BOARD & STAFF

REDFERN-WATERLOO AUTHORITY BOARD

Chair - Dr Col Gellatly

Dr Col Gellatly is the current Chairperson of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, as of 1 July 2007. Dr Gellatly is the former Director-General of the Premier’s Department, a role which he held since being appointed in 1994. He has held a number of senior management positions within the NSW public service, including as Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation. He has been NSW representative on a wide range of State/Commonwealth Working Parties and Committees and has had three periods as a part-time Commissioner with the Industries Assistance Commission. He has also served on a diverse range of boards and committees.

Dr Gellatly has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England, a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW and a PhD from North Carolina State University.

CEO - Mr Roy Wakelin-King

Roy Wakelin-King was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern Waterloo Authority on 16 February 2009.

Prior to this Roy was the Deputy Director General of the Office of Public Works & Services with the NSW Department of Commerce.

Roy was also the Chief Executive Officer of the World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority, which coordinated the effective delivery of Government services in support of the highly successful World Youth Day 2008.

Roy has been an executive director within the NSW Ministry of Transport in the position of Director, Transport Operations Division. This role involved the leadership and management of a multi-discipline division that coordinates the delivery of essential public transport services for the public of NSW.

Roy has extensive experience in both operations and project leadership, particularly in the fields of transport and logistics. His experience includes a short Army career as a commissioned officer, followed by a series of very senior project and operational appointments within the NSW Government. During his time in the Army, Roy saw operational service in Somalia as part of the multi-national forces delivering humanitarian and security aid to that country.

Mr Michael Collins

Mike Collins is a Sydney property practitioner.  He has been involved in property economics, real estate valuation, property consultancy and asset management for over 35 years, and is professionally qualified in property economics and valuation.  He runs his own property advisory company based in the Sydney CBD.

Mike is the Chairman of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority.  He is a board member of the Australian Technology Park Precinct Management Ltd, a former Chairman of the Heritage Council of NSW and a former National and NSW President of the Australian Property Institute.

Mr Richard Johnson MBE

Richard Johnson is an award winning architect and a director of Johnson Pilton Walker Architects.

He was awarded the 2008 RAIA Gold Medal for his exceptional body of work and his contribution to the profession.

He is a Professor in the Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW, A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and a member of the Design Institute of Australia. He advises the Sydney Opera House Trust on the future of the building and is a member of the City of Sydney Design Advisory Panel. He serves on the Boards of the RWA, the ATP and the Australian Architects Association.

Mr Johnson holds a Bachelor of Architecture from UNSW and a Masters of Philosophy (Town Planning) from University College London. In 1976 he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Architecture.

Ms Samantha Mostyn BA LLB

Ms Sam Mostyn has an extensive background in law, management and politics. She is currently the Group Executive, Culture & Reputation at Insurance Australia Group where she has responsibility for managing the Human Resource, Organisational Effectiveness, Corporate Affairs, Government Relations & Policy, Corporate Sustainability and Community Engagement functions. During 2003 IAG was recognised as a leader in sustainable business planning and received Ethical Investor magazine’s award for Sustainable Company of the Year.

Sam is a member of the NSW Premier’s Greenhouse Advisory Panel, and is a Board member of the Sydney Theatre Company and the Centenary Institute. She is a Trustee of the Australian Museum and in 2005 was appointed as a Commissioner with the Australian Football League.

Prior to joining IAG Sam was the Director of Corporate Development and Acting Human Resources Director at Cable & Wireless Optus. She also spent two years in London in the role of Group Director, Human Resources for Cable & Wireless Plc. Sam has a BA/LLB from the Australian National University.

Ms Lucy Turnbull LLB MBA

Lucy is a businesswoman and company director. She is a director of the board of Melbourne IT , an Australian publicly listed internet services company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.

Lucy is currently the Chair of the  Salvation Army’s City of Sydney  Red Shield Appeal, Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney, and a member of the board of the Centre for Independent Studies and the Redfern Foundation Limited, and the Turnbull Foundation.  She is also a board member of the NSW Cancer Institute.

For many years Lucy worked as a solicitor and as an investment banker. From 1999 to 2004 she was Sydney’s first female Lord Mayor ( 2003-4) and Deputy Lord Mayor ( 1999-2003). Lucy has also published a book titled Sydney – Biography of a City in 1999.

Mr Warren Mundine AIMM MAICD

Mr Warren Mundine is the Chief Executive Officer of NTSCORP Ltd and an advocate for empowering Indigenous people to break the poverty cycle and building a strong Indigenous economy.

Mr Mundine is a Doctor of the University (honoris causa) (Southern Cross University).  He is a member of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Mr Mundine is also Chairman of the Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and Chair of NSW Labor’s Indigenous Policy Committee.  He is an Executive Member of the National Native Title Council; a Director of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation; a member of Southern Cross University Foundation; a Board member of NAISDA Limited; and Ambassador for the Song Room and Indigenous Ambassador for the Australian Football Federation. Warren has been appointed by the Prime Minister to the Australian Government’s National Policy Commission – Indigenous Housing Committee.

Previous roles held by Mr Mundine include the National President of the Australian Labor Party; Chair of NSW Country Labor and member of the NSW Attorney General’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Committee; NSW PCYC State Board and IAG’s Expert Community Advisors Committee. He has also had considerable involvement in local government through a number of roles including Deputy Mayor of Dubbo; President of the NSW Local Government Aboriginal Network; Executive member of the Local Government Association of NSW; and as a commissioner with the NSW Local Government Grants Commission.

Ms Ann Weldon

Ann Weldon is a proud member of the Wiradjuri Nation and was one of the founding members of NSW Aboriginal Children's Service and Inner West Aboriginal Community Company to name a few. For the past thirty five years Ms Weldon has held executive positions and was a member of the Murawina Aboriginal Preschool, Aboriginal Housing Company, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, Marrickville Aboriginal Consultative Committee, Aboriginal Legal Service, NSW Aboriginal Housing Development Committee and ATSIC's National Women's Advisory and National Sport and Recreation Committees.

Ms Weldon was elected to the Sydney ATSIC Regional Council for three consecutive terms as a Councillor over a ten year period and was elected as the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson. Ann was appointed to the inaugural NSW Aboriginal Housing Board in 1998 as an ATSIC nominee and then went onto being appointed the first female Chairperson of the NSW Housing Board from 2000 until 2007. Ann was very instrumental in the development of Aboriginal Basketball carnivals throughout NSW and Nationally, as a result of her determination and her commitment to the development of sports at the national level, she was selected to the inaugural Aboriginal Women's Basketball Team to tour New Zealand in 1975.

John Mulally BA LLB(Hons)

John has almost 40 years’ experience as a lawyer specialising in major property and infrastructure projects.

He has acted for major Australian and off-shore developers and investors, Australian and State Government instrumentalities and off-shore Governments. This has included the acquisition, development and sale of major projects in all capital cities of Australia as well as in Vanuatu, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Paris, St Petersburg, Kiev, Moscow and New York. He has also advised on major energy projects in Australia and off-shore.

He is currently advising on major infrastructure and renewable energy projects in China and Africa. His role in these projects deals with the funding structure, legal requirements and the integration of the commercial with the legal outcomes required to achieve project development.

Redfern-Waterloo Authority Organsational Chart (including Australian Technology Park)

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