Australia Council Officers
The elected officers of the Australia Council are the Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Officers are elected for two-year terms. The current term is 2017-2018.
Candidates for the position of Council Chair are limited to Australian IEEE members not belonging to sections from which the incumbent and immediate past Council Chairs have been selected.
The elected officers, together with representatives of the seven Australian sections, make up the Australia Council Executive Committee, otherwise known as the Australia Council.
By convention, the Australia Council appoints a webmaster and a student activities coordinator annually.
A copy of the Australia Council bylaws is available here.
Elected Officers
Chair
Zia Ahmed
Private Consultant (Project Management)
Contact Zia Ahmed
Vice-chair
Dr Andre Oboler
CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute
Contact Andre Oboler
Secretary
Dr Daniel Eghbal
Energex
Contact Daniel Eghbal
Treasurer
Ray Brown
Director, RBPE
Contact Ray Brown
Immediate Past Chair
Professor Tapan Saha
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
The University of Queensland
Contact Tapan Saha
Appointments
Student Activities Coordinator
Sasha Nikolic
Engineering and Information Sciences
University of Woollongong
Contact Sasha Nikolic
TISP Coordinator
Webmaster
Mike Robinson
Section Representatives
Australian Capital Territory
Ross Summerfield
Department of Human Services
Contact Ross Summerfield
New South Wales
Professor Karu Esselle
Department of Engineering
Macquarie University
Contact Karu Esselle
Northern Australia
Dr Graham Woods
Principal Engineer, Orana Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor, JCU
Contact Graham Woods
Queensland
Dr Daniel Eghbal
Energex
Contact Daniel Eghbal
South Australia
Dr Giuseppina Dall'Armi-Stoks
Contact Giuseppina Dall'Armi-Stoks
Victoria
Dr Eddie Custovic
School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
La Trobe University
Contact Eddie Custovic
Western Australia
Associate Professor Cesar Ortega-Sanchez
Academic Director of the Engineering Foundation Year
Curtin University
Contact Cesar Ortega-Sanchez