Mr Tim Fairfax AC is a Company Director, Pastoralist and Philanthropist.

Tim is Chairman of the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal and the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.  He is also the Director of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, Vincent Fairfax in Ethics in Leadership Foundation, Australian and Philanthropic Services, and Ningana Giving Pty Limited.

He is the President of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, a member of the National Portrait Gallery Foundation, the National Gallery of Australia Foundation and Australian Schools Plus.

Tim is Patron of the AMAQ Foundation, the University of the Sunshine Coast Foundation, the Flying Arts Alliance Incorporated the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and, Actors’ & Entertainers’ Benevolent Fund (Qld) Inc.

Tim takes an active leadership role in promoting philanthropy in Australia.  He is passionate about supporting rural, remote and regional communities, particularly students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

He has a range of business interests. He operates nine rural properties in Queensland and New South Wales involving beef cattle, fine wool and grain.