The former Waste Management Board

Members

The board was drawn on strong technical and environmental expertise, with representation from conservation, industry and local government organisations. The members were selected for their knowledge, experience and strategic approach to waste management. Additional community advice is also sought and encouraged from stakeholder reference groups.

Member:	Appointed:	Background:
Barry Carbon (Chair)	14 October 2006	Barry Carbon was the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment and Secretary for the Environment from 2002 for four years. The Ministry had oversight of resource legislative change, approval processes, government environmental policy including pollution control, climate change, waste policy, sustainable development, fresh water and oceans. In that four years he successfully changed the Ministry into an organisation that both protected the environment and promoted sustainable development. He looked after New Zealand's international environmental responsibilities. Previously he has been Chief Executive of the Environment Protection Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, with responsibility for Australia's international environmental responsibilities. In this period Australia's response to ozone depletion was important on top of the normal policy responsibilities of government. This was also an important time for national direction in waste management and recycling, and the early steps towards sustainable development. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of the Western Australian Environmental Protection Agency, setting the foundation for modern impact assessment processes, rewriting the legislation, and introducing environment policies leading to protection of air, water, industry and natural regions. He was Director General of the Queensland Environment Protection Agency and Parks and Wildlife Service, rewriting the core legislation and combining the functions of environment protection, natural area management and coastal planning. He has been the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, overseeing environmental aspects of major mining in Northern Australia. He has spent time as a private consultant, and as Environment Manager for the multinational company Alcoa Australia, the world’s largest producer of bauxite-alumina. Following his time in that role Alcoa was inducted as the only mining company in the world in the United Nations Global 500. He has also held various scientific and leadership roles within CSIRO, Australia's primary scientific research agency. Barry is a Member of the Order of Australia, a recipient of an Australian Centenary Medal, and a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Science and Engineering, a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management, and an adjunct Professor with Murdoch University. He describes his skills as a leader of great teams.
Graham Slessar	14 October 2006	Graham’s professional background is predominantly in the Australian minerals industry, where he worked for the bulk of his career in a range of environment-related positions. He retired as Environmental Manager of Alcoa World Alumina Australia in August 2004 and in 2005 worked briefly as Acting General Manager Reporting and Review in the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment. Graham has a broad base of general knowledge in the terrestrial environmental sciences, in environmental management systems, auditing, public reporting, project approval and other regulatory processes. In his more senior roles he facilitated the integration of environmental objectives within the business planning process for Alcoa’s WA operations and contributed to the development of corporate environmental policy, strategy and management systems. He helped conceive a number of Alcoa’s major community partnership programs. Graham has contributed to the development of public and minerals industry environmental policy in Australia, particularly in Western Australia, through his extensive involvement with the environment committees of state and national industry bodies and with government advisory groups. These industry bodies included the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy, WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australian Aluminium Council, Minerals Council of Australia and the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network. He was a member of the inaugural board of the Water and Rivers Commission of Western Australia and served on the Advisory Council to the WA Environmental Protection Authority for seven years.
Paddi Creevey	14 October 2006	Ms Paddi Creevey has recently been appointed to the Waste Management Board. Paddi Creevey is the Mayor of Mandurah. She represents Local Government on the Local Government Advisory Board as a Deputy Member. Mayor Creevey currently Chairs the City of Mandurah Waste Alliance Board and the Peel Community Development Group which is a peak body in the Region for non-government and community services. During her time at the City of Mandurah, Ms Creevey has chaired the Planning Committee for six years dealing with many complex applications. Ms Creevey has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Social Work).
Fleur Newman	14 October 2006	Ms Newman is a solicitor in major law firm Clayton Utz. She is a member of the Corporate Advisory group of Clayton Utz where her practice has a particular focus on environment. Fleur has experience working with state and federal government departments, and property, finance and mining companies. Fleur has acted for companies and government departments such as LandCorp, Department of Housing and Works; Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Department of Defence, Water corporation, Alcoa Australia, Optus, Colliers International, E.G. Green & Sons, StateWest and Australasian Property Investments. Fleur’s skill in providing environmental advice on property transactions, financing and insolvency, licensing and regulatory issues, general contractual matters, and dispute resolution, further strengthens the firm’s capability in these areas.
Carolyn Jakobsen	14 October 2006	Carolyn Jakobsen is completing her postgraduate (PhD) studies at Murdoch University and is a member of the University Senate (as well as its Environment Committee and Waste Management Sub-Committee). She has been a community and consumer activist in the Perth metropolitan area for many years and her concern about the health effects of pesticides on people and the environment led to her involvement in backyard permaculture, organic gardening, composting, poultry-keeping and apiary. Carolyn was recently re-elected as Chair of the Women's Health Care Association Inc. and appointed Independent Chair of the Water Corporation's Community Reference Group in relation to the Woodman Point Waste Water Treatment Plant. Carolyn views waste reduction, packaging minimisation and recycling as joint producer-consumer responsibilities. She understands the public policy and political questions involved in waste management and the importance of this issue both to the metropolitan community and to the wider environment. Carolyn’s experience with all levels of government in Australia culminated in her election as the inaugural MHR for the federal electorate of Cowan in 1984. From 1990-1993 she was Chair of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Caucus.
Geoff Richards	14 October 2006	Mr Richards is the proprietor of Richgro Garden Products, a business which he established in 1969. He has held executive positions in the Nursery and Garden Industry Association, Greening Australia and Compost Australia; was a member of the Horticulture Australia Council and a number of bodies involved in market development for the nursery industry; a member of boards and committees of education institutions; and has held a number of positions in other industry related, community and sporting bodies.

For more information about the Board and it's members please contact the Waste Management Board Executive Officer at the Department of Environment and Conservation on (08) 6467 5325.