Governance and management

 

Centre Director Professor Suzanne O’Reilly is supported by a Chief Operating Officer and a Business and Development Officer.  Professor O’Reilly provides scientific leadership and strategic direction for the Centre.  Node Directors administer the CU and UWA nodes and are responsible for providing leadership in their respective nodes, bringing together researchers to form a coherent team with a shared vision of the whole CoE’s aims and objectives.  The Geological Survey of Western Australia has a nominated representative.

Professor O’Reilly chairs an Executive Committee which guides the Advisory Board and Centre Director on the appropriateness of the research strategies, reports on progress in achieving aims as well as structure and general operating principles, and identifies and protects the Centre IP.  A new Executive position of Centre Research Coordinator was introduced in 2013, taken on by the targeted MQ appointment of Professor Stephen Foley.

The Advisory Board includes senior representatives from industry and other end users such as Geoscience Australia.  This model has proven highly productive during the lifetimes of the GEMOC Key Centre and CET.  The Board meets at least annually to provide advice on the research program and governance, and any other matters relevant to CCFS.  The six external members of the Advisory Board are actively engaged and supportive of CCFS (95% attendance at meetings) and extensively workshopped the new vision statement to reflect the national benefit deriving from the fundamental research in CCFS.

The Science Advisory Committee has a rotating membership and primarily evaluates the Centre’s research, in particular its research strategies, structure and outcomes.

 

Executive Committee

 

Advisory Board

Professor Suzanne Y. O’Reilly - Director
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Macquarie University
  Dr Ian Gould 
Chancellor
University of South Australia 
Professor William L. Griffin
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Macquarie University
  Dr Andy Barnicoat
Chief, Community Safety & Earth Monitoring Division
Geoscience Australia 
Associate Professor Craig O’Neill
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Macquarie University
  Dr Paul Heithersay
Chief Executive Olympic Dam Task Force, and Deputy Chief Executive, Resources & Energy Group, Department of State Development
Professor Simon Wilde - Node Director
Department of Applied Geology
Curtin University
  Dr Jon Hronsky
Principal
Western Mining Services
Professor Zheng-Xiang Li
Department of Applied Geology
Curtin University
 

Dr Phil McFadden
National Geoscience advocate and lobbyist; driver of the UNCOVER initiative

Professor Campbell McCuaig - Node Director
School of Earth and Environment
University of Western Australia
 

Dr Roric Smith
VP Discovery / Chief Geologist
Evolution Mining

Professor Marco Fiorentini
School of Earth and Environment
University of Western Australia
  plus the Executive Committee 
Professor Stephen Foley - Research Coordinator  (Ex Officio)
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Macquarie University
   

Dr Ian Tyler  (Ex Officio)
Assistant Director Geoscience Mapping
Geological Survey of Western Australia

   
Magdalene Wong-Borgefjord  (Ex Officio)
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Macquarie University