City West Water operates under a Board of Directors who are appointed by our shareholder, the Victorian State Government.
Directors are appointed after a selection process conducted by the Department of Treasury and Finance's Corporate Governance Branch. Recommendations are made to the Minister for Water and the Treasurer, who then jointly take their recommendation to Cabinet.
Directors bring a broad range of skills to the business, including management, engineering, financial, legal and environmental expertise.
The board has seven directors, comprising a non-executive Chairman, six non-executive directors and one executive director.
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Alan Seale
Chairman
Alan Seale was appointed Chairman of City West Water on 1 September 2005. Mr Seale has had 38 years experience in the chemical industry, 13 of those at general management level. He worked for several years in the USA and Hong Kong. More recently Mr Seale has consulted to the CSIRO, EPA Victoria and several universities and chemical companies. He has served as a Director of South East Water, Gippsland Water, the Australian Sustainable Industries Research Centre and of his own consultancy business. And he was an Honorary Professor at Monash University, teaching in the Department of Chemical Engineering from 2000 to 2006.
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Anne Barker
Managing Director
Anne Barker was appointed as City West Water's Managing Director in November 2002. Ms Barker practised law before gaining broad management experience with Myer Stores and the ANZ Banking Group. Prior to joining City West Water, Ms Barker was the Executive Manager of the Commercial and Revenue divisions at SPI Powernet where she gained extensive experience working in a regulated utility environment. She is currently a director of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, a member of the Board of LeadWest and a member of the Plumbing Industry Advisory Council.
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Peter Hansen
Director
Peter Hansen was appointed as a director in February 2005. He is the former Agent-General for Victoria in London 2000-2004. Previously, he held a range of senior management positions at ACI including responsibility for the company's environmental and corporate affairs programs. He is also a director of PALTECH Pty Ltd, a people management and corporate affairs consultancy and a director of Southern Health. Mr Hansen is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Deborah Radford
Director
Deborah Radford was appointed a director on 1 September 2005. Ms Radford was a director of her own consulting firm specialising in commercial advice to government (institutional design, corporate strategy and business improvement). Deborah has worked across a range of industries including forestry, water, waste, banking and property. She is a director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited and Forestry Tasmania. Ms Radford's experience includes seven years in the Victorian State Treasury where she was responsible for privatisations, corporatisations and managing commercial transactions for the State.
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Jan Boxall
Director
Jan Boxall was appointed a director in January 2007. She is a practising lawyer and a former partner of the national law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where she advised clients in the property, infrastructure, health, statutory corporation and government sectors. Ms Boxall is chair of the Board of Directors of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and was chair of the Board of Cabrini Health from 2002 to 2006. She is also a director of Queen Victoria Market Pty Ltd and Melbourne Wholesale Fish Market Pty Ltd. Ms Boxall is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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John Miller AO
Director
Dr John Miller was appointed a director in January 2007. Dr Miller is a company director and management consultant in the areas of strategy, marketing, sustainability and finance. He is an Adjunct Professor at Victoria University and was previously head of the management schools at Monash and Swinburne. An FCPA, John was senior partner in two international accounting firms - PKF and a predecessor firm of KPMG. He is an honorary life member of CPA Australia and the AICD. John is the Chair of the John Button Literary Foundation and also a director of charitable trusts involved with disability and the environment. He has been awarded the AO and the Australian Centenary Medal.
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Marilyn Anderson
Director
Professor Marilyn Anderson was appointed a director on 1 July 2008. With over 30 years experience in scientific research in the areas of diabetes, cancer and plant biochemistry, Professor Anderson is a Professor of Biochemistry at LaTrobe University. Professor Anderson has consulted to the CSIRO and Department of Primary Industries and is an Associate Professorial Fellow in the Botany School at the University of Melbourne. She was a founding director at Hexima Limited, and is currently Hexima's Chief Science Officer. Professor Anderson was a director at South East Water Limited for over 10 years, prior to her appointment at City West Water. Professor Anderson is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Derek Skues
Director
Derek Skues was appointed as a director on 1 July 2008. As a consequence of his background as an Architect and consultant Project Manager he has developed a keen interest in strategic asset planning. He has worked in Victoria and New South Wales, and spent 15 years overseas in Canada, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia. Derek has been a director of Atkinson Project Management since 1989, a firm undertaking the project management of complex building projects, such as hospitals. When the company was merged with Connell Wagner in 2006 he became an Executive Consultant, and has subsequently prepared business cases for water projects, developed capital works procedures for Melbourne Airport and managed major health and tertiary education building projects.
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