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The Victorian Government appoints non-executive directors to the boards of water corporations and catchment management authorities. We also appoint commissioners to the Victorian Environmental Water Holder.

Directors must be suitably qualified, experienced and represent all Victorians, so we’re engaging the community and increasing diversity in water sector leadership.

Board directors come from all walks of life. They can be farmers, small business owners, project managers or other professionals. Because they have different experiences, they bring a range of different skills to boards including:

  • financial and commercial management
  • natural resource management
  • climate change
  • strategy and business management
  • infrastructure and project management
  • corporate governance

2023 board appointments

The composition of boards from 1 October 2023 is below.

These appointments continue to build on the rich diversity of water sector boards.

This reflects the Victorian Government’s commitment to increasing leadership diversity which will encourage new ideas and ensure the water sector’s leadership reflects Victoria’s diverse communities.

Metropolitan water corporation boards

Returning and continuing board members:

  • James Atkins
  • Andrew Cairns
  • Anita Roper
  • Fiona Rowland

New board members:

  • Greg Wilson (chair)
  • Monique Conheady
  • Binda Gokhale
  • Freya Marsden
  • Cameron Myrtle

Returning and continuing board members:

  • David Middleton (chair)
  • Matthew Burns
  • Bruce Cohen
  • Claire Filson
  • Liza McDonald
  • Llewellyn Prain

New board members:

  • Nicola Burgess
  • Tien Kieu
  • Aisha Nicolay

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Rohan Henry
  • Timothy Lyons
  • Kim McGrath
  • Julie Stanley
  • Arron Wood

New board members:

  • Lynn Warneke (chair)
  • Nick Fleming
  • Bianca Goebel
  • Selina Lightfoot

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Victoria Marles
  • Victor Perton
  • Karen Milward
  • Ari Suss
  • Robert Skinner
  • Catherine Vinot

New board members:

  • Gabrielle Bell (chair)
  • Mary Kanavoutsos
  • Robyn McLeod

Regional water corporation boards

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Jo Plummer (chair)
  • Nik Devidas
  • Corrina Eccles
  • Ann Lansberry
  • Peta Maddy
  • Des Powell

New board members:

  • Chris Chesterfield
  • Jason Kambovski
  • Jodie Leonard

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Angeleen Jenkins (chair)
  • Mark McKenzie
  • Lynne McLennan
  • Linda McNeil
  • Tony Peake
  • Scott Williams

New board members:

  • Shu Brown
  • Dianne Smith

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Bob Cameron (chair)
  • Mario D’Elia
  • Melanie McCarthy
  • Nigel McGuckian
  • Marika McMahon
  • Lucy Roffey
  • Helen Symes

New board members:

  • David Cochrane
  • Lexi Randall-L’Estrange

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Therese Tierney (chair)
  • Ian Gibson
  • Tricia Hiley
  • Angela Hutson
  • Michelle McLean
  • Kate Young
  • Andrew Webster
  • Steven Wright

New board member:

  • Jamie Williamson

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Christopher Badger
  • Jo Benvenuti
  • Penny Hutchinson
  • Katrina Lai
  • Felix Ohle
  • Shara Teo

New board members:

  • Tom Mollenkopf (chair)
  • Jenny Selway
  • Katie Wyatt

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Mark Stone (chair)
  • Tammy Atkins
  • Daniel Briggs
  • Christine Cussen
  • Linda Nieuwenhuizen
  • Hayley Tudor-Harrop
  • Jenny Wilson

New board members:

  • Andrew Fairley

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Stephen Brown (chair)
  • Rosemary Bissett
  • Jonathan Green
  • Leanne Mulcahy
  • Victoria Schmidt
  • Cris Topfner-Rigby
  • Angela Verde

New board members:

  • Jennifer Fraser
  • Johnny Murray

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Philip Clark (chair)
  • Nicola Hepenstall
  • Carly Moore
  • Diana Nestorovska
  • Sumi Prabhakaran
  • Christopher Rose
  • Jennifer Ryan

New board member:

  • Duean White

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Helen Scarborough (chair)
  • Susan Brumby
  • Ken King

New board members:

  • Narelle Allen
  • Bill Millard
  • Emma Olivier
  • Neil Plummer
  • Gordon Rich-Phillips

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Annabelle Roxon (chair)
  • Leigh Berrell
  • Tanya Ha
  • Graham Hawke
  • Chris Newton
  • Joanne Pearson
  • Ishara Saldin

New board member:

  • Kushal Shah

Rural water corporation boards

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Dianne James (chair)
  • Jonathan Koop
  • David McKenzie
  • Patrick McNamara
  • Kris Peach

New board members:

  • Natalie Akers
  • Andrew Cooney
  • Larna Tarrant

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Caroline Welsh (chair)
  • Elisa de Wit
  • Judith Holt
  • David Jochinke
  • Andrew Nicolaou

New board members:

  • Paul Hardy
  • Michelle Jackson
  • Rod Jackson

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Sharyon Peart (chair)
  • Kate Hughes
  • Domenic Isola
  • Michelle Oates
  • Warren Lloyd

New board members:

  • Anne-Maree Boland
  • Adam Christou
  • Paul Thompson

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Joanne Butterworth-Gray (chair)
  • Mark Darras
  • Jane Doolan
  • Michelle McCrum
  • Kylie Steel

New board members:

  • Michael Browne
  • David Epstein
  • Anthony Scarff

Catchment Management Authority boards

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Catherine Jenkins (chair)
  • Fiona Cumming
  • Ken Latta
  • Cathy Phelps
  • Lia Sarto
  • Michael Watson
  • Wayne Weaire

New board member:

  • Andy Meddick

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Ewan Waller (chair)
  • Stephen Angus
  • Kate Commins
  • Frances MacLennan
  • Claire Miller
  • Glenys Watts
  • Merrilyn Woodhouse

New board member:

  • Jessica Knight

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Tony Ford (chair)
  • Michelle Casanova
  • Celia Tucker
  • Karrinjeet Singh-Mahil
  • Gerry Quinn
  • Christine Giles

New board members:

  • Rowan MacKenzie
  • Kate Redwood

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Sarah Parker (chair)
  • Amanda McClaren
  • Les McLean
  • Leanne Miller
  • Jodie Smith
  • Adrian Weston

New board members:

  • Damien Gerrans
  • John Merritt

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Allison McTaggart (chair)
  • Tony Alessi
  • Ann Hodge
  • Janice Kelly
  • Robert Matthews
  • Kellie Nulty

New board members:

  • Ruwan Jayasinghe
  • Kym McIntosh

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Mary Bignell
  • Jan Boynton
  • Sally Mitchell
  • Clinton Tilley

New board members:

  • Euan Ferguson (chair)
  • Olivia Lawson
  • Latarnie McDonald
  • David Weaver

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Chris Cunningham (chair)
  • Donovan Jacka
  • Judith McDonald
  • Miriam McGowan

New board members:

  • Brendan Foran
  • Ashlen Francisco
  • Elisa Raulings

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Mikaela Power (chair)
  • Susan Anderson
  • Shelley McGuiness
  • Jodie Mason
  • Nick Murray
  • Belinda Nave
  • Brian Stevens

New board member:

  • Jenny O’Sullivan

Returning and continuing board members:

  • Peter Hilbig (chair)
  • David Drage
  • Angela Enbom
  • Michelle Graymore
  • La Vergne Lehmann

New board members:

  • Duncan Ashby
  • Andrew Barton

Victorian Environmental Water Holder

Returning Commissioner:

  • Peta Maddy

New Commissioners:

  • Julie Miller Markoff (chair)
  • Rohan Henry (deputy chair)
  • Tim Chatfield

Page last updated: 12/09/23