Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Australia's most influential engineers: Top 100 [2009]
- In
- Engineers Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 81, no. 6, Engineers Media, Crows Nest, NSW, Jun 2009, pp. 30-64
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1448-4951
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.838744586377406
- Description
Includes brief biographies
- Abstract
This is the sixth annual list of Australias 100 most influential engineers published by Engineers Australia magazine and sponsored by Engineers Australia. The list again demonstrates the wide range of areas where engineers are holding influential positions. We found engineers in leadership roles, not only in engineering companies but also in academia, the public service, defence and politics.
INDUSTRY:
Brecht, Peter - CEO, Bilfinger Berger Australia;
Burela, Marin - President, Ford Australia;
Caspari, David - Vice President, EDS Australia and NZ;
Clifford, Leigh - Chair, Qantas;
Cransberg, Allan - Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia;
Davies, Keith - CEO, Western Corridor Recycled Water, WaterSecure and SureSmart Water;
Every, Bob - Chairman, Wesfarmers;
Farrell, Peter - Chair and CEO, ResMed;
Gaskell, John - CEO, ABB Australia/NZ;
Goller, Albert - Chair and Managing Director, Siemens Australia and NZ;
Goode, Peter - Managing Director and CEO, Transfield Services;
Goodmanson, Richard - Vice-President and COO, DuPont;
Graham, James - Managing Director, Gresham Partners;
Grill, John - CEO, WorleyParsons;
Horsburgh, Ray - Chair, Toll Holdings;
Jardine, Gordon - CEO, Powerlink Queensland;
Jenkins, Chris - Managing Director, Thales Australia;
King, Desmond - Managing Director and CEO, Caltex Australia;
King, Grant - Managing Director, Origin Energy;
King, Wal - Chief Executive, Leighton Holdings;
Kloppers, Marius - CEO, BHP Billiton;
Knox, Geoff - CEO, Downer EDI;
Leupen, Richard - Managing Director and CEO, United Group;
Lewin, Greg - CEO, Shell Global Solutions;
Ling, Jonathan - Chief Executive, Fletcher Building;
Liveris, Andrew - Chair and President and CEO, Dow Chemical Company;
MacKenzie, Ken - Chief Executive, Amcor;
Maycock, Jeremy - CEO, CSR;
McMorrow, Peter - Managing Director, Leighton Contractors;
Michelmore, Andrew - CEO, OZMinerals;
Moss, Ken - Nonexecutive Chair, Boral;
Murphy, Susan - CEO, Water Corporation, WA;
Nolan, Mark - Chairman, ExxonMobil Australia;
Rathbone, Douglas - CEO and Managing Director, Nufarm;
Reuss, Mark - Chair and Managing Director, GM Holden;
Roberts, Christopher - Chief Executive, Cochlear;
Saxelby, David - Managing Director, Thiess;
Schubert, John - Chair, Commonwealth Bank of Australia;
Shi, Zhengrong - Chair and CEO, Suntech Power;
Stewart, David - Managing Director, Goulburn Murray Water;
Stewart, David - Group Managing Director, John Holland;
Taylor, Ross - Managing Director, Tenix Group;
Voelte, Don - Managing Director, Woodside;
Wild, Bill - COO, Leighton Holdings;CONSULTING:
Buckley, Andrew - Managing Director, Cardno;
Care, Robert - CEO, Arup Australasia;
Dougas, Paul - Chief Executive, SKM;
Hardy, Paul - Global CEO, Aurecon;
Hitt, Ross - Chief executive, SMEC;
Mantle, Jim - Managing Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia-Pacific;
Meka, Zimi - CEO, Ausenco;
Olds, Roger - Managing Director, Coffey International;
Robinson, Nigel - Executive Vice-President, Geographies, AECOM;
Whybird, Des - Chairman, GHD;ACADEMIA/RESEARCH:
Davies, Graham - Dean of Engineering, UNSW;
Dowd, Peter - President of Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Executive Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide;
Dureau, Mike - Chairman, Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering;
Finkel, Alan - Chancellor, Monash University;
Greenfield, Paul - Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland;
Hancock, Gregory - Dean of Engineering and IT, University of Sydney;
Johnston, Archie - Dean of Engineering and IT, UTS;
Lee, Peter - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of South Australia;
Paterson, Adrian - CEO, ANSTO;
Ronalds, Beverley - Group Executive of Energy, Chief of CSIRO Petroleum, CSIRO;
Skellern, David - CEO, NICTA;
Stevens, Geoff - Pro-Vice Chancellor and President Academic Board, University of Melbourne;
Sutton, Gerard - Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong;
Taylor, Elizabeth - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Central Queensland University;
Young, Ian - Vice-Chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology;
Zelinsky, Alex - Group Executive, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Director ICT Centre, CSIRO;PUBLIC SERVICE:
Budd, Wayne - Director-General of PPP Branch of Infrastructure Division, Department of Defence;
Gumley, Stephen - CEO, DMO;
Hallion, Jim - CEO, Department of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, SA Government;
Henneveld, Menno - Commissioner of Main Roads, WA Government;
Jensen, Colin - Coordinator General and Director-General, Department of Infrastructure and Planning, Queensland Government;
Liddle, Gary - CEO, VicRoads, Victorian Government;
Williams, Craig - Major General, Commander of Army Second Division;
Wilson, Bruce - CEO Public Service Commission, Queensland Government;ENGINEERING EXPERTISE:
Fordham, Greg - Managing Director, Airbiz;
Kayvani, Kourosh - Special Structures Leader for Asia Pacific Region, Aurecon;
Mitchell, Peter - Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer, URS Australia;
Nathan, Rory - Principal Hydrologist and Executive Director, SKM;
Russell, John - Managing Director, Russell Minerals Equipment;
Taylor, Alf - Founder and Managing Director, TNA Australia;POLITICS/OTHER:
Combet, Greg - Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Federal Government;
Eddington, Rod - Chair, Infrastructure Australia;
Fielding, Steve - Senator for Victoria, Leader Family First Party;
Holloway, Paul - Minister for Small Business, Mineral Resources, Urban Development and Planning, SA Government;
Michael, Ken - Governor, Western Australia;
Newman, Campbell - Lord Mayor, Brisbane;
O'Kane, Mary - Chief Scientist and Scientific Engineer, NSW Government;ASSOCIATIONS:
Batterham, Robin - President, ATSE;
Champion, Chris - President, IFME;
Crews, Bill - National President, RSL Australia;
Godfrey, Peter - National President, Engineers Australia;
Grear, Barry - President, WFEO;
Morrison, Alan - President, International Organisation for Standardisation;
Reed, Paul - National President, ACEA;
Taylor, Peter - Chief Executive, Engineers Australia;
Tomat, Dario - National President, APESMA;