Our Board of Directors

Alan Seale Chairman  Alan Seale was appointed a director and Chairman of City West Water in September 2005. Mr Seale had 38 years experience in the chemicals industry, 13 of those at general management level. He worked for several years in the USA and Hong Kong. More recently Mr Seale has consulted to the CSIRO, the EPA Victoria, several universities and chemical companies. He is currently a director of Gippsland Water, the Australian Sustainable Industries Research Centre and of his own consultancy business. Mr Seale was a director of South East Water from January 2004 to August 2005. He is an Honorary Professor at Monash University, teaching in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Anne Barker Managing Director  Ms Barker was appointed as City West Water's Managing Director in November 2002. Ms Barker practised law before gaining broad management experience with Myer Stores and the ANZ Banking Group. Prior to joining City West Water, Ms Barker was the Executive Manager of the Commercial and Revenue divisions at SPI Powernet where she gained extensive experience working in a regulated utility environment. She is currently a member of the Board of the Water Services Association of Australia and is a member for the Committee for Leaning and Innovation West.

Richard Seddon Director  Richard Seddon was appointed as a director of City West Water in December 2000 after his retirement as Executive Director of the Australian Industry Group.  Before that he was the National CEO of the Australian Chamber of Manufactures, Australian Investment Commissioner for North America (based in New York), consultant with Middletons Moore and Bevans, Commissioner of the AFL, consultant to the Department of Industry Technology and Resources, Executive Director of the Melbourne Football Club, and Managing Partner of Seddon & Witt. After his retirement from AiGroup, Mr Seddon was Chairman of both the Environmental Assessment Review Advisory Committee and the Latrobe Valley Energy Park Taskforce, and director of the Advanced Engineering Centre for Manufacturing.  Currently he is Chairman of Earth Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Australia, and Browne and Co, director of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems International Inc (USA), Intelligent Manufacturing Systems International Inc (Korea), Fielding Family Foundation, and a member of the Industry TechLink Advisory Committee.

Christine Wardle Director Christine Wardle was appointed a director in January 2004.  A former bank manager and qualified environmental engineer, she is currently an independent environmental consultant specialising in strategic environmental management and policy advice across water, waste, greenhouse and renewable energy issues.  She is also a director of Blue Environment Pty Ltd, an environmental consulting company.

Peter Hansen Director Peter Hansen was appointed a director in February 2005. He is the former Agent-General for Victoria in London 2000-2004. Previously, he held a range of senior management positions at ACI, including responsibility for the company's environment and corporate affairs programs. He is also a director of Paltech Pty Ltd, corporate affairs consultants, and Southern Health.

Stephen Vaughan Director Stephen Vaughan was appointed a Director in February 2005. Stephen Vaughan conducts a part-time practice as a Locum Consultant Physician in Haematology / Medical Oncology in various public and private clinics throughout Victoria and New South Wales.  He has also worked as a consultant to the Health Insurance Commission on high-cost drugs and for the Department of Health and Human Services on pathology accreditation.  He is a part-time director of the Grampians Integrated Cancer Strategy. Dr Vaughan is currently Chairman of Barwon Water and was previously a director of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and a member of its Research Advisory and Ethics Committees. He is a member of the Committee for Geelong and Chairman of Cell Therapies Pty Ltd, a biotechnology company. He also works as an expert witness in the areas of cancer, blood diseases and transfusion medicine.

Deborah Radford Director Deborah Radford was appointed a Director in September 2005. Ms Radford is an independent consultant and director of Deb Radford & Associates, a consultancy firm specialising in commercial advice to government. She has worked across a range of industries including forestry, water, waste, and property where she specialises in institutional design, business improvement, corporate strategy and governance. She is a director of Bendigo Bank Ltd, Forestry Tasmania and the Melbourne Market Authority. Ms Radford’s experience includes seven years in the Victorian State Treasury where she was responsible for privatisations, corporatisations and managing commercial transactions for the State. Between 1979 and 2001 Ms Radford worked in merchant banking where she specialised in credit, acquisitions and property transactions.