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Advisory Board

2008 Annual Report

A board of eminent Australian citizens has been established to provide guidance to the EnviroMission Board of Directors.

The Advisory Board provides EnviroMission with constructive opinion, rigorous scrutiny and help to facilitate interaction with high-level government, science and industry representatives.

Advice and guidance is provided for issues and areas of specialist expertise, including:

• Renewable energy generation
• Energy industry issues and needs
• Science and research and development
• Civil engineering and construction
• Large-scale manufacturing
• Environmental and ecological issues
• Regional infrastructure and economic impacts

Members of the Advisory Board:

• Martin Thomas AM - Chairman
• The Hon. Peter Rae AO
• Dr. John Nutt AM
• Professor Ian Lowe AO
• Richard Farley

Advisory Board Members’ Details

Martin Hallowell Thomas AM, FTSE, HonFIEAust, FAIE
Mr Thomas is also the Chairman of EnviroMission. He is currently a director of Australian Inland Energy & Water and a director of the Tyree Group of Companies.

As a former Principal of Sinclair Knight Merz, Mr. Thomas has over 30 years experience as a consulting engineer in the power and energy sector. He was the founding managing director of the Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE) and Greenhouse Gas Abatement Technologies. He was Chairman of the Electricity Council of New South Wales for six years. Mr Thomas has been responsible for numerous power generation and energy management projects in Australia and overseas.

Mr Thomas continues to play a leading role in many engineering and energy organisations. He is currently national president of the Australian Institute of Energy and is a past president of The Institution of Engineers Australia and a past vice-president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

The Hon. Peter Rae AO, BA LLB (Hons), FAICD, AIDM
Mr. Rae is a lawyer and the Director of Rae & Partners as is also the current Chairman of Hydro Tasmania since 1993. He is Chairman and Director to a number of other companies as well as Chairman of the Renewable Energy Generation Association.

Mr. Rae was the MHA (Lib) for the seat of Bass in Tasmania (1986-89) and has been a member of Federal Parliament for 18 years. He was a Minister for Education and The Arts, Industrial Relations, Deregulation, Technology and Youth Affairs. He has also been held Shadow Ministry portfolios for Industry and Commerce, Finance, Educations and Science.

He has chaired a variety of Senate Select Committees and is the author of many papers and chapters of books on constitutional administration and parliamentary law.

John Nutt AM BE, PhD, Hon DSc, HonFIEAust, FTSE, FIStructE, MICE
Dr John Nutt is an Australian engineer who led the international firm Ove Arup and Partners. He helped found the Australian practice of Ove Arup and Partners, now one of the leading firms of consulting engineers in the Asia - Pacific region, and was its Chairman for 25 years. He was also Chairman of The Arup Partnerships, London for four years.

Arup Australasia have been responsible for many of the tallest buildings in Australia, for many of the structures of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and many significant buildings in Asia including the stadium at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.

He helped pioneer the use of computers in engineering practice commencing with the design and analysis of the Sydney Opera House roof. Dr. Nutt oversaw the preparation of the Australian Standards for loads, load combinations, and wind forces on buildings and structures.

Prof. Ian Lowe AO, BSc., DPhil
Professor Lowe is a prominent commentator on public policy issues, with a special interest in sustainable energy. Named Australian Humanist of the Year in 1988, Dr Lowe has been a key advisor for many government bodies and non-government groups. He has acted as Director of the Australian Government’s Commission for the Future and he chaired the Advisory Council that produced Australia’s first national report on the state of the environment.

Dr Lowe has been acknowledged for his contribution to the understanding of science, technology and the environment by being named a Queensland Living Legend at the Premier’s Millennium Awards for Excellence. With more than 400 publications to his name, Dr Lowe is one of Australia’s most highly respected and sought after public speakers.

Richard Farley BA
Mr. Farley is the Managing Director of the Farley Consulting Group (FCG) specialising in the development of agreements at a community level, particularly in relation to native title issues.

Mr. Farley is currently the co-chair of the NSW State Reconciliation Committee and an Ambassador for Reconciliation. Mr Farley was appointed to chair the NSW Government Resource and Conservation Assessment Council at the beginning of 2000 and has chaired the Lake Victoria Advisory Council for the Murray Darling Basin Commission since 1997. He was also former Executive Director of the National Farmers’ Federation.

Mr. Farley has wide experience in finding common ground on issues and in negotiations from community to international level. During his career, Mr. Farley has exercised responsibility for the direction of national organisations and developed their business and financial plans.

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