CSIRO Advisory Groups provide independent, external advice to CSIRO on the national challenges and opportunities of a broad sector of the Australian economy, society or environment in which CSIRO is involved, and provide guidance on how CSIRO might address these needs.
The purpose of a CSIRO Advisory Group (CAG) is to provide independent, external advice to CSIRO on the national challenges and opportunities of a broad sector of the Australian economy, society or environment in which CSIRO is involved. It also provides guidance on how CSIRO might address these challenges and opportunities, the appropriateness of its pathways to impact, and on broader strategic issues relevant to the sectors in which CSIRO operates.
Given the cross-disciplinary nature of CSIRO, a CAG may provide advice pertinent to more than one sector of CSIRO activities; across CSIRO’s Impact Science Business Units, National Facilities and Collections, CSIRO Services, and support functions. The specific scope of focus for individual CAGs can be further defined in each group’s Terms of Reference.
With a focus on achieving CSIRO’s goals:
As part of CSIRO’s broader corporate planning, provide advice on:
Chairs and Members of a CAG serve in an advisory capacity only. CAGs and CAG members are not CSIRO Directors, do not have any executive powers, supervisory functions or decision-making authority in relation to the operations of CSIRO. CAGs and CAG members have no authority to act on behalf of CSIRO.
CSIRO is not bound by advice received from a CAG but will consider it appropriately in the context of the overall strategy and direction of the Organisation. It will advise the CAG on the position or decisions taken by CSIRO in respect to the advice received from the CAG.
The lead Executive Director will appoint the members of the CAG (including the Chair) in consultation with the Chief Executive and on advice of the Director. Templates for Letters of Appointment and Letters of Renewal, including important information on confidentiality, intellectual property, conflicts of interest and insurance, can be found in the CAG Procedure.
New members will need to go through an independent induction process, provided by CSIRO Governance.
Membership of the CAG will be as follows:
All meeting minutes, briefs and memos will be shared with CSIRO Governance alongside an annually-updated membership log.
Every 12 months, each CAG will provide a short summary of key highlights sharing insights to the Executive Team, through the relevant ED.
Accountabilities of the Director will be as follows:
Terms of Reference may be drafted for use by individual CAGs, in order to clearly define the broad sector of the Australian economy, society or environment in which CSIRO is involved, and provide additional details on the roles of group members as may be appropriate to their individual purviews. Any Terms of Reference that are drafted or amended should be shared with CSIRO Governance to ensure consistency and compliance before being voted on for adoption by the group.
This Charter, as well as the associated CSIRO Advisory Group Procedure and any associated Terms of Reference will be reviewed by CSIRO Governance once every three years at a minimum. The review will include stakeholder interviews and endeavour to ensure the groups and their governance structures remain fit for purpose as CSIRO evolves.
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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Chris Pigram |
Chair | Chair, MinEx CRC & Chair, AuScope Limited |
Alan Broome AM | Member | Director & Business Advisor |
Alan Bye | Member | Non-Executive Director |
Christine Charles | Member | Managing Director, Design4Growth |
Paul Heithersay | Member | Chief Executive, Department of Energy and Mines SA |
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 |
Ian Rees |
Member | Head of Orebody Knowledge, Centre of Excellence Growth & Innovation, 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 |
Brendan McRandle | Member | Deputy Secretary, Water Infrastructure Group, Chief Executive Officer, National Water Grid Authority Dept of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities & Regional Development |
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 |