Andrew Allan

President/Chairperson

With almost 15 years experience in the water and environmental industry from a consulting and Local Government background Andrew brings wealth of knowledge to his role as President.  A past Victorian State President Andrew was responsible for initiating a number of changes that now define how the various state association’s work nationally.

In my role as President I believe there is more the industry can do to ensure its destiny is in its hands.  A sense of identity, defining and consolidating its niche amongst the various other industry groups that have some interest in stormwater, providing direction and service to the states and supporting States in their local advocacy efforts are all important roles for the SIA to take on Nationally.

Eric Love

Secretary

Eric is the Chairman of Star Water Solutions Pty Ltd

Eric is also Chairman of the Centre for Organic & Resource Enterprises (CORE) and Principal of EC Sustainable Environment Consultants, Secretary of SIA NSW and former Director of Organic Federation of Australian (OFA), member of the Organic Ministerial Advisory Committee (Primary Industries) and NSW President of the Waste Management Association.  Eric has skills and experience in the areas of business management, strategic planning and implementation, corporate governance, financial management, project management, research management, marketing, horticulture and environmental management.   Eric is an advocate for stormwater treatment and reuse since the mid 1990’s and has participated in many Australian Government Water Missions overseas.

His key goals are to build on the extensive national and international membership and collaborator network and ongoing technical and marketing research and commercialisation programs which provide a valuable platform for initiating and achieving many of the objectives of the sustainability sector.

Nicole Ramilo

Nicole is President of the Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland, and by day works as an Environmental Engineer at BMT WBM.  She has 11 years’ experience working in the stormwater industry, specialising in water sensitive urban design and total water cycle management. 

Steve Frost

Director

 Steve has been actively involved and interested in Stormwater management for most of his working life. The actual duration is not for public disclosure to save embarrassment. Steve was the NSW President for 5 years. He has been the National President for 4 years working with a team of representatives from all the State SIA Associations to represent the States at the National level. Steve is fascinated with the role that Stormwater plays in the broader water sector. And the opportunity this presents. He hopes to be able to make a contribution for many years to come and is convinced that the Stormwater Industry will continue to grow in influence and be an important resource not only to members but other interested people, organizations and government agencies.

Andrew King (SA)

City of West Torrens

165 Sir Donald Bradman Drive

Hilton SA 5033

Andrew is the Vice-Chairperson of SIASA

Rod Wiese (VIC)

Rod has 18 years experience as a Civil/Environmental Engineer initially in State government, then in the consulting arena.

Rod formed STORM in 1997 and has since operated at a senior role to plan and deliver sustainable stormwater/drainage and wastewater solutions. Over the last few years STORM has been privileged to receive numerous Victorian, NSW and national awards for various categories in stormwater management including Stormwater Harvesting and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD).

Rod is regularly invited to contribute to forums and technical discussions or deliver presentations and workshops on WSUD-related issues. He has developed materials for Clearwater and regularly presents seminars on their behalf. He is also often engaged through Melbourne Water’s Living Rivers Program capacity build local government in developing and implementing smarter stormwater management solutions.

Richard McManus (NSW)

Richard has nearly 20 years' experience in integrated management of water resources, strategic policy and planning, integration and implementation of stormwater management best practice, evaluation and project management. 

He is the Director of Equatica and has a history of working with local councils, state and federal government, industry and community groups.

His understanding of the scientific and engineering elements of stormwater and waterways management complemented with significant social research skills will serve him well in his role on the Committee.

Jim Davies (WA)

Director / Principal Hydrologist

JDA Consultant Hydrologists

Suite 1/27 York St,

Subiaco WA 6008

PO Box 117, Subiaco WA 6904

Jim is the Chairperson of SIAWA

Dr Brett Phillips (NSW)

Treasurer of SIA NSW

Brett is a Director of Cardno NSW/ACT and has more than 27 years of experience in all aspects of stormwater management including flooding, water quality, stormwater harvesting and catchment management. Brett has become one of the stalwarts of the stormwater industry, having made substantial contributions through his work on Australian Rainfall & Runoff, Australian Runoff Quality, the Australian Journal of Water Resources, the Engineers Australia National Committee on Water Engineering and the NSW and National committees of the Stormwater Industry Association (SIA). He is an author of 165 conference and journal papers, and has been recognised for his work with 34 engineering excellence awards from the SIA, Consult Australia and Engineers Australia.

Brett will draw on his industry experience to look at the technological advances in stormwater management and to predict where these advances might take us, particularly in light of the current update to Australian Rainfall & Runoff. Brett will also examine the move towards the integration of stormwater quantity and quality objectives and the implications for consultants, developers and government authorities.

Peter Newland (SA)

Peter is a civil engineer who has worked across a range of water and environmental management issues including catchment management, natural resource management, stormwater pollution prevention and groundwater protection. Peter had over 15 years in the South Australian EPA working in compliance and enforcement, change management programs and regulation development primarily based on water quality issues.

His recent work has focused on urban water management including water sensitive urban design (WSUD), recycled water reuse and managed aquifer recharge (MAR). Peter has moved into the private sector and will continue to work in these areas.
Membership of the SIA provides a valuable forum to keep up to date with industry developments, share technical information and network with fellow stormwater professionals at a state and national level.