a long-term 50 year water supply strategy and the policy framework for the introduction of purified recycled water into the region’s drinking supplies.

John has considerable experience in the reform of government utilities, competition reform and economic regulation. Before joining the Water Commission, he was an executive director in the Queensland Government’s Office of the Coordinator General involved in preparing the state’s retail electricity businesses for sale.

As Executive Director of the Western Australian Government’s Electricity Reform Implementation Unit, he oversaw the restructure of the state’s electricity industry, the introduction of new regulatory arrangements and competition reforms.

Before his work in Western Australia, John held senior roles in the Queensland Energy and Treasury portfolios. In the Office of Energy, he was responsible for Gas and Strategic Projects, which included procurement of the $500 million Townsville Power and Gas Delivery Project.

While in the Treasury portfolio, John worked on competition policy in the water sector, the incorporation of the South East Queensland Water Company and the corporatisation of Sunwater.