GECA Director Biographies (October 2009)

Good Environmental Choice Australia Ltd is a non profit public company that manages the Good Environmental Choice Ecolabelling Program and the Environmental Choice Australia Ecolabel. The organisation is led by an elected Board and a team of executives and staff that manage the organisations activities.
   

THE BOARD

Jack Josephsen B.Eng (Hons)
GECA Chairman

Managing Director
National Maintenance Products Pty Ltd

Jack is the Managing Director of National Maintenance Products Pty Ltd. (NMP) – a company that formulates, manufactures and distributes a range of niche products including industrial protective coatings, industrial and decorative seamless flooring and underwater applied coatings, adhesives and sealants.

NMP was the first coating company in Australia to be eco-certified under the GECA protective coatings standard and all the brands marketed by NMP are eco-certified. 

Educated as an electrical engineer, Jack took on an entrepreneurial path by starting up his first R&D company in 1999, Tech Adhesives Pty Ltd. He has since expanded to encompass full manufacturing and commercialisation of products from conception to leading products in their respective niche markets. 

Jack brings a personal drive that challenges traditional practices and thinking, along with strong environmental philosophies, which in turn leads to constant assessment and improvement of products, procedures and services. 

Bobby Ali-Khan. B. Des. Int. Arch. UTS
Director

National Manager - Sustainable Solutions 
InterfaceFLOR Australia

Bobby in her role at InterfaceFLOR the world's leading sustainable manufacturer of modular carpets, represents the organizations ESD Policies and Programmes across the Government and Commercial Building Sectors. Her experience encompasses Environmental planning, projects roll out and delivery. 

She has a consulting background both locally and internationally in business strategy, change management and workplace performance evaluation. This has been related to corporate organizational structures and facilities management specialising in business effectiveness and productivity. 

Bobby’s experience spans various roles also involving creative and detailed design development, project management and workplace solutions for corporate mergers, office fitouts and base building design. She is a member of the Facility Managers Association of Australia.

Andy Baker
Director

Andy Baker co-founded Mobium Group in 2005, and released the first Living LOHAS in Australia report in 2007. Since launching Mobium Group, the firm’s Living LOHAS Report has been widely quoted, including being described by the Sydney Morning Herald as the ‘benchmark in Australia on purchasing trends and consumer attitudes in the green sector’. 

Andy leads Mobium Group’s strategy consulting practice and is a regular contributor to a range of publications, seminars and conferences in Australia and internationally on topics related to consumers, business and sustainability. He is a former Strategy Consultant at Accenture, where he provided financial analysis and corporate strategy advice to ASX100 Australian companies. He has qualifications in Economics and Ecology.

Sue Holliday
Director

Sue, an economist and planner, is currently Managing Director, Strategies for Change Pty/Ltd, and Chair of the Federal Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council. She is a former Director-General of PlanningNSW, and amongst other things, was an Inaugural Board member of the Green Building Council of Australia and is a former Board member of the Australian Building Codes Board.

She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Certified Practicing Planner, Planning Institute of Australia, Immediate Past President, Planning Institute of Australia and a former Adjunct Professor of the University of Technology, Sydney. She is President of the NSW Building Professionals Board.

Bill Jones B. Commerce (Hons)
Director

Managing Director 
Sustainable Living Fabrics

Suzanne is a scientist, policy advisor, change agent and an experienced communicator.  Her current roles are:

·       Non-Executive Director on the Board of Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority;

·       Vice President (Australia) of the Environment Institute of Australia & New Zealand.

Equipped with a chemical / geological education, Suzanne’s career spans a very broad range of leadership positions over 30 years, as the former:

·       Environmental Market Development Manager, SAI Global;

·       Director, Environmental Systems and Compliance, the Olympic Coordination Authority;  

·       Principal Consultant, Sustainability, Maunsell Australia;

·       Environment Consultant to the Sydney Water Corporation Priority Sewerage Program Alliance;

·       Environmental Compliance Manager, Vodafone Australia;

·       Environment Project Leader, The Australian Gas Light Company; and

·       Policy Officer, Electricity Commission of NSW. 

As a certified Lead Environmental Auditor, Suzanne designed or implemented four Environmental Management Systems in major Australian organisations (AGL, Olympic Coordination Authority, Sydney Water’s Priority Sewerage Program and Vodafone Australia).  

With twelve years experience in the NSW Government sector she has a diverse background in government policy-making.  While Environment Director for the 2000 Olympics, she provided sensitive advice on environment policy to the Olympics’ Director-General.  Also during the critical two-year preparation for the Sydney Games she drafted correspondence for ministerial responses on complex environmental controversies surrounding the ‘Green Games’.

It was Suzanne’s job to interpret the Environmental Guidelines and translate sustainability into practice, to enable the building of all 20 Olympic venues.  In this manner she provided strategic, technical leadership for the construction of the Australian showcase of sustainability to the world.

Director
Indigo Direct Pty Ltd

Glen currently holds the position of Director for Indigo Direct Pty Ltd, and is a key member of the Management team. This role focuses on sourcing ethical & environmental products and services in line with the evolving business needs of both the corporate and government sectors; this has been achieved with best practise approaches to minimise the environmental impact of a company's sales & marketing strategies and delivering quality service.

Glen is a business consultant, mentor and advisor. He continues to conduct seminars & workshops in sales & marketing, business planning and financial management and has been a facilitator and mentor in the Women in Business Program-Industry & Investment NSW for over 8 years.

Katie Patrick B. Eng.
Director

Chief Executive Officer
Green Pages Pty Ltd

Katie began her career as an environmental engineer and project manager for commercial and residential construction projects. She has been involved in a range of environmental advocacy and policy development through such roles as Vice Chair of the Property Council Sustainability Committee. She is a regular media commentator on environmental business issues and a contributor for The Age newspaper.

Katie has a fundamental objective to grow the commercial market share of products that are good for the environment and she is also a passionate advocate of the involvement of the creative arts and design in furthering the concept of "green" as a landmark brand.

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