Delivery team
Program coordinator
Dr André Taylor
Dr André Taylor (BSc Hons, MEM, PhD) is the IWC Leadership Specialist. André completed his PhD in water-related leadership at Monash University, and has worked in the water industry for 16 years.
André has designed and delivered leadership development interventions in the water sector and is a keynote speaker on water and sustainability leadership. He has also published relevant papers in publications such as Water Science & Technology, the Sage Environmental Leadership Handbook, and the world’s premier leadership journal, The Leadership Quarterly.
Peer review of the program design and evaluation
Professor David Day
Professor David Day is a Winthrop Professor and the Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management at the University of Western Australia’s Business School.
He has published more than 70 journal articles and book chapters, many pertaining to the core topics of leadership and leadership development. His research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, among other journals.
Dr. Day is co-editor of the book, Leader Development for Transforming Organizations: Growing Leaders for Tomorrow (Erlbaum, 2004) and author of An Integrative Approach to Leader Development: Connecting Adult Development, Identity and Expertise (Routledge, 2009). He is presently editing The Oxford Handbook of Leadership.
IWC Water Leadership Program mentors
Click here to see a full list of program mentors.
IWC Water Leadership Program trainers
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Industry leaders reference group
An Industry Leaders Reference Group provides a ‘sounding board’ for the program’s design and content to ensure that it is focused on meeting the needs of water practitioners. Members of this group represent different parts of the water sector, and currently include:
- Dr Julia Playford, Director, Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland.
- Dr Mike Mouritz, Executive: City Future, City of Canning, Western Australia.
- Dr Peter Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Waterways Limited, Queensland.
- Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia, Victoria.
- Mr Francis Pamminger, Manager Research and Innovation, Yarra Valley Water, Victoria.
- Mr Paul Belz, General Manager Planning, Queensland Urban Utilities, Queensland.
- Mr David Ryan, Manager Catchments, Waterways Group, Melbourne Water, Victoria.
- Ms Petra Kelly, National Manager - Water Sector Training, Australian Water Association
- Ms Catherine Bee, HR Manager – Corporate, Veolia Water Australia Pty Ltd
