The Board
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (CASA) APPOINTMENTS
Name: Mr Allan Douglas Hawke Residence: ACT Present position: Chairman, MTAA Superannuation Fund Trustee Board Educational and professional qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Hons), Australian National University, 1970 Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, 1976 Fellow, Australian Institute of Public Administration, 1998 Fellow, Australian Institute of Management, 1999 Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2001 Relevant experience: 2003-2006: High Commissioner to New Zealand 1999-2002: Secretary, Department of Defence 1996-1999: Secretary, Department of Transport and Regional Services 1994-1996: Secretary, Department of Veterans AffairsCurrent Board Memberships: Chairman, MTAA Superannuation Fund Trustee Board Director, Datacom Chairman of the DSTO Advisory Board Chairman of the Canberra Raiders Board Former Board Memberships: Administrative Review Council Australian Strategic Policy Institute Council President, ACT Branch, Institute of Public Administration Australia Director, Canberra Girls Grammar School Board Member, Foreign Affairs Council Member, Defence and National Security Advisory Council Chancellor, Australian National University Name: Mr David Michael Gray Residence: QLD Present position: Chairman, Queensland Motorways Educational and professional qualifications: Honorary Doctorate, Queensland University of Technology Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society Centenary Medal contribution to the aviation industry Relevant experience: 1995-2006: Managing Director, Boeing Australia 1990-1995: Managing Director, GEC Marconi (Australia) 1984-1990: Divisional Chief Executive, GEC (Australia) Heavy Eng Current Board Memberships: Chairman Queensland Motorways Chairman Qld. Manufactured Water Authority (WaterSecure) Adjunct Professor, QUT Chairman Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation Chairman Aust. Research Council for Aviation Automation Member, Qld Premiers Smart State Council Former Board Memberships: Queensland University Senate Aviation Australia Advisory Board Director Boeing Australia Holdings Member of Premiers business round table Queensland Education and Training AIG Defence Industry executive Name: Ms Helen Jane Gillies Residence: NSW Present position: General Manager of Risk & Compliance and Corporate Counsel, Sinclair Knight Merz Educational and professional qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland, 1985 Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Queensland, 1987 Bar Practice Course, Queensland, 1988 Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1989 Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 1991 Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 1995 Master of Business Administration, University of Sydney, 1998 Master of Construction Law, University of Melbourne, 2004 Relevant experience: 1995-2009: Corporate Counsel, SKM Group 2004-2009: Chairman of the Risk & Compliance Committee (Management Section) Former Board Memberships: 2002-2008: Director of Sinclair Knight Merz Management Pty Ltd Name: Mr Trevor Egon Danos Residence: NSW Present position: Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth Educational and professional qualifications: Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney, 1981 Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney, 1981 NSW Law Society Law Council of Australia NSW Society of Notaries Relevant experience: 2005-2009: Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth 1988-2005: Partner, Blake Dawson (Sydney) 1981-1988: Lawyer, Freehills Current Board Memberships: Trustee, Cure for Life Foundation Trustee, Adolph Basser Foundation President, Science Foundation for Physics (University of Sydney) Deputy Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee (Uni of Sydney) Member, selection committee for NSW Scientist of the Year Awards Former Board Memberships: Chairman, Banking Law Taskforce of the Securities Institute of Australia Member, Banking, Finance and Consumer Credit Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU (ATSB) APPOINTMENTS Name: Mr Martin Nicholas Dolan Residence: ACT Present position: Chief Executive Officer, Comcare Educational and professional qualifications: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of New England Relevant experience: 2008-2009: Chief Executive Officer, Comcare 2007-2008: Acting Chief Executive Officer, Comcare 2006-2007: Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Comcare 2005-2006: Interim Chief Executive Officer, Australian Energy Market Commission 2005-2005: Executive Director, Aviation & Airports Division, Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) 2003-2004: First Assistant Secretary, Aviation & Airports Regulation Division, DOTARS 2002-2003: First Assistant Secretary, Aviation & Airports Policy, DOTARS 2001-2001: First Assistant Secretary, Airports Division, DOTARS Name: Mr Noel Gregory Hart State of residence: WA Present position: General Manager, North West Shelf Shipping Company (finishing July 2009) Educational and professional qualifications: Master Class One Certificate, RMIT Management Certificate Program, Loyola University, Chicago Business School Relevant experience: 2006-2009: General Manager, North West Shelf Shipping Company, Perth 2002-2006: Senior management positions with BP Shipping (Australia and United States) 1997-2002: Senior management positions with BP Shipping (London) 1985-1997: Management positions with BP Australia 1977-1985: Caltex Tanker Company, Sydney 1973-1976: Australian National Line, Melbourne Current Board Memberships: Chairman, Australian Shipowners Association Executive Committee, International Chamber of Shipping Executive Committee, Asian Shipowners Forum |
Obviously selected with infinite care for their significant breadth of aviation operational and regulatory knowledge and experience!
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As usual a bloody disgrace, this is why CASA as it is - useless
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either the future focus of aviation is litigation or the plan is to save a few $ on the legal services tender........
BTW: did someone remember to tell the Minister ? |
Or to have a "compliant" Board of career public servants? :ugh:
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Dick? Dick?
We now find out what time Dick gets out of bed.
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This is exactly why aviation is in it's present predicament.Run by people who have absolutely zero knowledge of the industry,what it does and what it needs.There will be no improvement until there is political will and the appointment of people with expertise in the industry.Unfortunately,this will only happen after a major accident or incident which forces the politicians to respond.In the meantime the industry will blunder along with an ever decreasing revealence to the daily lives of most people in society.It's only we in the industry who care.
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Dr Alan Hawke is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society for very good reason, he has a deep and wide ranging understanding of Aviation in Australia, he has held senior Bureacratic positions in the Federal Government of both political parties and is highly regarded in Canberra as a very tough and capable administrator.
Anyone who thinks this board is light weight needs to have another think ! |
Hawke is a first class public servant. There is no-one on the Board who has had any operational or safety aviation experience.
Only conclusion, when CASA goes pearshaped the Board will be blamed. Not a Government issue. |
I don't have an issue with the poeple on the board at all. Whether or not they have aviation experience is immaterial in my mind. (They appear to have significant backgrounds in safety regulation and management within safety conscious environments.) If they can lube the wheels of CASA and encourage the staff to move in the necessary direction, then more power to them. I wish them well.
My concern is with a board in the first place. It's real purpose is not to regulate aviation, but keep the wolves from the Minister's back. The issue is not that the board have no aviation experience. It's that one person in parliament: the Minister, is seen to have overall responsibility for aviation. The Minister, who in general, came into office, not because he/she had an interest in aviation, or even transport, but had political ambition. The person in the position is generally not appointed for the best interests of transport or aviation, but for bigger things: as a political strategy to retain power. One person who, for the last 15 years and probably much longer, has made kneejerk decisions and strategic about-faces based on opinion polls, media influence and lobbying. One person commanding an aircraft carrier like it was a destroyer. A Minister who's idea of long term thinking and strategic planning extend no further than the next election. Airservices was going in the right direction with a CEO-Minister direct chain of command, but that link was too susceptible to meddling by the Minister himself. I like the arrangement in the FAA. No Minister. One person selected for the job based on qualifications from the pool of talent available; responsible and accountable not to one person, but to the nation via Congress. The USA example is not infallible, but the process of a single Minister supposedly directing the regulator in Australia is, in my opinion, no longer an optimum process. I hope I am proven wrong. I hope the Minister provides the resources and support to the CASA board and has the good sense to step back and defer the strategic goal-setting and operations of the CASA to it's entire management team based on a sound long-term plan. |
A score-card for the Board
Lodown - you make very good points but I disagree with just one:
Whether or not they have aviation experience is immaterial in my mind. If you have an experienced pilot or someone with significant industry aviation industry experience world-wide, he/she (if they have the fortitude and character strength) can represent the views of the industry because they are experiencing first hand the effects of bad decisions. This is of course not to say that he/she would not be a rubber stamp. Most company boards of directors are consistently dysfunctional and unable to rein in even the most egregious behavior by CEOs simply because of the club atmosphere they enjoy. You can see it with Telstra and Sol, AMP with Trumbull, James Hardie, Coca Cola, Qantas, and so on. These are not insignificant companies. What chance then would these lawyers and professional board directors do good for CASA and the industry without some form of aviation background? My thoughts for a solution are to abolish pays to these board members. Put in a compensation package that incentivises them to increase GA activity, safety, efficiency and so on. Otherwise, you will have these board members paid to do irrational things, rubber stamp stupidity and serve as protection fodder to the government of the day. Yes Minister? |
Agreed; they have to know what they're talking about! It's bad enough discussing aviation with people who don't know the industry within social circles...this is going to go haywire before it's done.
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Director of CASA is an ex officio Board Member, I thought he was/is a senior long haul pilot !!
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