Board of Directors

Dr Alan Morrison - Chairman

BSc, M Pub Admin, PhD (ANU), CPEng, FAICD, FCMI, FIEAust, FIET, FIERE, JP

Current positions: Standards Australia Finance & Audit, Strategy, and Remuneration & Nominations Committees; Education Advisory Board and Law Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Former positions: President International Organization for Standardization (ISO); Deputy Chairman and Managing Director ACTEW Energy Ltd; Corporate General Manager, General Manager Engineering and General Manager Retail of ACTEW Corporation; Chair Standards Australia Business Governance Committee; Chair Standards Australia Certification and Testing Standing Forum; ACT Chair The Executive Connection; National Council Member Australian Institute of Company Directors and President ACT and SE Region Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; founder and Chief Executive of a design engineering company and a management consultancy company; First Assistant Secretary [Radio communications] and Principal Policy Advisor to the Minister for Transport and Communications; Member Department of Defence Weapons Materiels Management Board; Vice Chairman Energy Council of Australia.

Other achievements: Represented Australia nationally and internationally on APEC Committees and Trade missions; founding Controller of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School; Principal Consultant to the 1980 Review of the ABC; Australian Advisor on the formation of the Myanmar Television Service.

First elected to Board 2002.

Colin Blair - CEO

BE, MEngSc, MEnvStud, MBA, FIEAust

Current positions: Chief Executive Officer Standards Australia; Chairman Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) Executive Committee; Director Construction Information Systems (NATSPEC); Member Technical Infrastructure Alliance which comprises Standards Australia, National Measurement Institute (NMI), National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) and the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ).

Former positions: Chairman International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Advisory Group for Building; Treasurer NSW Chapter Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (now Consult Australia); Member Construction Regulations and Standards Internationalization Group; Chair Specialist Regional Bodies Forum; seconded to CSIRO as Director of the Evergen Project.

Other achievements: Extensive experience in the development and application of standards at both the operational and policy level; represented Standards Australia in high level liaison with industry, government and other standards bodies; Member Australian delegation, as an expert in international and Australian standards, to meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance.

Appointed to Board May 2010.

Richard Brooks

B Ec., FCPA, FAICD

Current positions: Managing Director of Tyne Solutions Pty Ltd a provider of business and association management services; Director Cabinet Makers Association (Australia); Chairman Standards Australia Finance & Audit Committee; Member Accreditation Board for Standards Development Organisations (ABSDO); Chairman Risk, Audit and Finance Committee Mt. Buller and Mt. Stirling Alpine Resorts Management Board; Chairman FP-20 Technical Committee; Director Ski Club of Victoria Ltd.

Former positions: Chairman Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Ltd; Executive Director Timber Merchants Association, Victoria (1991-2005); Hardware Association of Victoria, Roof Truss and Wall Frame Association; Director/Chair Timber Industry Superannuation Scheme; Director/Deputy Chair Forest and Forest Products Employment Skills Company Ltd; Member Timber Promotion Council; Director National Wholesale Retail and Personal Services Industry Training Council Ltd; Chair/Member Victorian WRAPS and Victorian Light Manufacturing and Forest Industries Training Boards; Managing Director of W R Brooks Pty Ltd & W Leonard Brooks Pty Ltd; President Timber Merchants Association and Chair Home Saver Timber and Hardware Group.

Other achievements: Diverse experience in industry and commerce both directly in the timber and building industry followed by 19 years as an association executive representing the interests of a diverse range of businesses. A firm believer in the need for Standards both at a national and industry level and the importance of Standards and their accessibility to those that use them - in particular the small business community.

Dr Peter Burn

B.Ec (Hons), Ph.D

Current positions: Director of Public Policy for Australian Industry Group; Alternate Director of AustralianSuper, an Industry Super Fund; Member of AustralianSuper's Investment Committee; Chair of the Business Advisory Forum for the Commonwealth Government's Standard Business Reporting initiative; Chairman Standards Australia Strategy Committee; Chairman National Standards Advisory Group.

Former positions: Close involvement in running the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (1997-2002); Director - Policy at the Business Council of Australia.

Other achievements: Graduate economist in the Commonwealth Treasury; and academic positions in the Economics Department of the University of Newcastle and the University of Queensland.

Libby Christie - Deputy Chair

BA (History/Ed), Grad Dip Adult Ed, MAICD

Current positions: Executive Director Arts Funding, Australia Council for the Arts; Chair Standards Australia Remuneration & Nominations Committee; Standards Australia Strategy Committee; Council of Good Design Australia.

Former positions: Managing Director Sydney Symphony Orchestra; President, Monster Asia Pacific, TMP Worldwide; Managing Director, Business & Government Marketing, Telstra; National Government Sales Manager, Optus; and various senior roles in Education in Government and Institute of Technology and Canberra CAE.

Other achievements: Diverse career in both public and private sectors.  Extensive background in adult education, sales, marketing and business development in business and consumer markets in the technology and communications sector as well as key enterprise leadership roles.

Peter Cockbain

BScEng, FIE AUST, FTSE, FIPENZ, CPEng

Current positions: Founder and Technical Director of AmpControl Board; Member of Engineering Education Australia; governing Board Member of the University of Newcastle and Member of its Finance and Capital Development Committee; Engineers Australia representative on the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council and the Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council; Chairman Standards Australia Standards Development Committee; Standards Australia Remuneration & Nominations Committee.

Former positions: 2006 National President of Engineers Australia; member of Standards Australia's former Electrical Standards Sector Board.

Other achievements: Member of several Standards committees for over 30 years, including current Committee Member of EL-023 and EL-014 and Chair of EL-023-03; Founder of Australian manufacturing business, Ampcontrol, which employs over 800 people in 20 locations in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Beijing, Russia, UK and South Africa. Helped found independent electrical and electronic research company, RESTECH in partnership with the University of Newcastle and Ampcontrol.

First elected to Board 2009. 

David Singleton

BSc, MEngSc, FTSE, HonFIEAust, FICE, FAICD

Current positions: Global Planning Leader, Arup; Director of various Arup Group subsidiaries; Member Standards Australia Strategy Committee. 

Former positions: Group Board member and Director, Arup Group Ltd; Chairman, Global Infrastructure, Arup Group; Member, Living with Environmental Change Strategy Board, UK; CEO and Chairman, Arup Australasia; Chair, Buildings Standards Sector Board, Standards Australia; Chair and Director, Australian Construction Industry Forum; Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation; President and Chair, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Director, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Chair, National Engineering Registration Board; Member Advisory Board, University of Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership.

Other achievements: OPM Program, Harvard Business School, 1996-98; One of Australia's 100 Most Influential Engineers in 2004 to 2007 inclusive; One of five finalists as "CEO of the Year", Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency, 2002.

James Tinslay

BScEng

Current Positions: Chief Executive Officer of the National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA); Director of NECA Group Training Pty Ltd; Director of Australian Communications and Electrical Alliance Pty Ltd; Director of Australian Cabling Registration Services Pty Ltd; Alternate Director NSW Electrical Superannuation Scheme; Alternate Director Mechanical and Electrical Redundancy Trust Pty Ltd; Member COAG Advisory Committee on National Occupational Licensing; Councillor of Australian Chamber of Commercial and Industry (ACCI); Standards Australia Finance & Audit Committee.

Former Positions: Chief Executive Officer National Electrical and Communications Association, NSW Branch; Group Manager Electrotechnology, Standards Australia; member of former Standards Australia Electrotechnology Standards Sector Board; Chair NSW Electrotechnology Industry Training Advisory Board Pty Ltd.

Other Achievements: Representation of Australian interests at IEC, ILO and other international forums in Asia and Europe in relation to industry and employer issues.

First elected to Board 2010.