Brett Abraham, JAS-ANZ
The key function of Business Development is to monitor the emerging needs of our primary stakeholders in Australia and New Zealand and to look for opportunities for JAS-ANZ to provide the necessary technical infrastructure to support these needs in areas such as health & human services, food & biosecurity, environment & sustainability, business and product certification.
Danny Elia, IFM Investors
Executive Director, Global Asset Management. Danny drives the asset management strategy of the Australian and global infrastructure funds. Danny has wide industry and senior management experience across a range of infrastructure sectors. He previously worked as the Director of the SA Health Partnership, the single purpose vehicle established by Leighton Contractors, Spotless and Hansen Yuncken to deliver the New Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP. Prior to this, Danny held a number of senior management roles including General Manager, CityLink and Victoria for Transurban Group; CFO, COO and Company Secretary for Axiom Energy Limited; Finance Director of Logistics for Linfox Asia Pacific; and Finance Director and Company Secretary for General Mills.
Scott Hirst, SAP
Scott heads the SAP Energy and Natural Resources team in Australia and New Zealand. He has worked with ERP and Asset Management solutions for 20 years with leading Utility companies in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe. Today he collaborates with Utilities on their business programmes to help them exploit recent technology innovations and define their future roadmap.
Adanan Mohamed Hussain, Public Works Department Malaysia
Jamie Maslen, SME EAM
Jamie Maslen, Subject Matter Expert, Enterprise Asset Management Business Processes, SME EAM. Jamie has played a major role in the development of the Enterprise Asset Management Business Processes. Jamie has worked in this area in Government for many years and has an extensive background in Asset Management, facilities management and system and process implementation
Ian Maxted, Transfield Services Pty Ltd
Ian is an experienced CEO / EGM with a background in the engineering and property sectors, with particular exposure to large scale operations and maintenance services and infrastructure projects.
He comes to the Asset Management Council Board as the representative for AM Council Partnering Organisation Transfield Services, where he is currently Chief Development Officer.
Kristian Mead, NSW Treasury
As the primary lead on the Total Asset Management Policy reform process, Kristian is responsible for policy reform aimed at building stronger asset management across the sector. Kristian has a degree in Economics, a Masters in Public Administration and is certified PRINCE2 Practitioner. He has a strong background in infrastructure strategy, capital Expenditure planning and reporting, procurement policy, government property, capital works delivery monitoring and NSW Gateway. Notably, he was part of the team that developed the 2008-2018 10-year State Infrastructure Strategy and won the 2013 Leadership Award for the release of the NSW Treasury, Risk Management Toolkit for Public Sector Agencies.
Heather Swan
Heather Swan is a dual world record holding ‘Wingsuit’ pilot and BASEjumper, a mountaineer, an author, a former senior corporate executive and a wife and mother of two children and two stepchildren. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Australian Geographic ‘Spirit of Adventure’ Award.
Colin Thorne, Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)
Col Thorne has decades of Defence and project management experience having joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1981 as an Engineer Cadet. He was the Director General of Aerospace Maritime and Surveillance Systems and prior to this, the Officer Commanding Maritime Patrol Systems Program Office.
Thomas W. Smith MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Director, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development, was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the ISO 55000 Standards Committee and a task group leader. He is the author of a chapter on the standard for The New Physical Asset Management Handbook and a member of the Faculty of the Institute of Asset Management.