Australia Council History
The Australia Council was formed in 1986 as the former Australia
Section divided into numerous, mostly state-based sections.
The data below are taken from the official records of all past officers of
the Australia Council. The Australia Council is aware that the data may be incomplete.
If you can help fill in any of the gaps, please
get in contact.
IEEE's Global History Network maintains an
editable web page
on the history of the Australia Council.
1986
| Chair |
Max J. Simons |
| Vice-chair |
Alan J. Gibbs |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Richard C. Clarke |
1987
| Chair |
Alan J. Gibbs |
| Vice-chair |
Alan R. Billings |
1988–1990
| Chair |
Alan R. Billings |
| Vice-chair |
Donald H. Sinnott |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Lorenzo Faraone |
1990
| Chair |
Donald H. Sinnott |
| Vice-chair |
Matt Darveniza |
1991
| Chair |
Matt Darveniza |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Malcolm R. Barrett |
| Assistant |
Timothy Hesketh |
| Assistant |
James J. Vasseleu |
1992
| Chair |
Harry E. Green |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Nicholas Fourikis |
| Assistant |
Timothy Hesketh |
| Assistant |
James J. Vasseleu |
1993–1994
| Chair |
Walter R. Lachs |
| Vice-chair |
Lal C. Godara |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Alan Dunworth |
| Membership Development |
James J. Vasseleu |
1995–1997
| Chair |
Lal C. Godara |
| Vice-chair |
Robert J Prandolini (1996) |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Wood N. Cheung |
| Student Activities |
Dorota Kieronska (1996–1997) |
1997–1998
| Chair |
Robert J. Prandolini |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Darrell Williamson (1997)
Jonathan C. Kieffer (1998) |
| Student Activities |
Dorota Kieronska |
1999–2000
| Chair |
Dalma Novak |
| Vice-chair |
Harry McDonald (2000) |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Jonathan C. Kieffer (1999) |
| Student Activities |
Dorota Kieronska (1999) |
2001–2002
| Chair |
Harry McDonald |
| Vice-chair |
John L. Robinson |
| Treasurer |
Michael E. Evans |
| Student Activities |
W. Keerthipala |
2003–2004
| Chair |
John L. Robinson |
| Vice-chair |
Michael E. Evans |
| Secretary/Treasurer |
Peter A. Wills |
2005–2006
| Chair |
Michael E. Evans |
| Vice-chair |
Renate Sitte |
| Secretary |
Ian E. Boyd |
| Treasurer |
Ziauddin Ahmed |
2007–2008
| Chair |
Cornelis J. Kikkert |
| Vice-chair |
Ian E. Boyd |
| Secretary |
Geoffrey D. Reid |
| Treasurer |
Ziauddin Ahmed |
| Student Activities |
John Williams (2007)
Mohan Jacob (2008) |
2009–2010
| Chair |
Ian V. Clarkson |
| Vice-chair |
Ziauddin Ahmed |
| Secretary |
Paul Kubik |
| Treasurer |
Arkadiusz J. Dadej |
| Student Activities |
Christophe Fumeaux |
| Webmaster |
Lochan Baratakke (2009)
Graham Gordon (2010) |
2011–2012
| Chair |
Arkadiusz J. Dadej |
| Vice-chair |
Ziauddin Ahmed |
| Secretary |
Horace King |
| Treasurer |
Paul Kubik |
2013–2014
| Chair |
Lance Fung |
| Vice-chair |
Abbas Bigdeli |
| Secretary |
Mohan V. Jacob |
| Treasurer |
Martin Leaver |
| Student Activities |
Sharon Lim |
| Webmaster |
Zia Ahmed |
2015–2016
| Chair |
Tapan K. Saha |
| Vice-chair |
Mohan V. Jacob |
| Secretary |
Zia Ahmed |
| Treasurer |
Martin Leaver |
| Student Activities |
Sharon Lim |
| Webmaster |
Mike Robinson |