Governance Board
Dr Eileen Doyle (Chair)
Chair, Hunter Valley Research Foundation
Dr. Eileen Doyle has had an exceptional career in large corporations that has spanned more than three decades.She has a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics and started her career in a technical role in industry, but quickly moved to management. In 1993 she was Australia's first Fulbright Scholar in Business Management. She completed an International General Management Program at Columbia University in New York...(read more)
Ms Sharon Grierson
Federal Member for Newcastle
Sharon Grierson was first elected in 2001 - the first woman to represent the federal seat of Newcastle - and was re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2010. Before entering Parliament, Sharon served as a teacher and Principal in the Hunter region. In her professional career she completed extensive management and financial training and studied Arts and Law. Sharon was also a board director of the Honeysuckle Development Corporation and a member of the management committee of the Tinonee Multicultural Village for Aged Care...(read more)
Mr Mick Buffier
Group Executive - Corporate Affairs, Government & Industry Relations and Sustainable Development, Xstrata Coal
Mr Buffier joined Xstrata Coal in February 2001 and has 30 years experience in the coal mining industry. Appointed Group Executive, Xstrata Coal in March 2009, Mr Buffier is responsible for Corporate Affairs, Government Relations and Sustainable Development across Xstrata's global coal operations...(read more)
Mr Geoff Lilliss
Managing Director, Ampcontrol
Geoff Lilliss joined Ampcontrol as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in January 2011 following an extensive career in the power utilities field. His experience in the industry includes management of transmission assets and capital investment, leadership of policy and program development, management of substantial projects and the development of key market alliances...(read more)
Dr Rodney Dukino
Technical Manager, BHP Billiton
Dr Rodney Dukino has spent his career in research and marketing roles with BHP Billiton. He joined BHP Billiton's Technology Group in 1996, conducting and leading iron ore and coking coal research programmes. Rod joined marketing in 2006 in a China based role responsible for the technical marketing of iron ore, coking coal and manganese...(read more)
Dr Peter Mayfield
Chief, Energy Technology, CSIRO
Dr Mayfield has worked in research and development in the resources industry for over 20 years. In his current role he is responsible for managing and developing the science capability relating to energy research in CSIRO. This spans from developing technologies for more greenhouse effective ways to use fossil fuels such as coal to the development and integration of renewable technologies such as solar and wind as well as finding more efficient ways to generate, distribute and use energy...(read more)
Mr Peter Dennis
General Manager, South East Queensland Water
As a executive manager with over 28 years experience in the industry, Peter has extensive experience in water industry management and is widely recognised as one of the leading water industry strategists. Peter is currently General Manager, Catchments and Raw Water for South East Queensland Water. Prior to this, he was Technical Director for AECOM and also worked at Hunter Water Corporation and Hunter Water Australia for over 25 years...(read more)
Professor Nick Talley
Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Newcastle
Professor Nick Talley is Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). His substantive position is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Professor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle. He undertook his undergraduate medical degree at the University of New South Wales, and holds doctorates from his alma mater and the University of Sydney as well as a Masters degree from the University of Newcastle. In his role as Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Prof Talley has responsibility for the management of the University's research and intellectual property, research training and strategic research planning...(read more)
Dr Alan Broadfoot
Director, Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources, University of Newcastle
Dr Alan Broadfoot's achievements in engineering over the past three decades have been recognised for leading edge technology and innovations in the mining industry that have delivered safety improvements and large increases in production. Formerly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ampcontrol, a leading international supplier of electrical and electronic products to the power, energy and mining sectors, Dr Broadfoot is currently the Director of the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER)...(read more)
Professor Bill Hogarth
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Science and IT, University of Newcastle
Professor Hogarth is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Science and IT) and has been at the University of Newcastle since 2002. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of New South Wales, a PhD from the University of Newcastle and has published in excess of 100 Journal articles. He is an Applied Mathematician whose interests are in modelling environmental processes related to solute and water transport on the surface and sub-surface of soils. He is also interested in modelling in wind erosion...(read more)
Professor Brett Ninness
Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engineering and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
Professor Ninness is Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle. He received his BE, ME and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1986, 1991 and 1994 respectively. His research interests are in the areas of system identification and stochastic signal processing, in which he has authored approximately one hundred papers in journals and conference proceedings. He has served on the editorial boards of Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and is currently Editor in Chief for IET Control Theory and Applications...(read more)