1. Jeffrey Robert Wilson
FIEAust, FAICD, AWA Member
BE (Civil) UNSW, HydEng Delft, Grad AICD
e.: jeffwilson47@gmail.com m.: +61 (0) 417284867 a.: Adelaide SA 5000
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SUMMARY
Career Goal – To make a strong, positive contribution to an employer, its staff and its clients by providing project and
business solutions that meet expectations, are practical and sustainable.
Skills and Experience – Over three decades providing business leadership, strategy and planning, stakeholder relations,
infrastructure solutions, and project management. Has led many engineering and environmental assignments in
national and international markets. Has considerable experience operating in public, university and private sectors.
Key areas of expertise include the following.
 Project leader for the planning, design and execution of complex infrastructure projects
 Client relationship management, business development and stakeholder engagement
 International business leader – Australia, NZ, Middle East, S-E Asia
 Business strategy, corporate governance and risk management
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dates Employers Positions held
March 2016  Permanent return to Adelaide to live and work
2013 – 2016 WorleyParsons  Manager Water and Environment, Qatar
 Projects Portfolio Manager, Qatar – infrastructure
2005 – 2013 GHD Pty Ltd  Country Manager UAE – buildings, water/wastewater, transportation and
environmental
 Business Manager Infrastructure and Resources, South Australia –
transportation, aviation, water, mining, power and security
 Business Group Manager, Sydney – water and environment
1997 – 2005 Sydney Water
Corporation
 CEO, Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd
 General Manager Business Development, Sydney Water Corporation
 General Manager Engineering, Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd
1989 – 1997 University of NSW  Consulting Manager, Unisearch Ltd (wholly owned by UNSW)
 Executive Officer, Australian Water and Coastal Studies Pty Ltd (a joint
venture company between UNSW and NSW Public Works)
1977 – 1989 NSW Public
Works
 Hydraulics Laboratory and Coastal Engineering Department; most senior
position held was Section Head Coastal Unit

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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), University of NSW, 1976
Diploma of Hydraulic Engineering (Distinction), IHE, Delft, Holland, 1982
Diploma Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2004
REGISTRATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
Fellow of the Institute of Engineer, FIEAust
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, FAICD
Member of Australian Water Association
Previous: Board Committee Memberships for Strategy and Audit (GHD)
Previous: University Industry Advisory Committee (UNSW)
EXPERIENCE
a) Successfully managing projects
Some career achievements include the following.
 Project Director (PD) and/or Project Manager (PM) for complex assignments. For example:
o Qatar Economic Zone 3 master planning, preliminary engineering, environmental assessment,
building information management (BIM), sustainability certification, and all government approvals
for the creation of a 34km2
economic zone (infrastructure included roads, water, electrical, telecoms
and district cooling) [PD+PM];
o Rouse Hill infrastructure development (a 30,000 home development with third pipe connection)
[PD];
o Sydney Desalination Project as the Owner’s Engineer (for feasibility and concept design stages) [PD];
o Biosolids management and reuse strategy for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (the first in UAE) [PD+PM]];
o Performance based road maintenance contract for Abu Dhabi (the first PBMC in UAE) [PD+PM]; and
o Development of an accredited Environmental Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) for
the Abu Dhabi Police Department [PD].
 Project Director for a number of design and construct contracts including:
o Qatar Integrated Security Forces Infrastructure Development (5km2
security camp):

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o New York University in Abu Dhabi;
o Dubai University Hospital project;
o Liverpool to Ashfield sewage transfer pipeline in Sydney; and
o Rouse Hill STP Upgrade in Sydney.
 Managing the engineering business for Australian Water Technologies (AWT) that successfully delivered over
1000 projects including:
o environmental and systems planning projects in New Zealand;
o Fort Bonifacio infrastructure design (Philippines);
o Inland and coastal sewage treatment plant upgrades in NSW;
o Sydney watermains scrubbing program;
o Sydney Overflow Abatement Program; and
o Warragamba Spillway construction.
 Executive participation in the development of strategies for Sydney in regard to guaranteeing quality water
supply, maintaining asset condition, meeting OHS and environmental performance requirements, and
maintaining financial sustainability.
 Managing the partnership between the NSW Environment Protection Authority and Sydney Water
Corporation to develop and execute environmental performance programs for the deep water ocean disposal
of effluent for Sydney. These programs covered both pre and post commissioning phases.
 Leadership of Sydney Water’s stormwater business with assets comprising over 500km of trunk drainage,
pump stations and wetlands. These assets interacted with 31 of the 41 Councils in the Sydney metropolitan
area.
b) Multidisciplinary team leadership abilities
Jeff has worked closely with diverse range of contractors, engineering teams, planners, economists, scientists
and community relation experts, and with people of many different cultural backgrounds, to deliver projects
including large land development projects, treatment plants, asset condition assessments, conveyance pipelines,
storage tanks, an international university, a teaching hospital, ocean outfalls, coastal land development schemes,
backlog sewerage schemes, alternate water supply initiatives, and a biosolids program. He has managed teams
involving various disciplines from multiple organisations, a notable example being the offshore environmental
studies for Sydney’s three deep tunnel outfalls and the biosolids strategy for Abu Dhabi.
He has significant experience in working with state/regional/local governments in Australia and New Zealand.
For example, he worked closely with stakeholders on the design and implementation of land protection
measures for many of the coastal councils in NSW (including Ballina Shire, Great Lakes Shire, Port Stephens Shire,
Newcastle City, Lake Macquarie Shire, Gosford City and Shellharbour Shire). He was also a member NSW
government, Queensland Government and Gold Coast City group that negotiated the transfer of coastal sand
reserves from the Tweed to Gold Coast beaches.
His leadership of large and complex projects has often involved drawing on the expertise of technical specialists
across various fields and international locations. Recent, exemplary examples of this practice has been the Abu
Dhabi biosolids strategy and the Qatar Economic Zone 3 industrial park (master plan and engineering design).

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c) Development and maintenance of client and stakeholder relations
Jeff has been in the role of Client Relationship Manager (CRM) to MANATEQ (a Qatar government developer),
Nakheel (a Dubai government developer), Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Sydney Water Corporation, Abu
Dhabi Sewerage Services Company, and South Australian Water Corporation.
Jeff was also responsible for establishing and maintaining an Alliance Agreement between the Government of Fiji
and Sydney Water. He was also responsible for positioning and securing GHD’s appointments to both Sydney
Water and SA Water consulting panels (3+2 year preferred provider contracts).
d) Communication, negotiation and contracts
Jeff has managed business units up to 450 people and can demonstrate key outcomes in regard to strategic
frameworks, customer focus, market growth, up-skilling staff, corporate governance, risk management and
product development. Achieving business improvements and commercial returns was underpinned by frequent
and clear communications including ‘walk the talk’, staff presentations, newsletters, etc.
He has reported to company Boards for six years, been a member of Board committees (Audit Committee,
Strategy Committee) and advisory committees (University of NSW Industry Advisory Committee), presented at
conferences and business forums, written well over 100 significant reports and edited many more.
He has considerable experience in contracts and negotiations through repeated involvement in complex
assignments, including design and construct projects, and through business leadership positions, including CEO
and international leadership roles where situation based negotiation skills are imperative.