The QPC provides independent policy advice to the Queensland Government to help lift productivity, drive economic growth and enhance living standards for Queenslanders.
The QPC is governed by the QPC Board which is comprised of our Commissioners.
The QPC is an independent statutory body established under the Queensland Productivity Commission Act 2025 (Qld).
Our activities focus on three main legislated functions:
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public inquiries into economic, social and regulatory issues
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advice and research on economic, social and regulatory issues
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to administer, monitor or provide advice on best practice regulation.
Our Commissioners
Angela Moody
Productivity Commissioner and Chair
BEcon, BA, MProfEcon, GradDipAppFin, GAICD
Angela was appointed as the Productivity Commissioner in April 2025.
Angela has over twenty years’ experience in policy development and evaluation, regulation and legislative reform, strategic development and implementation, stakeholder management, corporate governance and commercial analysis across private and public sectors. Her executive experience is complemented by over fifteen years’ as a Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair on Not for Profit Boards.
Prior to joining the Commission, Angela was the Chief Financial Officer at the Gladstone Area Water Board where she led a cross functional team covering the areas of finance, pricing, legal, procurement, property, technology and risk.
Before joining the Gladstone Area Water Board, Angela was a consultant advising private and public sector clients on a range of issues relating to policy development and evaluation, regulation and legislative reform, strategic development and implementation. She has also held management roles in industries subject to economic regulation or experiencing structural and market change.
Angela is an economist with a Bachelor of Economics, a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Professional Economics from The University of Queensland. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and Australian Graduate School of Management and Securities Institute of Australia.
Angela currently holds Non Executive Director and Committee roles with organisations focused on supporting Queenslanders during difficult times and the provision of education.
Dr Karen Hooper
Commissioner
B.Econ (Hons), Ph.D, GAICD
Karen was appointed as a QPC Commissioner in April 2025. Karen brings to the role extensive public policy, leadership, governance and stakeholder engagement experience gained from senior management positions across the Queensland and Australian public sectors and through advisory and non-executive director roles in the university and not-for-profit sectors. Karen holds a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) and a PhD in Economics and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian and New Zealand School of Government Executive Fellows Program.
Prior to re-joining the QPC, Karen was Head of Productivity in Queensland Treasury providing research, policy analysis and regulatory advice across a range of contemporary issues including housing and national competition policy. Before joining Treasury in 2021, she was the former Chair and Principal Commissioner of the Queensland Productivity Commission, where she led the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Market in Queensland.
Karen has spent much of her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) where she led the Bank’s Queensland Office and international finance function, involving engagement with multilateral institutions including the G20 and International Monetary Fund. Through her leadership of the RBA’s liaison program in Queensland, Karen specialised in the tourism, education and resource sectors and advised on the economic impact of supply-side disruptions and regulatory changes affecting Australia’s key export sectors.
Karen is a strong advocate for the role economics can play in helping to deliver improved community outcomes. Karen currently serves on the Institute of Public Administration Australia Council (Queensland) and The University of Queensland’s School of Economics Advisory Board.
She is also active in promoting economic literacy and career pathways in economics through her role as an advisor to the Queensland Economics Teachers’ Association, membership of The Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) and Women in Economics Network and support of mentoring programmes.