The Board of the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Council is comprised of community minded individuals who volunteer their time to support and promote the organisation.
Chair Val Southam JP
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 17/03/98
Appointed as Vice Chair of KAB NSW 30/05/06
Extensive experience in waste management and environmental affairs .Previously senior held environmental positions for Smorgon Glass, ACI Glass, Smorgon Plastics (later Southcorp Packaging). former Federal Vice President of Beverage Industry Environment Council, NSW President Beverage Industry Environment Council, Vice President Australian Council of Recyclers, Chairman, Packaging Stewardship Group.
Current: CEO, Waste Management Association of Australia.
Treasurer Hugh Springford
Appointed to Board and as Treasurer of KAB NSW 28/05/03
B.Com (Otago), Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants (Retired). Former partner in Coopers & Lybrand and PwC.
Current:
Treasurer, Friends of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Inc.
Board of Directors
Dawn Fardell
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 15/12/05
Appointed as Chair of KAB NSW 30/05/06
NSW State member for Parliament. Served on Dubbo City Council between 1999 and 2005 and served on the following Council committees: Sister City, Works & Services, Strategic Land Use, Parks & Landcare, Cultural Centre, Finance & Policy, Rural Advisory, Showground Advisory, Urban Heritage Review, Transport Working Parties and Land Development & Property Management.
Former Member for Dubbo.
Paul Akon BA (Syd) LLB (Syd) Assoc M LEADR
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 15/12/05
Paul Akon has a background in legal practise - in both the private and public sectors (incl Dept of Environment and Conservation) - spanning over 35 years.
He currently lectures at the School of Law at the University of New England, Armidale.
In his personal life, Paul has written and published Play the Whistle a highly acclaimed international treatise for aspiring Rugby referees; he has restored Anglesey House at Forbes, now on the National Heritage Register; he also spearheaded a campaign for a new community childcare centre at Forbes as well as being a ‘revival patron’ of the Forbes Eisteddfod.
Current Memberships:
- Member - Law Society of New South Wales
- Member - LEADR (Association of Dispute Resolvers)
- Deputy Chair - Friends of New England Regional Arts Museum
- Member – Earle Page Senior Common Room, UNE
Tony Cade
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 30/05/06
Tony has a Bachelor of Business – Economics Major (University of Southern Queensland) and his previous board positions have included:
- General Manager/Director – Hunter Waste Planning and Management Board;
- Chairman – Clean Hunter Centre (CHC);
- State Representative – National Kerbside Recycling Council;
- Member – NSW Jurisdictional Kerbside Recycling Group;
- Member – Beverage Industry Waste Reduction Plan Review Panel;
- EPA Community Consultation Forum (State Authority Representative).
Current:
Group General Manager, Marketing Veolia Environmental Services.
Syd Smith BA MEd JP
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 01/12/04.
Syd is a former primary and secondary teacher, having worked in the both the New South Wales and London school systems. In his time with the NSW Department of Education and Training he has served as a director of Schools, a curriculum consultant in secondary education and the manager of the Environmental Education Unit within the state’s Curriculum Directorate. In 2005 he was seconded to the ABC’s Radio National Unit where he accessed educational sound materials for schools and helped establish the ABC’s website. In 2000 he led the team to develop the state’s current Environmental Education Policy for NSW Schools.
Syd has represented Australia on international environmental education committees, is a Fellow of the Environment and School Initiatives Committee (ENSI) which is based in Europe and instigated the Sustainable Schools Program which has now become a national program known as AuSSI. He now works as an independent consultant in Education for Sustainability. Syd has run workshops and given presentations to education groups in Australia, Denmark, China, Japan, Thailand and Austria.
Bruce N Robertson OAM
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 01/06/00
Former Chairman of Zoological Parks Board NSW;
Former Trustee Royal Botanical Gardens;
Retired as Executive General Manager, Pipelines, James Hardie Building Products;
Retired as KABNSW Vice Chair at the AGM 30/05/06.
NSW State member for Parliament. Served on Dubbo City Council between 1999 and 2005 and served on the following Council committees: Sister City, Works & Services, Strategic Land Use, Parks & Landcare, Cultural Centre, Finance & Policy, Rural Advisory, Showground Advisory, Urban Heritage Review, Transport Working Parties and Land Development & Property Management.
Current:
Director, Gordon Rugby, Social & Recreation Club
Mike Williamson
Appointed to Board of KAB NSW 01/12/04
Mike Williamson has over thirty years' experience in the environment industry particularly in the field of water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, resource recovery, and renewable energy. He has had extensive experience in all aspects of providing environmental solutions in Australia, the Asia Pacific region and throughout the world. Mike is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He has many years experience of Board service with internationally owned and with ASX listed companies as well as with industry associations and not-for-profit organisations including, the Australian Water Association (AWA), the Banksia Foundation and Environment Business Australia (EBA). He has also served for the past eight years as Chair of the Oil Stewardship Advisory Council (OSAC), a Government legislated advisory body which advises the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Resources on the arrangements for the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000.
Current: Business Group Manager Environment & Water, GHD Group, Newcastle; Chair of Oil Stewardship Advisory Council; Chair, Streamline Water Solutions Lt.