Management

State Water Management TeamExecutive Team

The State Water Executive Team was established to focus on strategic decision making.  Meetings are held monthly and discuss issues of a strategic focus, including:

  • developing strategic direction

  • policy development

  • Operating Licence compliance

  • corporate risk management

  • corporate planning targets

  • initiation and review of Board papers

  • corporate culture and values
     

 The State Water Executive includes:

  • George Warne
    Chief Executive Officer
    Executive Officer Jodie Lawler (02) 6841 2004

  • Jane Redden
    General Manager Finance
    Executive Support Officer Caroline Bell (02) 6841 2031

  • Marysia Derewlany
    Manager Strategic Policy and Compliance

  • Geoff Borneman
    Chief Operating Officer
    Executive Support Officer Amanda Herron (02) 6841 2091


Operations Team

The operations team manage various business functions, and include:

  • David Andersen
    Manager Customer Operations
    Responsibilities: Frontline customer services, call centre (enquiries, water orders, usage and trading), and field services (meters, compliance, customer liaison)
     
  • Glenn Baker
    Manager Maintenance and Services
    Responsibilities: Maintenance at dams, river structures and associated services
     
  • Scott Barber
    Manager Operations Systems
    Responsibilities: Developing and resourcing operations information systems, and systems included under the Corporate Info Systems Steering Group, and SCADA.
     
  • Dan Berry
    General Manager Water Delivery
    Responsibilities: Core business activity, operations planning, water delivery, river and flood operations. Managing Customer Service Committees
     
  • Amit Chanan
    General Manager Strategic Assets
    Responsibilities: Ensuring the safety, serviceability and efficiency of dams and other assets.
     
  • Sandra Coleman
    Chief Information Officer
    Responsibilities: Strategic planning and management of the Information Systems team, projects and performance as well as information technology network and records.
     
  • Michael Jeffery
    Manager Major Projects
    Responsibilities: Overseeing the corporate capital program, ensuring cost effective, timely and quality delivery and support of major projects.
     
  • Rod Smith
    HR Manager
    Responsibilities: Management of State Water employee conditions, agreements, recruitment, assistance, training, health and safety as well as workforce planning, policy and industrial relations. 
     
  • Tony Webber
    Corporate Communication Co-ordinator
    Responsibilities: Management of internal and external relations including communication with stakeholders, the media and Minister's Office. Co-ordination of events and brand management.