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Today I announce a number of significant appointments to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) - the nation's two key aviation safety agencies. The appointments flow from the landmark legislation that passed through the Parliament in May creating a new five member expert board for CASA and establishing the ATSB as a separate statutory agency with a full time Chief Commissioner and two part time Commissioners. The intellectual calibre and diverse experiences of the individuals being appointed underscores the determination of the Rudd Labor Government to preserve public confidence in the safety and reliability of air travel. While Australia has an enviable safety record, we cannot take past success for granted. Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) The membership of the new CASA Board will be: - Dr Allan Hawke (Chair);
- Mr David Gray (Deputy Chair);
- Mr Trevor Danos;
- Ms Helen Gillies.
The current CASA Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aviation Safety, Mr John McCormick, will be an ex officio member of the Board. Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) The new ATSB Chief Commissioner will be Mr Martin Dolan. Mr Dolan will be joined by Mr Noel Hart in the position of part-time Commissioner, with the second part-time position to be filled in the near future. All appointees will take up their positions from 1 July 2009.
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CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (CASA) APPOINTMENTS | | Name: | Dr 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 Affairs | | Current 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 |
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