Leadership team
Within the Institute, a leadership team meets on a monthly basis. The leadership team is:
- Professor Greg Leslie, Director, UNSW-GWI; Director, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology
- Associate Professor Martin Andersen, Director, Connected Waters Initiative
- Professor Cameron Holley, Faculty of Law
- Associate Professor Matthew Kearnes, Environmental Humanities Group
- Professor Richard Kingsford, Director, Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Professor Mary-Louise Mclaws, Professor Epidemiology, Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control
- Professor Steven Sherwood, Director Climate Change Research Centre
- Professor Dennis O'Carroll, Director, Water Research Centre
- Professor Torsten Thomas, Director, Centre for Marine Bio-innovation
- Professor Ian Turner, Director, Water Research Laboratory
- Scientia Professor David Waite, Director, Centre for Transformational Environmental Technologies
- Dr Kefeng Zhang, Senior Research Associate, Water Green Urban Management
Steering Committee
UNSW-GWI is overseen by a Steering Committee of Deans chaired by Professor Mark Hoffman as lead Dean (Engineering); accompanied by Professor Emma Johnston, Dean of Science; Professor George Williams, Dean of Law, Associate Professor David Blaazer, Acting Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, and Professor Gregory Leslie, Director of UNSW-GWI.
International Advisory Committee
UNSW-GWI receives advice from an international panel of renowned global water experts, spanning many sectors and geographies. The International Advisory Committee is comprised of:
- Richard McLoughlin, Assistant Secretary Water Resources, Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
- David Molden, Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
- Rod Naylor, Executive General Manager, Water Services, Downer
- Pech Sokhem, Senior Strategic Advisor, Cambodia Agricultural Value Chain Program, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Tom Soo (Chair) Consultant, Water Policy Group
- Michael Spencer, Chairman, Alliance for Water Stewardship
- Louise Whiting, Senior Water Management Specialist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
- Dr William Young, Water Leader, World Bank