CRC CARE Directors serve a term of two years with
one half by number retiring on the date of each Annual General
Meeting. The Board includes an independent Chairman who is elected
annually.
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Chairman
Russell Caplan
FAICD
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Russell Caplan graduated in Law from Melbourne University in 1968,
joining Shell in the same year. His career with Shell spanned all
the inhabited continents and many disciplines, working in
Australia, the UK, Europe and the USA. Throughout his career his
responsibilities included sales and marketing, strategic planning,
business development, general management and executive
directorship, across the upstream, downstream, and corporate
sectors of the business.
In 2006 Mr Caplan took up the position of Chairman of Shell in
Australia, from which he retired in 2010 after 42 years with the
company. He also acted as Chairman of the Australian Institute of
Petroleum (AIP) from 2007 to 2009.
Russell is a non-executive director of Orica Limited and of the
recently floated Australian rail company QR National Limited.
He is Chairman of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust. He
also sits on the boards of the Committee for Economic Development
of Australia (CEDA) and the Australian Cancer Research
Foundation.
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Managing Director
Professor Ravi Naidu
B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D. FSSSA, FASA, FNZSSS
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Before joining CRC CARE, Professor Ravi Naidu was the inaugural
Director of the Australian Research Centre for Environmental Risk
Assessment and Remediation. He has researched environmental
contaminants, bioavailability, and remediation for over 20 years.
Ravi has co-authored over 300 technical publications and co-edited
8 books in the field of soil and environmental sciences including
field remediation of contaminated sites. Ravi has worked with
scientists from USA, Europe and Asia on environmental contamination
including the recent arsenic poisoning of people in Bangladesh,
India and China.
Ravi was awarded a Gold Medal in environmental science in 1998
by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, elected to Fellow of Soil
Science Society America in 2000 and also Fellow of Soil Science
Society of New Zealand in 2004. He is the Chair of the Standards
Australia Technical Committee on Sampling and Analyses of
Contaminated Soils, Chair of the International Committee on
Bioavailability and Risk Assessment, Chair of the of International
Union of Soil Sciences Commission for Soil Degradation Control,
Remediation and Reclamation, President of the International Society
on Trace Element Biogeochemistry and sitting member of the
Victorian EPA Contaminated Sites Auditor panel.
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Emeritus Professor Max Brennan AO |
Professor Brennan is
an eminent scientist, graduating from the University of Sydney in
1954 with a BSc (Hons) and a PhD in 1958. His research has focused
predominantly on cosmic rays, nuclear physics and plasma physics.
Spending several years at Flinders and Sydney as Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, he has also served on international and national
committees, including the International Fusion Research Council
(1987-95), Australian Atomic Commission (Chairman, 1983-87) and the
Australian Research Council (Chairman, 1991-97). Professor Brennan
was a consultant on higher education and research for the World
Bank (1994-2007) and the Inaugural Chief Scientist for South
Australia (2005-07). He was made an Officer in the Order of
Australia in 1985.
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Dr Rod Lukatelich
Environment and Dangerous Goods Manager - BP Refinery Kwinana
Pty Ltd
B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. MAIBiol.
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Dr Lukatelich’s
career has spanned academia, environmental consulting and
environmental management. As Environment and Dangerous Goods
Manager he is responsible for monitoring and reporting emissions,
providing wastewater treatment technical support, environmental
impact assessment for new projects, solid waste management,
groundwater production, soil and groundwater remediation, dangerous
goods management and Major Hazardous Facility Safety Report. He has
also supported BP’s global refining businesses as a Senior
Environmental Technologist (1995-97) and as Water Technology
Advisor (2004-06) in the areas of contaminated site assessment and
remediation, and wastewater treatment. He has broad experience in
regulatory systems, having worked in Asia, Europe, Americas, Middle
East and Russia.
Dr Lukatelich’s academic research included studies on the
impacts of eutrophication on algae and seagrasses in lakes and
estuaries, relationships between hydrodynamics and water quality,
and development of ecological models. He has published 52 refereed
papers and book chapters in environmental science. He is currently
a member of the Environmental Protection Authority of WA, board
member of CRC CARE Pty Ltd, Chair of the Community Health Committee
of Kwinana Industries Council, chair of the oil industry LNAPL
Forum, and a member of the WA Department of Environment and
Conservation Stakeholder Reference Group.
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Professor Andrew Parfitt |
Andrew Parfitt
received his BE and PhD degrees in Electrical & Electronic
Engineering from the University of Adelaide. From 1987 he worked
with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation at Salisbury
in South Australia, and in 1992 he joined the academic staff of the
Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department at the
University of Adelaide. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Associate
Dean in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Adelaide;
in 1998 he joined CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics
(CTIP) in Sydney and in 2001 became Leader of the Space and
Satellite Communication Systems Team.
Professor Parfitt led
the Advanced Radio Frequency Systems program in the Cooperative
Research Centre for Satellite Systems (CRCSS) until March 2003,
when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the CRCSS and
concurrently General Manager for Space Programs in CTIP. In June
2004 he became Professor of Telecommunications and Director of the
Institute for Telecommunications Research at the University of
South Australia while continuing as CEO of the CRCSS. In August
2007 he took up the position of Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice
President: Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the
Environment at the University of South Australia.
He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers and a Fellow of Engineers Australia. He is currently
chair of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for
Radio Science and a member of the Council of the International
Radio Science Union. He is a Director of the Defence Teaming
Centre, the Technology Industry Association and the Cooperative
Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management. He has
held adjunct appointments at Adelaide University, Sydney University
and Macquarie University. In January 2010 Professor Parfitt was
appointed to the Commonwealth Government’s Space Industry
Innovation Council.
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Anthea Tinney
Chair, Australian National Comission for UNESCO
Chair, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
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Anthea Tinney is the Chair of the
Australian National Commission for UNESCO, Chair of the Sydney
Harbour Federation Trust, a member of the Australian Government's
Independent Communications Committee and an independent member of a
number of public sector audit committees. She was previously the
Chair of Land and Water Australia and the inaugural independent
Chair of the Steel Stewardship Forum.
Ms Tinney was a deputy secretary in
the federal environment portfolio and, prior to leaving the
Australian Public Service in 2008, was appointed as the Interim CEO
of the National Film and Sound Archive. Her public service career
also included a period as the head of the Cabinet Office in the
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and some years in the
Treasury.
Ms Tinney has served on several
boards and has wide experience in public policy advising and
government administration. Ms Tinney has a Bachelor of Economics
degree and was awarded a Public Service Medal in 1995 for services
to the Australian Cabinet system.
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Dr Paul Vogel
Chairman, Environmental Protection Authority of Western
Australia
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Dr Vogel has a PhD in chemistry
from the University of Western Australia. He is Chairman of the WA
EPA which is the primary source of independent advice to Government
on the environmental acceptability of development proposals.
Prior to his recent appointment to this position in late 2007, he
was the inaugural Chief Executive and Chairman of the South
Australian EPA from November 2002, with responsibilities for
environmental regulation, development assessment and radiation
protection.
Paul has worked across the three tiers of government, business and
the community and has extensive experience and knowledge in
organisational and regulatory reform and strategic and
collaborative approaches to sustainability, natural resources
management, waste management, air and marine quality, site
contamination and radiation protection.
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Charles Wong
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Mr Charles Wong is a professional engineer who worked in the
telecommunications industry in Canada for over 25 years until his
move to HLM Asia Group Ltd Hong Kong in late 2005 as a Project
Manager. His responsibilities in the telecommunications
industry included research and development, manufacturing,
marketing, and product management for a multi-national
telecommunication company. He has a B.A. Sc from the University of
Toronto.
Mr. Wong’s main focus with the HLM Asia Group is on
project management that includes corporate financing, mergers and
acquisitions, investment fund raising and initial public
offering. HLM is a financial consulting and investment firm
with offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. HLM has significant
involvement in traditional energy and renewable energy business in
People’s Republic of China. Mr Wong is currently overseeing
CRC CARE’s research activities in China.
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Company Secretary
Cathy Cooper
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Cathy Cooper has significant experience as a company secretary,
having held a number of positions in both private entities and
publicly listed companies. These roles have provided Cathy with
extensive skills in both corporate governance and procedural
matters. Incorporating her legal and business background, Cathy has
strong expertise in areas including strategic planning, project
management, business re- engineering and change management.
Cathy has a strong executive management
background (with companies such as Elders LTD, Futuris Corporation,
and Fosters Brewing Group) and has expertise in the specialist
areas including IT, telecommunications, corporate services and
contracts, banking and audit functions and all aspects of corporate
governance. Cathy has enjoyed great recognition as an industry
leader and to this end she was a finalist in both the 1997 and 1998
Telstra Business Womens Awards.
Cathy is able to share her executive level experience across a
broad industry base. She is a highly successful executive who has
particular insight into achieving work/life balance. Her board
level experience also demonstrates her ability in the areas of
people management, negotiation and strategic visioning.
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