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 2023-2024.
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.
A copy of the Australia Council bylaws is available here.
By convention, the Australia Council appoints a webmaster and a student activities coordinator annually.
In March 2018 the Australia Council created a new committee position: Standards Coordinator. The roles and responsibilities of the Standards Coordinator are defined here.
In April 2022 the Australia Council created two new committee positions: AC WIE Forum Coordinator and AC WIE Forum Liaison Officer. The roles and responsibilities of the WIE Forum Coordinator Officer and the WIE Forum Liaison Officer are defined here.
An application form for the WIE Forum Coordinator Officer position is available here.
An application form for the WIE Forum Liaison Officer position is available here.
Elected Officers
Chair

Dr Fouad Karouta
Semiconductors Technologist
Contact Fouad Karouta
Vice-chair

Prof Mohan Jacob
College of Science and Engineering
James Cook University
Contact Mohan Jacob
Secretary

Melanie Olsen
Treasurer

Mike Robinson
Immediate Past Chair

Dr Daniel Eghbal
Energex
Contact Daniel Eghbal
Student Activities Coordinator

Dr Xin Yuan (Vernon)
University of Adelaide
Contact Xin Yuan
Women in Engineering Coordinator

Sherry Randhawa
TISP Coordinator
Webmaster

Mike Robinson
Section Representatives
Australian Capital Territory

Ambarish Natu
Australian Taxation Office
Contact Ambarish Natu
New South Wales

Colin Elston
Northern Australia

Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi
James Cook University
Contact Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi
Queensland

Om Perkash
Senior Technical Program Manager
Wabtec Corporation
Contact Om Perkash
South Australia

Shela Cook
Accenture
Contact Shela Cook
Victoria

Annick Boghossian
Telstra
Contact Annick Boghossian
Western Australia

Dr Kevin Wong
Murdoch University
Contact Kevin Wong