Sector Advisory Councils
The Sector Advisory Councils (SACs) were active up to March 2011, when they were replaced by Strategic Advisory Committees. The SACs provided advice to CSIRO on the direction of research in each industry sector and assisted in evaluating performance against planned outcomes.
- 31 August 2011 | Updated 8 December 2011
- Energy & Transport
- Environment & Natural Resource Management
- Health
- Information, Communication & Services
- Manufacturing
- Minerals
Council members were from industry and other stakeholders.
In 2010-11 CSIRO had the following Sector Advisory Councils:
Energy & Transport Sector Advisory Council
| Name, SAC Role | Affiliation |
| Mr Colin Becket, Chair | General Manager, Greater Gorgon Area, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd |
| Dr Bev Ronalds, Sector Coordinator | Group Executive, Energy |
| Mr Howard Bamsey, Member | Special Envoy on Climate Change, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change |
| Mr Alan Broome AO, Member | Chairman, Austmine |
| Ms John Hartwell, Member |
Head of Resources, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism |
| Mr Ralph Hillman | Executive Director, Australian Coal Association |
| Ms Susan Jeanes, Member | Chief Executive/Managing Director, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, New Energy Directions |
| Mr Joe McNutt, Member | Senior VP, Geotechnical Operations, Woodside Energy Ltd |
| Ms Karen Moses, Member | Chief Operating Officer, Origin Energy |
| Mr Ian Nethercote, Member | Chief Executive, Loy Yang Power Management Pty Ltd |
| Professor Tony Owen, Member | Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology |
| Mr George Maltabarow | Managing Director, Energy Australia |
| Ms Belinda Robinson | Chief Executive, APPEA |
Environment & Natural Resource Management Sector Advisory Council
| Name, SAC Role | Affiliation |
| Mr Oleg Morozow, Chair | RPS Group |
| Dr Andrew Johnson, Coordinator | CSIRO |
| Ms Liz Lange, Member | Sustainability Consulting Group |
| Mr Tony Slatyer, Member | Department of Environment, Heritage and the Arts |
| Dr Chris Mitchell, Member | CO2 Australia |
| Dr Gavin Murray, Member | International Finance Corporation |
Health Sector Advisory Council
The health domain in CSIRO is currently under review and a SAC covering health will be reconstituted once the review is completed. For further information contact Dr Richard Head, SAC Coordinator and Director, CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship.
Information, Communication & Services Sector Advisory Council
| Name, SAC Role | Affiliation |
| Mr Peter Kazacos, Chair | Executive Chairman, Anittel |
| Dr Rod Badger |
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| Dr Alex Zelinsky, Coordinator | Group Executive CSIRO Information Sciences |
| Mr Roy Barkas, Member | |
| Dr Gordon Bell, Member | Principal Research, Microsoft Research |
| Prof Michael Henderson, Member | Chairman, International Skills & Training Institute in Health (ISTIH) |
| Mr Mike Lawson, Member | General Manager, Competitive Industries, Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| Dr Robert Morris, Member | Dowd Professor and Head Electrical and Computer, Engineering and Information Networking Institute (INI), Carnegie Mellon University |
| Dr Ian Oppermann , Member | Director, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| Mr Brian Pink, Member | Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Dr Phil Robertson, Member | Chief Operating Officer, National ICT Australia |
| Dr Louise Ryan, Member | Chief, CSIRO Mathematic, Informatics and Statistics |
| Mr Robert Sale, Member | Chief Executive, Diversionary Therapy Technologies |
| Mr Stuart Simson, Member | Executive Chairman, Emitch Ltd |
| Dr David Skellern, Member | Chief Executive, National ICT Australia (NICTA) |
Manufacturing Sector Advisory Council
| Name, SAC Role | Affiliation |
| Prof Roy Green, Chair | Dean, Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney |
| Dr Calum Drummond, Coordinator | Chief, CSIRO Manufacturing and Materials Technologies |
| Mr Phillip Butler, Member | Director, Textor Technologies Pty Ltd |
| Mr John Crapper, Member | Chief Operating Officer, Pharmaxis Ltd |
| Ms Jan Dekker, Member | Principal, Cleantech Ventures |
| Ms Anne Donnellan, Member | Assistant National Secretary, Technical Supervisory and Administrative Division, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union |
| Ms Angela Krepcik, Member | Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Industry and Trade Division, Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development |
| Mr Stephen Payne, Member | Head, Manufacturing, Division, Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| Mr Mark Ross, Member | Managing Director, Hawker de Havilland |
| Mr Ben Waters, Member | Commercial Director, GE Australia New Zealand |
Minerals Sector Advisory Council
| Name, SAC Role | Affiliation |
| Dr Ian Gould, Chair | Chancellor, University of South Australia |
| Ms Anna Littleboy | Acting Director, MDU Flagship |
| Mr Parry Agius, Member | CEO, South Australian Native Title Services |
| Mr Alan Broome, Member | Chairman, Austmine |
| Mr Michael Catchpole, Member | Chief Executive, The AusIMM |
| Ms Christine Charles, Member | Chair, Mining Technology Innovation Centre |
| Mr Paul Dowd, Member | Managing Director, Phoenix Copper Limited |
| Ms Tania Constable | Head, Resources Division, Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism |
| Mr Mitch Hooke, Member | Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia |
| Dr Calum Drummond, Member | Group Executive, CSIRO Manufacturing Materials and Minerals |
| Mr Alexander Lewis-Gray, Member | Technical Manager, Gekko Systems Pty Ltd |
| Mr John McGagh, Member | Head of Rio Tinto Innovation, Technological Resources Pty Ltd |
| Dr Brian E Smith, Member | Global Manager, R&D, BHP Billiton Technology |
| Dr Tom Whiting, Member | Chair, Deep Exploration Technologies CRC |
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- CSIRO had six Sector Advisory Councils (SACs)
- As of March 2011 the SACs have been replaced by Strategic Advisory Committees
