Danielle Ah Boo

Treasurer

Danielle Ah Boo is a Financial Accountant at Arrow Energy and Treasurer of Reconciliation Queensland. Danielle is a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, born and raised on Thursday Island. She is driven by her unmatched passion for empowering Indigenous peoples and communities and credits her strong cultural connections to her love for family and growing up in the Torres Strait.

Inspired by her dream of contributing to the positive imagery of Indigenous people, Danielle graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Creative Industries and began working at 100% Indigenous-owned media agency, Carbon Creative. Here she was fortunate to travel across the country and work on projects which contributed to social change for Indigenous people. Always up for a challenge, after a few years Danielle decided it was time for a career change and undertook a Master of Business (Professional Accounting) which led to work at Ernst and Young. Working at one of the Big 4 accountancy and advisory firms gave her valuable experience and an insight into corporate Australia. To develop her financial accounting skills, Danielle moved to Arrow Energy where she is now undertaking the Chartered Accountants Program.

Despite the benefits of diversity in senior leadership and Boards being well known, women and Indigenous people remain underrepresented in these roles. Danielle believes that breaking the glass ceiling begins with representation and a comprehensive understanding of the foundations of corporate structures and governance. Through her studies and work experience, Danielle has gained the knowledge to empower herself to move into these areas and contribute to spaces where voices such as hers are necessary and needed. Danielle is determined to navigate any barriers in her own journey, to show others the way and help remove these barriers for future generations.

Danielle aspires to create generational change by raising more awareness to the reconciliation movement. With the younger ones back home front-of-mind, Danielle is particularly focused on developing opportunities for youth. She hopes to build a safer and more supportive Queensland for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by working with the broader community to address both conscious and unconscious bias towards her people. She feels a strong connection to her homelands and returns whenever possible to see her family and community.