2006-07 - Construction Innovation

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3.1 Governing Board members
The Governing Board met six times in 2006–07 – twice in Sydney,
twice in Brisbane, and once each in Melbourne and Canberra. The
Board retains responsibility for strategic and policy matters relating
to the activities of the Centre and ensures these are carried out in
accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth and Centre
Agreements. John McCarthy continues to chair the Board.
the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), Neil has been an
active contributor to the development of the chemistry profession
in Australia.
David Golightly
John McCarthy, Chair
John McCarthy is an internationally
recognised industry leader. He is
a Board member of the CIB – the
International Council for Research and
Innovation in Building and Construction
– and Chair of CIB’s Marketing and
Communication Committee, Chairman
of the Facilities Management Action
Agenda Implementation Board and Chair of the International
Organising Committee of SBO8 – the world sustainable buildings
conference scheduled for Melbourne in September 2008. His other
current appointments include Chairman of AEH Property Pty Ltd;
Chairman of CentreCare (NSW) Property Committee; and Director of
Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB). His previous professional
roles have included Chief Executive of ANZ Property Investment and
Advisory Services and Chief Executive of Colonial Mutual Properties.
Noel Faulkner
Noel Faulkner has spent 25 years
in management and has extensive
experience in change management and
organisational restructuring. He has held
the position of Chief Executive Officer
for many large public and private utilities
and is currently the Divisional Manager
of the City Business Unit, Brisbane City
Council. Noel’s division provides architectural, engineering, urban
design, traffic and transport engineering as well as environmental
and water management services to Council.
Neil Furlong
Neil Furlong is the Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Research and Innovation) at RMIT
University (RMIT). Neil has been an
active researcher in surface/surfactant
chemistry, environmental technologies
for the past 28 years in industry,
universities and CSIRO in Australia
and Europe. Through lead roles in
David Golightly is one of the John
Holland Group’s most experienced
directors. He joined John Holland Group
in 1979 and has held various positions
in the specialist pre-contracts and
risk management functions, including
Construction Estimator, National
Estimating Manager and General
Manager, Technical Services. David’s current position is General
Manager, Engineering and Estimating.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson is the Associate
Director, Research Division (Business
Development) at the University of
Newcastle. Andrew has worked at
a number of universities including
Newcastle, the University of New
England and the University of Western
Sydney. Following an academic career
in Criminology, Andrew joined the University of Newcastle in a
research development capacity. He is also on the board of NUsport,
and the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment.
Allen Kearns
Allen Kearns is an environmental
scientist with research interests in the
ecological consequences of urban
and industrial development. He is
Deputy Chief of CSIRO Sustainable
Ecosystems, based in Canberra,
and the Research Leader of CSIRO’s
Sustainable Cities theme. Prior to joining
CSIRO, Allen worked for 13 years in environmental chemistry and
applied ecology with the international consulting company, Dames
& Moore. He ran consulting practices for the company in Australia,
California and France working on a wide range of natural resource
management and infrastructure development projects for the mining,
energy, chemical, manufacturing and urban sectors.
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