Sustainability & Resilience SIG

Hanane Fare
(Chair)  

Hana Fares is the Chair of the Asset Management Council’s Sustainability in Asset Management (SRIAM) Committee. She is a senior asset and Infrastructure leader with more that 15 years’ experience across Defence, Health, Transport, Education and Community portfolios, specialising in sustainable, resilient and technology enabled asset management.

Her career spans complex capital programs, operational portfolios, PPP environments and Statewide reform initiatives. Hana has led major work in lifecycle planning, governance uplift, risk and compliance frameworks, and strategic asset insights strengthening organisational capability and embedding sustainability and resilience principles into long term planning and decision-making.

Hanane brings a strong interdisciplinary foundation to the profession, underpinned by postgraduate qualifications in Fire Safety Engineering, a master’s degree in Facilities Management, and a Diploma in Property Services (Real Estate). She also holds advanced studies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, enabling her to integrate data, digital tools, and emerging technologies into asset management practice. This combination of engineering, facilities, property, and technology expertise informs her approach to climate resilience, lifecycle optimisation, and the design of adaptive, future‑ready asset systems.

As Chair of SRiAM, Hanane leads national collaboration across industry, government, academia, and practitioners to advance best practice in sustainable and resilient asset management. She is committed to supporting capability uplift across the profession and promoting approaches that deliver low‑impact, resilient, and community‑centred asset outcomes.

Indy Sehra
(Vice Chair)

Indy Sehra is the Founder and Director of City of Assets, a boutique, vendor-agnostic asset management consultancy established in 2023.

With over 20 years of experience in the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) industry across local government, water, transport, and infrastructure sectors, Indy founded City of Assets to provide independent, practical, and outcome-focused advisory services to asset-intensive organisations.

Now approaching 3 years in operation, City of Assets continues to support councils, utilities, and infrastructure providers in strengthening their asset management maturity — aligning systems, processes, data, and governance to enable better decision-making and long-term sustainability.

The mission remains clear: to bridge the gap between current capability and future state asset management excellence. In a world facing significant infrastructure backlogs and increasing community expectations, City of Assets is committed to delivering structured, vendor-agnostic advice that supports intergenerational equity and resilient, well-managed communities.

As Vice-Chair of SRiAM, Indy actively supports the integration of sustainability and resilience into practical asset management outcomes across the industry.

David J Simpson
(Secretary)

David J Simpson is the founder and managing director of Resilient & Adaptive Infrastructure Advisory (RAIA).

David has asset management experience across commercial real estate, mining sites, schools, hospitals, local councils, and sporting & entertainment venues. In this time, David has seen the integral role sustainability and resilience plays in the maintaining long-term success in public infrastructure.

With a strong foundation in capital planning, David specialises in data-driven and risk-based decision making. His work integrates asset management with emerging climate resilience needs to ensure infrastructure remains, safe, functional, and accessible for communities.

The successful approach is grounded in evidence, purpose, and optimism. David believes that by making deliberate, informed choices today, we can leave this world richer for future generations.

As Secretary of SRiAM, David aims to develop clear and simple technical guidance for integrating sustainability and resilience in asset management practices across all industries.

Brian Smith

Brian Smith is the founder of AMREP Australia, an Asset Management, Risk Engineering and Project Management Consultancy. Brian is a business and engineering leader with extensive experience across asset‑intensive environments, specialising in the intersection of engineering, strategy, and operational performance. With a background in governance and compliance, asset management, reliability, capital planning, and organisational improvement, Brian brings a practical, systems‑based perspective to managing complex infrastructure over its full lifecycle.

Throughout his career, Brian has worked closely with multidisciplinary teams to translate technical insight into executive‑level decision‑making, supporting organisations to balance risk, cost, performance, and long‑term value. His approach is grounded in evidence, engineering rigour, and a strong appreciation of the human and organisational factors that shape asset outcomes.

Brian has a strong interest in sustainability and resilience as core enablers of effective asset management, particularly in the context of ageing infrastructure, climate risk, and increasing service expectations. He advocates for pragmatic, scalable solutions that embed resilience and sustainability into everyday asset management practice rather than treating them as standalone initiatives.

As a member of the Sustainability and Resilience in Asset Management (SRiAM) Committee, Brian contributes a balanced commercial and engineering lens, supporting the committee’s goal of advancing practical guidance, shared learning, and improved resilience outcomes across the asset management profession.

Dean Price

Dean Price is an Asset Management and Digital Transformation leader at Alstom, with over 20 years of international experience delivering complex maintenance, operations and service programmes across Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe.  He specialises in Asset Management, ISO55001 frameworks and large-scale Digital Transformation, driving the standardisation of asset management practices across diverse operations.  Dean is recognised for combining strong technical expertise with strategic leadership, delivering improved safety, reliability and lifecycle performance while leading high-performing teams.

As a member of the SRiAM committee, Dean is passionate about sustainability and resilience, working to find practical solutions that make a meaningful difference across the asset management community.

Karandeep Chadha

Sloan Trad

Todd Cunningham

Todd Cunningham is the founder of Visura, a systems and technology focused asset management consultancy established in 2026.

Over a 45-year career Todd has seen first-hand how often the gap between what assets are telling you and what decision makers hear determines whether organisations succeed or struggle. That experience spans field operations, asset integrity, and senior asset management roles across the resources and energy sectors, most recently with Chevron.

His particular interest lies in the role emerging technology can play in making asset management more resilient, reducing human error, increasing efficiency, and connecting data to decisions faster than traditional approaches allow. He believes that intelligent tools, applied with good judgement, will reshape how the industry thinks about sustainability and resilience in the next decade.

As a member of SRiAM, Todd brings a collaborative and pragmatic lens to the committee’s work, connecting technical insight with practical tools, contributing to achieving SRiAM goals.