Queenslanders who are influential from interstate and overseas

THEY may no longer live in the Sunshine State, but these Queenslanders still have considerable pull in their home state. Meet our top 10 out-of-towners.

Anna Bligh, Greg Norman and Katie Page are in The Courier-Mail's Top 10 out-of-towners.

ONE of the criterial for the Power 100 list, published over the past week in The Courier-Mail and QWeekend, was that the people included call Queensland home.

But there are some significant players who exert influence on the Sunshine State but now live elsewhere.

We’ve captured the top 10 of these in our out-of-towners category.

#1 ANNA BLIGH, 57, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Australian Bankers' Association CEO Anna Bligh. Picture: Stephen Cooper

When Bligh left her job as chief executive of the NSW YWCA early last year to lead the Australian Banking Association, the former Queensland premier could have had little idea of what awaited. Suddenly she was the face of what has since become possibly the most reviled industry group in the nation. First she had to defend bank chief executives’ inflated salaries, then face-off with Treasurer Scott Morrison over a proposed $370 million bank tax. Next came a new code of conduct, the battle against a banking royal commission and most recently, the dirty laundry exposed by that inquiry.

#2 PETER BEATTIE, 65, ARL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

ARL Commission Chairman Peter Beattie. Picture: John Gass/AAP

Despite overseeing the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the former premier’s apology over a bungled closing ceremony virtually guarantees his services will not be called on again by this State Government. So Beattie moves on to Sydney as chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission, where he will be lobbied hard to ensure Queensland gets it fair share of top games – and possibly another NRL club.

#3 ANDREW LIVERIS, 64, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Chief executive Andrew Liveras AO. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen

Liveris will step down from the board of newly merged $US130 billion ($176.7 billion) chemical giant, DowDuPont, this month to spend more time at his Sydney harbourside home and take on corporate and government policy roles. A $13.5 million donation to UQ last year will fund the Liveris Academy to foster chemical engineering and he has also pledged to raise another $26.5 million.

#4 KATIE PAGE, 62, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Chief executive Katie Page. Picture: Regi Varghese

One of the nation’s most enduring CEOs, Katie Page has led the retail giant Harvey Norman chain with chairman, husband Gerry Harvey, for two decades, turning it into a $3 billion company. She remains an inspiration and consistent advocate for more women in leadership roles. She is co-owner of the Magic Millions yearling sales and racing carnival on the Gold Coast. In 2004, she was elected to the NRL board, the first woman appointed to the national governing body of any mainstream professional sport.

#5 JOHN O’SULLIVAN, 48, MANAGING DIRECTOR

Tourism Australia managing director John OSullivan. Picture: Hollie Adams

As managing director of Tourism Australia, the Griffith University graduate is responsible for the marketing strategies to attract international visitors to our shores and spearheaded the widely acclaimed fake Crocodile Dundee movie sequel ad screened at the US Super Bowl this year. Having a strong advocate for the state in such a key national position is a great boost for our important tourism industry.

#6 GREG NORMAN, 63, BUSINESSMAN

Businessman and golfing great Greg Norman. Picture: Jason Koerner/Getty

The Mount Isa-born ex-golfer known as the Great White Shark has turned his prowess on the greens into a $400 million-plus business empire that includes the world’s most successful gold course design company. Such are his contacts and influence that when Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wanted to phone then US President-elect Donald Trump, US ambassador Joe Hockey called Norman for his number.

#7 ROWENA ORR, BARRISTER, QC

Barrister Rowena Orr.

She has been dubbed “Shock and Orr’’ thanks to her performance as senior counsel assisting the banking royal commission, where the QC has shredded witnesses with her incisive questioning. The UQ law and economics graduate was once an associate to then-Chief Justice of Queensland, John Macrossan. Now Melbourne-based, Orr has announced her arrival as a formidable figure on the national stage.

#8 GREG CREED, 61, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Chief executive Greg Creed. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen

Brisbane-raised Creed had a stellar rise from Macgregor State High School student to top US food industry executive. As chief executive of Yum!, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, he oversees one of the biggest fast-food companies on the planet. Combined, the three companies have an estimated 1.5 million employees and 40,000 restaurants around the world.

#9 LEIGH SALES, 45, TV JOURNALIST

Journalist Leigh Sales. Picture: Nigel Lough

Replacing Kerry O’Brien — another Queenslander — as host of the ABC’s flagship 7.30 current affairs show after 15 years could have been a poisoned chalice. But the former Aspley State High and QUT journalism student has made the role her own since 2011. Sales’s calm presentation style and persistent questioning have made her one of the national broadcaster’s most respected talents.

#10 DANIEL TIMMS, 39, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Heart BC227354 'No Pulse' Doctor John Fraser (front) with Doctor Daniel Timms (back) and the revolutionary Rotary Blood Pump; St Andrew's memorial hospital, Spring Hill;

For 17 years, this inventor has been working tirelessly on a dream that will make medical history — an artificial heart. It began when he was a PhD engineering student at QUT and continued with a research team at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital. These days, the work is split between there and his BiVACOR company’s headquarters in Houston in the US, where Timms is based.