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