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The purpose of our Board of Directors is to oversee Sydney Water's overall strategy, direction and policy. It also oversees management’s implementation. The responsibility for our day-to-day management is delegated to the Executive team and senior management.
Director
14 August 2024 – 30 September 2024
Chair
1 October 2024 – current
Chair of the Nominations Committee
Skills and experience
Niall is an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) specialist with more than twenty-five years’ experience across government and the private sector, specialising in risk management, food and fibre production systems, circular economy solutions and sustainability.
He is an accomplished Chair and non-executive director with demonstrated financial accountability and corporate governance experience and a strong background in workplace safety, quality and environmental management systems development and auditing.
Niall also served the people of NSW for nine years as a senior member of the NSW Parliament. During his tenure he was appointed NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Water, Forestry, Lands, Trade and Industry and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council.
External appointments
Niall is Chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust; Chair of Strategic Advisory Board, Dairy Up Research Consortium and a non-executive director of the Cotton Regional Development Corporation, Murrumbidgee Irrigation and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.
Niall previously held the position of Professor of Food Sustainability at Charles Sturt University.
Director
17 November 2016 – current
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Safety, Culture and Remuneration, and Nominations Committees
Skills and experience
Greg brings to the Board significant finance and risk management expertise, having served as a senior audit partner at Deloitte for 28 years until his retirement in November 2016. He held several senior management roles at Deloitte including Managing Partner for NSW from 2005 to 2008. Greg served as a member of the Deloitte Australia Board from 2005 to 2016 and was Chair of the firm’s Audit and Risk Committee for 11 years.
External appointments
Greg is a non-executive Director of Hireup Holdings Pty Ltd and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Reserve Bank of Australia and on the Governance Board of The Salvation Army Australian Territory. Formerly, he was a non-executive Director of Virtus Health Limited, and on the Board of Victoria Power Networks Pty Ltd and SA Power Networks Pty Ltd, which were joint ventures between Cheung Kong Infrastructure and Sparke Infrastructure.
Director
1 January 2019 – current
Chair of the Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Member of the Safety, Culture and Remuneration, Audit and Risk and Nominations Committees
Skills and experience
Craig brings to the Board extensive experience in research and commercialisation strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship across a wide range of global projects and industry sectors. He is skilled in business sustainability in complex social, stakeholder and environmental settings. As a meteorologist and oceanographer, he understands the environment and climate change and its impacts on business. Craig was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the CSIRO from 2010 to 2018. His career includes two decades as an officer of the Royal Australian Navy.
External appointments
Craig is Chair of Australian Research Data Commons and Silex Systems Limited, and a non-executive Director of Global Laser Enrichment LLC (a joint venture between Silex and Cameco), Australian Composites Manufacturing CRC and the Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre Limited (Omico). Craig was formerly the Chair of Data61, non-executive Director of the Australian National Commission of UNESCO and on the Vice Chancellor’s Industry Board member for the University of Technology Sydney.
Director
1 November 2022 – current
Chair of the Safety, Culture and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Planning and Infrastructure
Skills and experience
Alex is an experienced organisational leader, senior executive and director with more than 30 years’ experience in diverse environments including the military, academia, utilities, government and consulting.
She has an extensive background working in government owned corporations and statutory authorities in the water sector (across the full water cycle management), including deep experience and success in driving operations, asset management, program and project management, including for delivery of major infrastructure capital works projects and programs.
External appointments
Alex has been involved in numerous industry organisations, committees and high-profile alliances in the past, including completed terms as the Deputy Chair of Dams Safety NSW, and Specialist External Director for Many Rivers Regional Housing Services (Aboriginal Corporation). She is also a former Strategic Advisor for the Birdon Group.
Alex is a member and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and member of the Australian Institute of Engineers. She holds various formal and volunteer positions with Surf Life Saving Australia, Surf Life Saving NSW, Tacking Point Surf Life Saving Club and Port Macquarie Surf Life Saving Club, and instructs classes at Your Life Fitness Centre.
Term of appointment:
26 June 2025 – current
Skills and experience
Christine brings 40 years’ experience in environmental, planning and real property law and extensive experience as a non-executive statutory board member. She has a strong skillset in risk and experience as an Audit & Risk Committee member. Her legal practice extends to environmental compliance and prosecutions, site contamination issues, biodiversity law, water law and ESG. She has advised extensively on urban renewal projects, broadacre development, infrastructure delivery, heritage issues, planning pathways and appeals and compulsory acquisition. Christine’s clients include government and the private sector in a wide range of sectors including residential, industrial and commercial property development, electricity generation and transmission, transport, affordable housing, mining, local government, construction, education, aged care and retail. She also brings experience in gender equality and workplace diversity and inclusion.
External appointments
Christine is a Director of Macquarie Point Development Corporation, Deputy Chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, Executive Committee member of the Committee for Sydney and a Board member of Corrs Chambers Westgarth. She is also Head of Gender Equality and a Consultant at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Her previous Board and statutory roles include as a Board member of the NSW Environment Protection Authority, Deputy Chair and Chair of the ACT City Renewal Authority, Board member of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, Director and Chair of affordable housing provider City West Housing Pty Limited, State appointee to the Central Sydney Planning Committee and Independent Chair of the Assessment Review Committee – Native Vegetation.
Term of appointment:
26 June 2025 – current
Skills and experience
Michael is an experienced board member and infrastructure advisor to private and public sector clients, both in Australia and internationally. Michael has conducted risk assessments, project structuring, financial due diligence and commercial negotiations on over 60 publicly and privately financed infrastructure projects with a combined value in excess of $100 billion.
He is a regular advisor to Australian and New Zealand governments, providing independent advice on multi-billion-dollar investment projects and programs in the water, rail, road, renewable energy, housing, and health sectors. He has been involved in the structuring of numerous public private partnership projects (PPP), and was previously the chief executive of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP. Internationally, he is an ongoing advisor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on infrastructure transactions, policies and regulatory frameworks across Asia Pacific.
Michael was previously Secretary to the NSW Treasury. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of London and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics, with Honours, from the University of Witwatersrand.
External appointments
Michael is Principal and Director of MS Consult Pty Limited. He also recently completed a four-year term as a board director of International Parking Group (IPG), Australia’s largest private hospital parking provider, where he played a leadership role in the development of both the asset management strategy, and the new acquisition strategy. He was actively involved in developing the company response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Michael was also previously a non-executive board director of Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) between 2015-2019, the $40 billion NZ-government owned land development, social and affordable housing organisation. He also chaired the audit and risk subcommittee of the board, where he oversaw development of a robust enterprise risk management strategy; implementation of a substantial internal audit program; and development of the business’ Long-term (40-year) Investment Strategy.
Term of appointment:
26 June 2025 – current
Skills and experience
Don Nutbeam is the Executive Director of Sydney Health Partners and a Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney. His career has spanned senior leadership positions in universities, government, and health services. He has also made sustained contributions to international organisations including the World Health Organisation and the World Bank. He was formerly President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton, UK; Provost of the University of Sydney; and Head of Public Health for the UK Government.
External appointments
Currently a member of the Board of Western Sydney Local Health District; and Suicide Prevention Australia. He is Chair of the Australian Health Research Alliance; a member of the Council of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences; and Chair of the World Health Organisation ad-hoc Advisory Committee on health literacy.