Advisory Board

David Buisson

MSc, PhD (Auck), SM (MIT), FNZIC, FNZIFST

Emeritus Professor David Buisson recently was Assistant Dean (External Relations) of the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering at QUT with particular responsibility for the Royal Dutch Shell Project Management Academy after being Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the School of Business at Otago University in NZ. He is a Sloan Fellow from MIT; Harkness Fellow (USA); and a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology and the NZ Institute of Chemistry. David is also a graduate of the Institute’s Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.

Brisbane, Australia


Professor Sandra Harding

Vice Chancellor
James Cook University
North Queensland, Australia


Sandra is also a graduate of the Institute's Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.


Tony Stuart

Group Chief Executive Officer
National Roads and Motor Association (NRMA)
Sydney, Australia


Tony is also a graduate of the Institute's Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.


John Cleland

Chief Executive Officer
Westnet Infrastructure Group Ltd
Perth, Australia


John is also a graduate of the Institute's Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.


Kathleen Townsend

Managing Director
Kathleen Townsend Executive Solutions Pty Ltd
Council Member, Swinburne University
Melbourne, Australia


Kathleen is also a graduate of the Institute's Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.


Vice Admiral Russ Shalders (Retired)

Former Chief of Navy
Canberra, Australia


Russ is also a graduate of the Institute's Strategic Leadership Programme at Millbrook.


Ian Fletcher

Director-General
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Queensland Government
Queensland, Australia