*President-Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Queensland Division)
*Chair, International Relations Committee of RACI
*Member, National Committee for Chemistry
*Executive Secretary, World Chemistry Congress/IUPAC General Assembly (2001)
*Chair, Board of Australian Science Innovations
*Organiser, Chemistry-Biotechnology Symposium at World Chemistry Congress (Torino, 2007); 27th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products (Brisbane, 2011)
*Organiser, Women sharing a Chemical Moment in Time, International Year of Chemistry (2011)
*Leadership roles in Division III (organic and biomolecular) of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) as Titular Member (2006-2007), Secretary (2008-2011), President-elect (2012–2013), Division President and Bureau Member (2014–2015), then as Past-President (2016-2017)
*Elected to Membership of the Bureau of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2018-2021)
*Co-chair IUPAC100 (centennial) Management Committee (2016-2019)
*Co-convenor of Women's Global Breakfast networking event held in over 100 countries since 2019; the theme for the 2024 breakfast event on February 27 is "Catalyzing Change in Chemistry"
*Incoming Vice-President/President-elect, and Chair of the Science Board, of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for 2024-2025