In 1905 he was appointed to manage the Brisbane Permanent Building and Banking Company (which would become the Bank of Queensland), which he restored to profit.
boq is the first spider named after a sponsor (the Bank of Queensland) in a new program by the Queensland Museum.
Queensland | University of Queensland | World Bank | Bank of America | West Bank | Deutsche Bank | Bank of England | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Gold Coast, Queensland | Queensland University of Technology | African Development Bank | Asian Development Bank | Inter-American Development Bank | bank | South Bank | Lloyds Bank | North Queensland | Lloyds Bank (historic) | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | National Australia Bank | Ipswich, Queensland | Chase (bank) | West African Development Bank | State Bank of India | Southport, Queensland | Kedron, Queensland | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Royal Bank of Canada | Governor of Queensland |
Key construction projects undertaken by the company are: The Brisbane Club; Waterfront Place; the Brisbane Transit Centre; the Broadbeach Monorail; The Oasis Shopping Centre and Hotel; The Suncorp Metway Building; the Stradbroke and Macleay Towers – Dockside; Cathedral Square; 313 Adelaide Street; and the Bank of Queensland Building.
Post-2000 establishments in Warner include the Warner Lakes housing estate on 206 hectares of land previously used for potato farming, and a retail and commerce estate on the corner of Samsonvale Road and Old North Road which is the location of the first financial institution established in Warner, The Bank of Queensland.