Dawson has over 30 years’ experience as a company director. He has served on the boards of some of Queensland’s largest organisations, including QIC, Queensland Rail, SunSuper and UnitingCare.

He has held senior executive positions in major national organisations, both commercial and not-for-profit. Prior to his retirement from full-time employment, Dawson was a General Manager for QIC, one of Australia’s major institutional investors with over $80 billion in funds under management for its clients.

Current roles

• Director, Manidis Roberts
• Director, Queensland Rail: With over six and a half thousand staff, six billion dollars in assets and eight thousand kilometres of track, Queensland Rail is a strong and powerful integrated customer and rail infrastructure business.
• Director, Uniting Church Superannuation Pty Ltd: A national superannuation fund providing services to Church related agencies.
• Board Member, UnitingCare Queensland: UnitingCare Queensland is one of Australia's largest not-for-profit organisations and Queensland's largest group of care organisations.
• Director, Indue Limited: Indue is on track to becoming Australia’s leading provider of white-labelled and transactional banking products.

Other board experience

Queensland Rail

• Director 1991–1992, 1999–current
• Chair, Audit and Risk Management Committee
• Chair, Remuneration and Succession Committee
• Chair, Freight Business Strategy Committee
• Chair, National Logistics Alliance
• Chair, Network Committee

Teachers' health Queensland

• Chairman 2004–2009

UnitingCare Queensland

• Board Member 2007–current
• Chair, Audit and Risk Committee

Indue Limited

• Board Member 2008–current
• Chair, Capital Committee

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC)

• Director 1992–1995

Sunsuper Pty Limited

• Director 1992–1995

Foodbank Queensland Limited

• Director 1995–1999

Cube Financial Services Group

• Chairman 1983–1987
• Director 1972–1991