The purpose of the CSIRO Business Advisory Committees is to provide independent, external advice to CSIRO on how to maximise the effectiveness of CSIRO's Businesses.
The objective of CSIRO is to deliver innovative solutions for industry, society and the environment through great science.
To meet this objective CSIRO undertakes mission-directed research through its National Research Businesses and associated research programs. The portfolio of businesses recognise solutions are best achieved through significant investment into large multi-disciplinary teams that maintain a clear focus on the delivery and adoption of research outputs.
The purpose of a CSIRO Business Advisory Committee (CBAC) is to provide independent, external advice to CSIRO on how to maximise the effectiveness of a Business, the appropriateness of its pathways to impact and on how to achieve its goals. It also assists CSIRO on broader strategic issues relevant to the sectors in which the Business operates.
Given the cross-disciplinary nature of Businesses, a CBAC may provide pertinent advice to more than one sector of CSIRO activities, including other Businesses and CSIRO's other lines of business (National Facilities and Collections and CSIRO Services) and support services.
CSIRO is not bound by advice received from a CBAC but will consider it appropriately in the context of the overall strategy and direction of the Organisation. It will advise the CBAC on the position or decisions taken by CSIRO in respect to the advice received from the CBAC.
With a focus on achieving the goals of the Business:
As part of CSIRO’s broader corporate planning:
Provide advice through the relevant Executive Director, to the Executive Team and its sub-committees1 on:
Strategic issues may include advice on:
Chairs and Members of a CBAC serve in an advisory capacity only. A CBAC and CBAC members do not have any executive powers, supervisory functions or decision making authority in relation to the operations of CSIRO.
The lead Executive Director will appoint the members of the CBAC (including the Chair) in consultation with the Deputy Chief Executive and on advice of the Director.
Membership of the CBAC will be as follows:
The lead Executive Director may attend and contribute to CBAC meetings. Other CSIRO executives and staff members may be invited to attend and contribute to meetings as observers.
Accountabilities of the Director will be as follows:
For new and renewing CBAC members, the Director will forward a Letter of Invitation to the nominee once their appointment is approved by the Executive Director. See Advisory Committee procedure. The invitation will outline the general terms of engagement including the confidentiality requirements that apply to each CBAC member. The relevant Director will maintain membership records.
A database of the membership of all the Advisory Committees will be maintained by CSIRO Governance.
Each meeting is supported by different internal CSIRO staff based on the agenda of each specific meeting, therefore CSIRO staff are not listed below, all external members are listed in the tables below.
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Cindy Briscoe | Member | Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
Mirjana Prica | Member | Managing Director, Food Innovation Australia Ltd |
Christine Beveridge | Member | Assoc Dean (Res) and Dep Exec Dean, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland |
Richard Heath | Member | Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute |
Felicity Hennessey | Member | Innovation Advisor and Consultant |
Jodie Dean | Member | CEO Nuffield Australia |
Spencer Maughan | Member | Co-founder and Partner, Finistere Ventures |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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John Burgess | Chair | Chair of BCIA Research Advisory Committee, Consultant at Niche Tasks |
Audrey Zibelman | Member | Managing Director & Chief Executive, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) |
Rod Lukatelich | Member | BP Refinery Kwinana |
Ken Fitzpatrick | Member | National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) |
Rob Heferen | Member | Deputy Secretary (Energy) Dept of Environment & Energy |
Tony Wood | Member | Director of the Energy Program at the Grattan Institute |
Graeme Hunt | Member | Chairman at AGL |
Kirsten Rose | Member | Head of Low Emissions Technology & Innovation Partnerships at BHP Billiton |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Kathleen Plowman | Chair | Chief Executive Officer, Animal Health Australia |
Greg Fraser | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Plant Health Australia |
Gary Lum | Member | Specialist Medical Adviser, Department of Health |
Johann van der Merwe | Member | Gorgon Quarantine Manager, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Western Australia |
Roscoe Taylor | Member | Physician (retired Director of Public Health Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania) |
Sue MacLeman | Member | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MTPConnect MedTech and Pharma Growth Centre |
Bruce Christie | Member | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries |
Susan Kevork | Member | Nutrition Network Lead Zone AOA Nestlé |
Alex Brown | Member | Leader, Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) |
Richard Royle | Member | National Digital Health Leader, PwC |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Goran Roos | Chair | Flinders University |
Phillip Butler | Member | Textor Technologies Pty Ltd |
Samantha Read | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Chemistry Australia |
Anna Schulze | Member | CSL Limited |
Leonie Walsh | Member | Productive Management Solutions Pty Ltd |
Trevor Power | Member | Sectoral Growth Policy Division, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
Mark Goodsell | Member | Head – NSW & Manufacturing, Australian Industry Group |
Gabrielle (Gabby) Costigan | Member | Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems Australia |
Brad Parsons | Member | CEO and Founder, MOVUS Australia Pty Ltd |
Patricia Kelly | Member | Defence Materials Technology Centre |
Hugh Durrant-Whyte | Member | University of Sydney |
Fran Coyle | Member | Managing Director, Norwood Industries Pty Ltd |
Dr Warwick Tong | Member | Chair, CTxONE Pty Ltd |
Gavin Smith | Member | President (Australia), Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd |
Carley Scott | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Equatorial Launch Australia |
Lorraine Chiroiu | Member | Chief Executive Officer, AusBiotech Ltd |
Samuel Maresh | Member | Country Leader, GE Australia |
Dr Dawn Driscoll | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Cell Therapies Pty Ltd |
Claire S. Willette | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Australian Defence Alliance - Victoria |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Paul Dowd | Chair | Non-Executive Director and Advisor |
Alan Broome AM | Member | Professional Director & Business Advisor |
Alan Bye | Member | VP Technology, BHP Billiton |
Christine Charles | Member | Managing Director, Design4Growth |
Paul Heithersay | Member | Deputy Chief Executive, South Australian Department of State Development |
Peter McCarthy | Member | Principal, AMC Consultants and Non-Executive Director |
James Johnson | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia |
Paul Trotman | Member | Head of Division – Resources, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
Andrew Jenkin | Member | Director, Innovation Partnerships, Rio Tinto |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Karlene Maywald | Chair | Consultant |
Prof Larissa Behrendt | Member | Director, Research and Academic Programs, Jumbunna Inst for Indigenous Education & Research University of Technology Sydney |
Dr Steven Kennedy | Member | Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development & Cities |
Fiona Nicholls | Member | Executive Director, F.N. Sustainability Pty Ltd |
Jim McDonald | Member | Manager Marianker Partnership |
Maria Mohr | Member | Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Dept of the NT Chief Minister |
Andrew Wood | Member | Chief Executive, Worley Parsons |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Ian Poiner | Chair | Member of Steering Committee of the Marine National Facility and Advisory Board of IMOS. |
Neville Smith | Member | Co-Chair of the Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 Project, previously Deputy Director of BOM. |
Diane Tarte | Member | Co-Director of Marine Ecosystem Policy Advisors P/L |
Ken Fitzpatrick | Member | Chair of the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Growth Centre |
Rod Lukatelich | Member | Board Director of CRC CARE Pty Ltd |
Glenn Hurry | Member | Visiting Professor of Fisheries at the University of Wollongong, previously CEO of AFMA. |
David Wratt | Member | Formerly Ministry of the Environment, New Zealand |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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Doug Elix AO | Chair | Co-Chair of the Cyber Security Growth Centre. Professional Director. Previously Group Exec, Worldwide Sales and Distribution Operations of IBM Corp |
Belinda Cooney | Member | Chief Financial Officer, Interative |
Michelle Simons | Member | Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology |
Dave Williams | Member | Executive Director- Digital, National Facilities And Collections, CSIRO |
Elizabeth Kelly | Member | Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
Name | Role on Committee | Organisation |
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David Williams | CSIRO Executive Team Sponsor | Executive Director, Digital, National Facilities and Collections |
Professor (Emeritus) Mick Dodson | Chair | ANU College of Law |
Phil Duncan |
Member | Macquarie University |
Cindy Shannon | Member | Shannon Consulting |
Leah Armstrong | Member | Newcastle University |
Trevor Heldt |
Member | CSIRO |
Ian Cresswell | Member | CSIRO |
Rob Grenfell | Member | CSIRO |