Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation - Board of Directors

 

Michael Tilley is Managing Director of the corporate advisory company Terrain Capital Ltd. Michael lives in Melbourne and is a Chartered Accountant with wide business experience in Australia and overseas.  He is Chair of Vision Super’s Board and Water Industry Representative.  Michael was Chairman of the former Lower Murray Water Region Water Authority.

 

Kay Martin, Deputy Chair and member of the Lower Murray Water Audit Committee, is the Managing Partner in the legal firm Martin, Irwin and Richards and an irrigator in the Merbein Pumped Irrigation District.  Kay has both a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics and has worked in the legal profession since 1977.  She has for many years been a member of the Legal Aid Child Representative Panel and was a former President of the Board of the Mildura Base Hospital and Deputy Chair of the former Sunraysia Rural Water Authority. 

 

 

Peter MacIntosh is a member of the Lower Murray Water Audit Committee and an irrigation farmer from Robinvale with extensive experience in the water industry and horticultural based organisations.  Peter is Chairman of the Table Grape Industry Advisory Committee and President of the Robinvale Golf Club.

 

Frank Smith, was involved as a Director with the former Lower Murray Region Water Authority for some 9 years; and is a qualified Civil Engineer, Building Surveyor and Municipal Engineer who lives in Wangaratta.  Frank worked in Scotland as a Structural Engineer, was a long serving Municipal Engineer with various municipalities in rural Victoria and was also the Engineer at the former Swan Hill Water Board. He has now retired from his own engineering and planning consultancy practice and is currently involved in community activities with a continuing interest in the development of the Lower Murray Water Region.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron Leamon, Managing Director, has over 20 years experience in the water industry and has served as CEO and now Managing Director of Lower Murray Water (LMW).

Ron is a Fellow of the Institute of Water Administration and has served as President of the Executive Council of the Institute of Water Administration.  He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Water & Wastewater Association and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management

 

 

May Ward is an Owner/Director of Bulga Wine Estates, in the Woorinen irrigation district of Swan Hill.  May holds a Diploma of Business - International Marketing and Corporate Governance Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  A former Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councilor of Swan Hill Rural City Council, she maintains a strong community interest. May has considerable experience in the health industry as a Nurse and Midwife and is a former Director on the Swan Hill Hospital Board, a member of its Audit Committee, and Deputy Chair of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee. May is also a member of the Corporation’s Governance Committee and Chair of Lower Murray Water of Southern Urban Customer Consultative Committee.

 

 

Leonie Burrows is Principal of Leonie Burrows and Associates Management Consulting Services and has a background in local government management.  Leonie is Chair of Lower Murray Water’s Audit Committee.  Her previous roles have included Chief Executive Officer, Mildura Rural City Council, Chief Executive Officer, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE and Chief Executive Officer of Australian Citrus Growers.  Leonie has a Bachelor of Arts (Information Science) and Bachelor of Business. She is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Fellow of Local Government Professionals and member of the Australian Institute of Municipal Management and Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

Peter Jones is currently the Chairman of the ADFA, a role which he has held since 2002 and is also a member of the National Farmers Federation Policy Council. He owns and operates an irrigation property in Irymple.