Executive Leadership Team
The Executive Leadership Team is made up of the Chief Executive Officer and four Directors.
It provides advice to Council and is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day management of the region.
The team monitors and facilitates the implementation of service delivery and major projects.
Mica Martin, Chief Executive Officer
Mica Martin commenced as Chief Executive Officer of Fraser Coast Regional Council in November 2025, bringing more than 30 years of leadership experience across Queensland local governments to the role. She is widely recognised for delivering strong financial management, major infrastructure investment and organisational reform while keeping community outcomes at the centre of decision-making.
Before joining the Fraser Coast, Mica served as Chief Executive Officer at Cairns Regional Council from 2021 to 2024, leading more than 1,200 staff and overseeing an annual budget of $430 million. During her tenure, she secured $400 million in bipartisan water security funding, delivered key Olympic legacy infrastructure endorsements, achieved $91 million in grandstand upgrades positioning the precinct for elite sporting use, and implemented a modern enterprise resource planning system.
Mica previously spent more than two decades at Brisbane City Council, including as Executive Manager of the $800 million Field Services unit with 1,900 staff. In this role, she oversaw major operational portfolios including parks, civil construction, waste, fleet, quarry and asphalt services.
Mica is passionate about building connected, sustainable and future-focused communities. Her leadership style prioritises strong governance, financial sustainability, staff development and meaningful community outcomes.
She and her family are excited to call the Fraser Coast home, and she is committed to helping shape a thriving, liveable and prosperous region for generations to come.
Umur Natus-Yildiz, Acting Director - Water and Waste Services
Umur has almost 30 years of international professional experience in engineering and leadership. After starting his career in academic research, he moved on to become partner in an international consulting firm designing and delivering municipal infrastructure for more than 100 projects in 19 countries. In 2008 he moved to Australia, to soon join the Queensland Treasury Corporation as Senior Advisor before Brisbane City Council engaged him to manage the Waste Contracts Renewal Project with $3 billion worth of waste services contracts and to lead the Resource Recovery Innovation Alliance.
Umur joined the Fraser Coast Regional Council in 2019 as Executive Manager Resource Recovery Services to lead the Fraser Coast Waste Services team, overseeing the implementation and continuous improvement of Council’s Waste Strategy 2019-2029.
Now Umur leads initiatives across the Directorate, including dam safety, water supply, water networks, sewage and wastewater treatment, as well as resource recovery. He ensures efficient high quality utility services to the community with his broader operational, technical and commercial perspective.
Umur holds a Civil Engineering Master of Science (Honours) from Darmstadt University of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University and is a recent Graduate of the Australian Institute for Company Directors (GAICD).
Justine Cooper, Acting Director - Strategy, Community and Development
Justine has over 25 years executive level leadership experience in both the private and public sector here in Australia and internationally. Justine’s career has spanned the financial services, tourism, aviation, State and Local Government, property and economic development sectors for major organisations including Destination NSW, Mirvac, NRMA, Commonwealth Bank and the Helloworld Group. She is passionate about delivering the best possible solutions to complex challenges through strategic vision, transformational leadership and embedding a strong culture for our people to drive positive and sustainable outcomes for our community.
Justine has qualifications in Sustainability Leadership from Cambridge University, Strategic Marketing from Cornell University and the Australian Institute of Management and is an Australian Certified Economic Developer.
Davendra Naidu, Director - Infrastructure Services
The Infrastructure Services Directorate is responsible for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of road, drainage, coastal assets, fleet management, disaster management and other infrastructure projects to meet the requirements of a rapidly developing region.
Davendra Naidu is a Civil Engineer with extensive experience in the design and delivery of infrastructure projects. Davendra has worked in local government for more than 20 years, including 6 years as Deputy Director of the former Maryborough City Council's Department of Engineering. Prior to moving to Australia in 2001, Davendra worked for SKM as a Civil/Structural Engineer in their New Zealand and Fiji offices and continued his employment at SKM in Brisbane until 2002, at which time he moved into Local Government.
Davendra holds a Degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Engineering Management.
Sydney Shang, Acting Director - Organisational Services (from 10 November 2025 to 2 January 2026).