Asset Management Council Officers

Board

David Daines

National Chair, Board

Glenn Ingram

Board, Nominating Committee, Audit Committee, Immediate Past Chair

Monique Beedles

Board

Toby Horstead

Board, Audit Committee

Michael Killeen

Board

Nominations Committee

John Hardwick

Asset and maintenance management professionals must argue the case for the importance of the discipline in Australia’s boardrooms and help educate directors in how asset management adds value to a business says John Hardwick, AMCouncil representative and current chair of World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM) chair of . This is as much a reflection of the financial contribution that asset management can make to an organization, as it is of the way in which the practices and methodologies of the discipline have evolved in barely a decade.

Having seen many significant changes in the evolution of the Asset Management Council since 2005, Mr. Hardwick also signals the need to “re-engage with our roots and the maintenance engineers whose vision helped establish the Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia. “Maintenance and the information gathered from maintenance activities are the foundation of the effective technical and financial management of assets, “he said.

It is also time for the Asset Management Council to engage on a world stage as similar professional bodies espouse global identities. “We need a clear understanding of the skill sets that asset and maintenance engineers might have, depending on where they were trained. With similar professional bodies we need to share knowledge about our membership, our training courses and about the organizations which sponsor us. We need to speak a common language,” he said. As one of the first steps towards these objectives, he will soon oversee the launch of AMC certification of individuals in various areas of asset management.

Mr. Hardwick is executive manager, maintenance and replacement planning with Energy Australia (NSW), a state-owned corporation whose shareholder is the NSW Government. Working for one of the largest energy suppliers in Australia, Mr. Hardwick is responsible for the strategic management of all Energy Australia (EA) network system assets. His office must be able to justify the company’s network system assets, both from a financial and a technical perspective, with the Australian Energy Regulator which oversees all east coast energy companies. “We need to prove the efficiency of assets in order to obtain funding,” Mr. Hardwick says. He says working in a non-competitive environment in many ways has helped highlight the importance of asset management and encouraged him and his EA colleagues to share their knowledge with other government and commercial organizations for whom a return on the value of their assets might be seen as even more important.

John Hardwick brings a decade of membership to the national chair, having joined MESA when he was assigned to implement new maintenance standards for Energy Australia. “At that time no one in the electricity industry had the required tools, techniques and audit capabilities so I looked to a professional forum in which knowledge could be exchanged. “The benefits of membership quickly became obvious. One could embrace an industry-wide view of where other organisations were heading with asset management because MESA and the Asset Management Council are cross-industry. Membership enables one to stay at the forefront and influence the direction of asset management.” He recalls that it took some time for EA to value membership of MESA because initially he was seen as being involved purely for the acquisition of technical knowledge and skills. “In the same way that financial management is not just about accounting, asset management is not simply about technical knowledge and skills, “he said.

His first official role at MESA was to chair the Sydney chapter followed more recently by a year as vice national chair. Over the period of his membership, John has presented at numerous conferences and meetings. He was the 2002 recipient of the MESA Steve Maxwell Leadership Award and in 2005 led the team which received the Australian Maintenance Engineering Excellence Awards.

Glenn Ingram

Glenn has over 35 years experience in the Mining Industry with over 18 years in Senior Management positions including Group wide roles for 3 Global major mining companies. His career includes working extensively in Asset
Management, Maintenance, Operations, Reliability, Major Projects, Major Maintenance Shutdowns, Process Safety and Tailings Governance for companies operating in Australia, New Zealand, Papa New Guinea, Indonesia, Canada,
Africa and USA. He has experience in most Asset Management Organisational design positions after working from an apprentice right through to General Management. Glenn has been associated with the AMCouncil since the early 90’s
(MESA Perth Chapter) and in the last 8 years was inaugural chairman of the certification Scheme AMCouncil, a director since 2012 and is currently Immediate Past National Chair, Deputy National Chairman and Current Chair of the Audit
and Risk Committee.
Glenn holds trade, bachelor, post graduate and masters degree qualifications in mechanical and business administration areas and holds certification as a CMRP, CFAM along with fellowship in the IEAust.

Keith Paintin

I am a member if the Institite of Asset Management (Uk),as well as the AMC and so hold dual AM nationality. I hold the certification in Asset Managment, To me AM is applied common sense, it should start at the top of the organisation and cascade down. I was responsible for the full implementation of an AMS within a multi utility in the Middle East, that provided me with valuable expereriences which I have utilised to the benefit of clients in later assignments.

Audit Committee

Glenn Ingram

Glenn has over 35 years experience in the Mining Industry with over 18 years in Senior Management positions including Group wide roles for 3 Global major mining companies. His career includes working extensively in Asset
Management, Maintenance, Operations, Reliability, Major Projects, Major Maintenance Shutdowns, Process Safety and Tailings Governance for companies operating in Australia, New Zealand, Papa New Guinea, Indonesia, Canada,
Africa and USA. He has experience in most Asset Management Organisational design positions after working from an apprentice right through to General Management. Glenn has been associated with the AMCouncil since the early 90’s
(MESA Perth Chapter) and in the last 8 years was inaugural chairman of the certification Scheme AMCouncil, a director since 2012 and is currently Immediate Past National Chair, Deputy National Chairman and Current Chair of the Audit
and Risk Committee.
Glenn holds trade, bachelor, post graduate and masters degree qualifications in mechanical and business administration areas and holds certification as a CMRP, CFAM along with fellowship in the IEAust.

Steve Doran

Steve Doran is the Director of Infrastream Pty Ltd, a firm that specializes in helping clients to make innovation happen in Asset Management.

Steve’s professional journey began as a Civil Engineer, and in over 20 years of being employed in the utilities sector and mainly operations and maintenance, his passion for all aspects of business improvement, and particularly innovation, grew.

In this time, he held a variety of leadership positions aligned to that passion, such as Process Improvement Leader – Asset Management and Maintenance Analysis and Innovation Manager at Sydney Water, and as a performance Consultant in the United Kingdom’s privatised utilities sector. He is a long time member of IEAUST and an active member of the Asset Management Council.

Since changing his career course in 2007 to establish Infrastream, Steve has successfully supported many clients to lead asset management improvement and is keen to share the learnings from this success.

Toby Horstead
As a strategic Asset Management lead in the Solutions & Technology team at WSP, I bring more than 20 years’ experience working as the asset steward and with asset owners to develop strategic solutions to asset management challenges and opportunities.

I am currently on the Board of the Asset Management Council, and I previously led the development and management of network and asset strategy for the Asset Standards Authority (ASA) within Transport for NSW.

In my role at the ASA I was tasked with developing and maintaining engineering assurance frameworks that reflect a whole of asset life approach across the $130B asset base and growth programs. I also led the development of the Asset Management Framework (AMF) and Governance Structure for Transport for NSW.

Before joining the ASA I was responsible for the overall strategic approach and direction of the $1.1B Sydney Trains Asset Maintenance Program, and prior to that the strategy and prioritisation of the RailCorp $350M Track, Civil and Stations maintenance programs. Whilst at RailCorp, I developed and documented the Asset Management and Corridor Plans for the Sydney Metropolitan rail network.

Professional qualifications and education:

FIEAust, EngExec, CPEng

Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA)

Graduate Certificate Engineering Asset Management
Wollongong University, 2009

Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (Hons), University of Technology Sydney, 1999

Andrew Sneesby

Andrew has over 40 years of professional experience, including 32 years in senior management roles within local and state government agencies. He is currently employed as a Principal Strategic Asset Management Consultant with GHD and has worked in Australia, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa and currently holds the position of Chapter Chair Tasmania, for the Asset Management Council of Australia. Andrew spent four years as Program Manager, leading a consortium of major consulting firms in the USA in developing an asset management program for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to this Andrew worked with the Brisbane City Council, Queensland, in the position of Strategic Asset Advisor, Andrew led a team in the award winning development of a web based knowledge management system that could be used by all Brisbane City business units for an information library on AM related topics. Following the initial development of the Brisbane web tool, a roll out was implemented to the Governments of Queensland and the Northern Territory. With the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and Water Research Foundation (WRF) USA, for the past six years Andrew has held the position of Principal Investigator Program Manager for the development of the SIMPLE Tool, (Sustainable Infrastructure Management Program Learning Environment) for the two research foundations. Andrew is currently providing training in asset management through the Institute of Municipal Engineers South Africa for engineering and technical staff to all the major cities in South Africa.

Executives

CEO

The Asset Journal Editor

Ernst Krauss

Ernst Krauss Qualifications: CFAM; CPEng; BEng (Electrical); Master of Technology, Grad Dip Reliability Engineering. Current: Providng Asset Management solutions across a wide spectrum of Asset Management elements to Organsiations. Immediate past position: Advisory in Asset Management, Reliability Management and Processes, Integrity, Operational Readiness. Consulting in Asset Integrity and Asset Management; Maintenance Management and Reliability. Previously: Principal Reliability Engineer, Production, Woodside Energy Ltd. Experience & Interests: More than 40 years experience in Engineering design, installation, commissioning and operations support in general and in Oil and Gas Industries, Mining and process Industries, specific interests are Asset Management, Infrastructure capability, Safety and Reliability Engineering, Asset capability assurance, Functional Safety. Apart from professional interests, Music, Literature, Photography, Visual Arts.

Liaison Commissioner

Peter Kohler

Peter Kohler B.E (Mech), Certified Fellow in Asset Management
Peter is a mechanical engineer who spent some 26 years in the Royal Australian Navy. During that time he championed the principles of asset management and developed and implemented the first CMMS used within the RAN.
He left the RAN in 1996 and set up an asset management consultancy, that consultancy continues today.
Peter is the AMBoK Commissioner for the Asset Management Council, in Australia.
The role of the AMBoK Commissioner is to develop and steward the AM Council's asset management knowledge - hence his involvement in ISO PC251 for the development of the ISO 5500X series Asset Management standard, as well as his involvement with TC 56, the IEC's international Dependability committee.

International Representations

GFMAM

Dave Daines
John Hardwick

WPiAM

Dave Daines
John Hardwick

TC251/ISO5500x

Martin Kerr

Chapter Chairs

Adelaide Chapter		michael.nicholas@amcouncil.com.au
Brisbane Chapter	Keith Paintin I am a member if the Institite of Asset Management (Uk),as well as the AMC and so hold dual AM nationality. I hold the certification in Asset Managment, To me AM is applied common sense, it should start at the top of the organisation and cascade down. I was responsible for the full implementation of an AMS within a multi utility in the Middle East, that provided me with valuable expereriences which I have utilised to the benefit of clients in later assignments.	keith.paintin@amcouncil.com.au
Canberra Chapter
Darwin Chapter		Stephen.Vlahovic@amcouncil.com.au
Gippsland Chapter	Gopinath Chattopadhyay Gopi has 37 years of experience in asset and maintenance management area in facilities, rail, manufacturing, power generation, mining, power transmission, academic operation, research and industrial project finance in India, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Sweden. Gopi is now post graduate program coordinator for maintenance and reliability engineering (MRE) programs in Federation University, He was Principal Consultant for Asset Management in Cardno and Professor of Strategic Asset Management at the Central Queensland University (CQU) in recent past. Since graduation in 1979 Gopi has worked as engineer, manager, consultant, lead researcher, professor and team manager in asset management and maintenance projects. He has undertaken asset and maintenance management, project appraisal, planning, procurement and contract management with Metal Box(I), IBP Balmer Lawrie(I), IFCI(I), QR, QRNational, ARTC, Rail Corp, LKAB, PERTAMINA and Swedish Rail. After starting his career with design engineering, Gopi moved to management services in industrial project financing and planning and later on moved to project management, operations management, asset planning and maintenance, quality systems, asset management, planning and procurement covering tender preparation, tender assessment, vendor development and contract management.	gopinath.chattopadhyay@amcouncil.com.au
Hobart Chapter		clint.mcdonald@amcouncil.com.au

Melbourne Chapter

david.alexander@amcouncil.com.au

New Zealand Chapter

rex.harland@amcouncil.com.au

Newcastle Chapter

Overseas Chapter

Perth Chapter

carla.boehl@amcouncil.com.au

Sydney Chapter

david.spiteri@amcouncil.com.au

Special Interest Group (SIG)

Data in Asset Management	Julian Watts Background: Julian’s expertise enable clients’ to realise maximum value from their physical and digital assets. He does this through an outcome based and inclusive approach to strategic asset management that harnesses innovations in data and technology to inform better whole life value for money decisions. Julian is a strategic thinker with over 20 years’ experience in engineering management disciplines. He has focused the last 13 years’ leading teams to develop client centric asset frameworks and strategies for energy, utilities, transportation and government clients across Australia, New Zealand, USA, UAE and the UK. Professional and Industry Experience: Julian is recognised a Council Member of the Institute of Asset Management, an ISO55001 Endorsed Assessor and a Committee Member of the Association for Geographic Information. Julian regularly offers influential thought leadership to bring people along the journey of asset management excellence. Qualifications: ¦ Masters of Business Administration, Open University Business School, 2013 - 2016 ¦ Diploma in Asset Management, Institute of Asset Management, 2015 ¦ Certificate in Asset Management, Institute of Asset Management, 2015 ¦ ISO55001/PAS-55 Endorsed Assessor and Auditor, Institute of Asset Management, 2011 ¦ Vocational Grad Cert, Physical Asset Management, Chifley Business School (GHD), 2008 - 2012 ¦ Mastering Project Management, PCG Project Management, 2005 ¦ Bachelor of Applied Science, Massey University, 1999 - 2004 Experience - Rail: ¦ Asset Information Transformation Strategy Lead for High Speed Rail. Engagement lead in a 4-year partnership for a GBP£60bn programme that included policy development, procurement readiness, up-skilling of staff and supply chain, benefit logic mapping and a 10 year roadmap with change implementation plan to embed asset information modelling capabilities and digital technologies. ¦ ISO55000 Management System Development Lead for UK Train Operating Company. Designed and developed an asset management system to ensure safety critical operations of a new franchise. Included identifying strategic, tactical and operational gaps of the management system and to design a roadmap to achieving ISO55001 certification. Provided direction to the delivery team in implementing the transformational roadmap. ¦ Enhanced Decision Support Asset Management Specialist for Rail Infrastructure Manager. Delivered the business case to realise over GBP£116m in CAPEX efficiencies in the 5 year electrification plan. Achieved by engaging with key stakeholders and end users to understand investment decision criteria for People, Processes, Information and Technology to drive better decisions and whole life value. ¦ Whole Life Cost Model, Business Requirements Specialist for Rail Infrastructure Manager. To specify and design a whole life, whole systems model for the economic value for money business case to support optimised decision making. Organisation wide engagement was achieved to capture business and functional requirements to align strategy, programme, costs, risks, BIM, engineering and future operations. ¦ Revenue and Capacity Modelling for Trail Operating Franchise Bid. Managed development of 15-year revenue and demand forecasting and crowding models. Provided direction for stations and depots asset management strategy to demonstrate a reduction in total cost of ownership. ¦ Asset Performance Improvement Strategic Advisor for Rail Infrastructure Manager. Analysed asset and operational failures causing train delays to identify changes in ways of working to improve performance for the strategic 5 year plan. Leadership was provided to develop site specific reliability management plans in collaboration with the train operator. ¦ Strategic Facilitator for Rail Regulator. Providing specialist asset management guidance to better develop performance measures for determining appropriate governance of train stations. This included how to measure improvements of customer experience and how responsibility can be transferred and measured by the outsourced operator. Experience - Roads: ¦ Asset Management Plan Development Lead for NZ Public Transport Provider. Developed and aligned an AMP framework centric to customer outcomes and long term community plans. Included facilitating workshops on levels of service, risk management and life cycle management. Included reviewing data from the asset systems and redefining asset hierarchies. ¦ Asset Investment Decision Criteria Principal Analyst for US Metro Transport Authority. Worked with senior stakeholders across the subway and bus departments to define investment decision criteria, information modelling and portfolio optimisation at the Business, Network and Asset Planning levels for the 2015-19 USD$26bn capital plan. ¦ Gap Analysis & Improvement Plan Project Lead for US Metro Transport Authority. Provided strategic direction to improve business efficiencies and confidence in decision making by developing an organisation wide ISO55001 asset management gap analysis improvement plans with implementation plan for the roadmap. This included the redevelopment of internal reporting framework processes that have become standard practice. ¦ Asset Management Capability Self-Assessment Tool for State Highways Agency. Developed a self-assessment tool designed for use by all Road Controlling Authorities to illustrate the influence that data and analysis have on decision making with the ability to benchmark results. ¦ Long Term Financial Forecasts for Local Highways Authority. Developed financial forecasts to be used in the LTCCP and LTP Online process. This demonstrates the ability to understand business needs and provide direction to achieve an advanced level of asset planning. Also liaise and interpret requirements between Council relationships. ¦ Traffic Management Unit System Review for National Transport Agency. Defined requirements for a status reporting system on projects, programmes and portfolios including the ability to record staff and contractor cost and time spent on the projects. Engaged with staff and recommended potential systems to be used as a basis for system testing. ¦ Asset Valuation Delivery Lead for State Highways and Local Roads. Led the revaluation and insurance assessment of treatment and distribution assets and provide recommendations based on findings, including reviewing EAM data to analyse asset hierarchies and spatial analysis of renewals. Included further optimisation of renewal locations, deterioration curves that significantly improved how the authority forecasts capital renewals. Experience - Water: ¦ Gap Analysis & Improvement Plan Project Lead for Multiple Water Authorities. Provided strategic direction to improve business efficiencies and confidence in decision making by developing an organisation wide ISO55001 asset management gap analysis improvement plans with implementation plan for the roadmap. This included the redevelopment of internal reporting framework processes that have become standard practice. ¦ Asset Management Plan Development Lead for Multiple Water and Wastewater Providers. Developed and aligned an AMP framework centric to customer outcomes and long term community plans. Included facilitating workshops on levels of service, risk management and life cycle management. ¦ Mobile Workflow Management System Project Lead for Water and Wastewater Authority. Captured requirements for operational teams to categorise requests from customers to dispatch to appropriate utilities field staff and receive intermittent updates. This implemented the ability for effective KPI reporting including contract and field staff management. ¦ Valuation Delivery Lead for Multiple Water & Wastewater Providers. To undertake revaluation and insurance assessment of treatment and distribution assets and provide recommendations based on findings, including reviewing EAM data to analyse asset hierarchies and spatial analysis of renewals. Included further optimisation of renewal locations, deterioration curves that have significantly improved how the authority forecasts capital renewals. ¦ Business Case Development for Hydro Site Identification. Identified a short list of optimal potential hydro sites from 130 locations spread over 150,000 km². Included spatial analysis of all relevant land features, downstream affects, site assess issues and development of 3D visualisations in to illustrate terrain. Experience - Property: ¦ Gap Analysis & Improvement Plan Project Lead for National Museum. To provide strategic direction to improve business efficiencies and confidence in decision making by developing an organisation wide ISO55001 equivalent gap analysis improvement plans with supporting project sheets to implement recommendations. This included the redevelopment of internal reporting frameworks and interview processes that have become standard practice. ¦ Property Asset Management Plan Development Lead. Developed and aligned a Property AMP framework centric to customer outcomes and long term community plans. Included facilitating workshops on levels of service, risk management and life cycle management. Included reviewing data from the property system and redefining asset hierarchies. ¦ Asset Policy Lead Reviewer for Train Stations and Operational Property Manager. The lead reviewer for a rail operator’s customer performance data to redevelop asset policies. This provided insight into the confidence of renewals plans robustness and sustainability to support the regulators required 18% CAPEX reduction in the 5 year strategic business plan. ¦ Asset Performance Improvement Framework Strategic Advisor. To analyse asset and operational performance of the infrastructure and how the 5 year work plan would impact performance. Following this leadership was provided to develop site specific performance and reliability management plans. ¦ Regulator’s Strategic Facilitator for Stations Performance. Providing specialist property asset management guidance to better develop performance measures for determining appropriate governance of the estate. This included how to measure improvements of customer experience and how responsibility can be transferred and measured by the outsourced operator. Experience - Cross-sector: ¦ Enterprise Asset Management System Requirements for Multiple NZ Local Authorities. Lead reviewer of AM processes and data quality of existing systems for Airports, Parks, Property, Roads and Waters. Developed tenders and arranged vendor presentations to assess compatibility against requirements. Provided recommendations on how to improve the use of applications, data confidence and decision making ability to transform the way Council coordinates asset ownership. ¦ Vulnerability Assessment Project Lead for City Infrastructure. Led a team of Council staff in identifying and recording critical assets that would be potentially vulnerable during different natural disaster events that delivered a register of assets and geospatial files to the regional Lifelines Advisory Group and informed emergency response procedures along with securing funding for asset improvements. ¦ Enterprise Asset Management System Requirements Lead for UAE Government. Developed predicative analysis and asset intervention requirements for an EAM in the Middle East. Developed a tender and arranged vendor presentations for supplier selection. Recommended improvements in decision making ability that transformed coordinated asset ownership. ¦ Asset System Strategy Developer for UK Hub Airport. Translated business requirements for an international hub airport into technical asset system strategies. Included separation of the water distribution and fire supply networks. Defined the systems purpose, information requirements, whole life value requirements and renewals selection criteria. Publications and Speaking Engagements: ¦ Watts, J. Improved asset management the biggest advantage of information modelling, ICE Triennial Summit, 2015, London, UK ¦ Watts, J. Enhancing asset management through information modelling and digital technology, IET – IAM Conference, 2015, London, UK ¦ Watts, J. ISO55000 overview and implementation, IBM Maximo Airports Summit, 2015, London, UK ¦ Watts, J. and Garia, M. Implementing asset management and optimising performance, IET – IAM Conference, 2014, London, UK ¦ Watts, J. Leveraging the benefits between asset management and BIM, AGI Big 5, 2014, Bristol, UK ¦ Shetty, N., Watts, J., Hayes, A., & Pocock, D., Leveraging the benefits between asset management and BIM, Assets Magazine Publication, ICE, 2013, London, UK ¦ Watts, J. Reducing Critical Service Loss through Coordinated Resilience Planning. ESRI International UC, 2012, San Diego, USA ¦ Watts, J. Reducing Critical Service Loss through Coordinated Resilience Planning. GIS Research UK, 2012, Lancaster University, UK ¦ Watts, J. Christchurch Earthquake Hazard Analysis and Risk Mitigation. GIS Research UK, 2012, Lancaster University, UK ¦ Watts, J and Brown, K. Reducing Critical Service Loss through Spatial Triple Bottom Line Planning, Transportation Research Board, 2012, Washington, D.C., (Submitted) ¦ Watts, J and Rae, D. Water Main Scouring Project Data Capture & Import. New Zealand Hansen User Group Conference 2007. Christchurch, New Zealand ¦ Morton, P and Watts, J. Major Assets Summary - Briefing for the Executive Management Team. Dunedin City Council 2006. Dunedin, New Zealand ¦ Watts, J. Water Plant & Facility Valuation & Hansen Implementation - New Zealand Hansen User Group Conference 2006. Christchurch, New Zealand ¦ Schmid, O, Watts, J and Rae, D. Impacts of Asset Performance, Dunedin Thunderstorm Event Analysis. New Zealand Hansen User Group Conference 2005. Rotorua, New Zealand ¦ Watts, J. How GPS can be Beneficial to the Water & Waste Services Business Unit. 2004. Dunedin, New Zealand	julian.watts@amcouncil.com.au
Defence		andrei.ezergailis@amcouncil.com.au
Government Community of Practice	Toby Horstead As a strategic Asset Management lead in the Solutions & Technology team at WSP, I bring more than 20 years’ experience working as the asset steward and with asset owners to develop strategic solutions to asset management challenges and opportunities. I am currently on the Board of the Asset Management Council, and I previously led the development and management of network and asset strategy for the Asset Standards Authority (ASA) within Transport for NSW. In my role at the ASA I was tasked with developing and maintaining engineering assurance frameworks that reflect a whole of asset life approach across the $130B asset base and growth programs. I also led the development of the Asset Management Framework (AMF) and Governance Structure for Transport for NSW. Before joining the ASA I was responsible for the overall strategic approach and direction of the $1.1B Sydney Trains Asset Maintenance Program, and prior to that the strategy and prioritisation of the RailCorp $350M Track, Civil and Stations maintenance programs. Whilst at RailCorp, I developed and documented the Asset Management and Corridor Plans for the Sydney Metropolitan rail network. Professional qualifications and education: FIEAust, EngExec, CPEng Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) Graduate Certificate Engineering Asset Management Wollongong University, 2009 Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (Hons), University of Technology Sydney, 1999	toby.horstead@amcouncil.com.au
Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management		shane.scriven@amcouncil.com.au
Power	Wendy McPate FIEAust CPEng EngExec RPEQ BEng (Elec) Wendy McPate has 20 years' experience across multiple sectors in both Australia and the United Kingdom; commencing her career in mining, resource, sugar, petrochemical and transitioning to the utility and energy sectors. She has a proven history of success in delivering outcomes and improvements in Asset Management, Project and technical Risk Management, engineering and maintenance. Her experience working as both a client and a consultant enables her to understand their respective influences and commercial drivers. Wendy is currently the Asset Management Manager at Origin Energy for the Power Generation Business Unit which covers Gas, Coal and Hydro Generation assets geographically dispersed across Australia. Wendy has the Engineers Australia credentials of Professional Engineer Fellow, Engineering Executive, Chartered Engineer, Registered Engineer of Queensland and is on the National Engineering Register. Wendy has a Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, an Associate Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Distinction) and a Graduate Certificate in Asset Management