CONTRIBUTORS

HEADING Louise McCormick

Interim Infrastructure Commissioner, NT Infrastructure Commission

Louise has over 20 years’ experience in the transport and infrastructure sectors. She is also an award winning Chartered Engineer in both civil and structural engineering and is also Chartered as an Engineering Executive. PreambleOver the 16 years Louise has worked in the Northern Territory, she has been involved in planning, delivery and management of some of the Territory’s largest and most complex infrastructure projects. She has been instrumental in securing Australian Government funding for a significant number of road upgrades across the Northern Territory.

Recently, Louise was appointed the interim Infrastructure Commissioner to establish Infrastructure NT. She also represents the Northern Territory on several national boards, committees and working groups, including as the Deputy Chair of Austroads, Australian Road Research Board (ARRB), the Infrastructure Investment Forum and I-Body National Forum.

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Paul Fletcher

Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, Federal Government

Paul Fletcher is Federal MP for Bradfield, in northern Sydney, and the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts in the Morrison Government.

He entered Parliament in December 2009, joined the Ministry in 2015, and was appointed to his present role in December 2020.

Before entering Parliament, Paul was Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, at Optus for eight years. Earlier in his career Paul was Chief of Staff to the Minister for Communications in the Howard Government, Senator Richard Alston.

He has dual first class honours degrees in law and economics from The University of Sydney and an MBA from Columbia University, in New York, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Dr Helen Fairweather

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)

Helen's research over her career has included a diverse collection of projects encompassing agriculture, hydrology, irrigation and climate research in a number of universities as well as Government agencies in NSW, QLD, Canada and the United Kingdom.

On her return to Australia, Helen worked for the NSW Government, where she delivered on a range of climate and agricultural projects for various funding agencies and a State Government research grant to develop a climate change adaptation tool in a GIS framework.

Before joining USC, Helen led the development of the science component of a project to revise the flood risk assessment methodology to take account of climate change in the relevant Queensland State Planning Policy.

Graeme Newton

CEO, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Graeme has 30 years’ experience as a senior executive in the infrastructure sector, leading large and complex, high profile, multi-billion dollar projects within the private and public sector.

His vast experience and industry expertise has seen him awarded both the National Award for Excellence and the QUT Outstanding Alumni Award. Graeme was appointed by the Queensland Premier in 2011 as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

Over the years, Graeme has worked in a range of infrastructure leadership roles including as Director-General for the Department of Infrastructure and Planning. In addition, he was appointed as Coordinator-General under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (QLD) and has also worked for Deloitte Australia as Lead Partner for the Queensland Government.

In his current role, Graeme is leading the delivery of the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project.

Penny Joseph

Head of Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation, Governance and Assurance, Sydney Water

Penny joined Sydney Water in 2013 as a Business Planning Manager, having previously worked in several transformational roles in the solar and aerospace industries. She is currently Head of Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation, responsible for leading a range of programs designed to enhance the reliability, quality and security of Sydney Water’s products and services in the face of a diverse range of challenges.

Most recently this has included overseeing the organisation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring a robust approach to delivering world class water services for staff and customers alike. Penny has a Bachelor of Engineering (first class honours), and a Master of Business Administration.

Robert Di Pietro

Partner, PwC Australia Cyber Security, National Lead for Critical Infrastructure & Operational Technology

Robert Di Pietro is a Partner within PwC’s Cyber business with over 15 years’ experience helping organisations and government to manage information security risk and build cyber resilience. Robert has proven experience in delivering cyber security services to global organisations in areas such as incident response, threat and vulnerability management, DevSecOps, cyber threat intelligence and cyber risk and compliance management.

Robert has deep expertise working in cyber security for Operational Technology (OT) environments and has spent several years working with organisations in mining, utilities, energy, transport and critical infrastructure industry sectors.