THE BOARD
TONY DE DOMENICO OAM
Chairman
Tony is an experienced director and a highly skilled negotiator. He is a strong business professional and was previously a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly.
ALEX FEARNSIDE
Director
Alex is a collaborative enterprise specialist with twenty years experience in environmental advocacy and executive management in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
RICKI HERSBERGH
Director
Ricki is a dynamic executive manager with over 25 years’ experience in environmental sustainability, waste resource management and the not-for-profit sector. An avid ocean lover, Ricki is passionate to imbue generational change to ensure our blue planet can endure the ongoing impact of human activity on aquatic life.
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FIONA
FREEMAN
Director
Fiona Freeman is an executive advisor, specialising in People and Culture with 20+ years of global experience across diverse industry sectors including Fintech, Investment and Corporate Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications.
Fiona has held c-suite level executive roles working throughout the Asia Pacific region, North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
JAYNE
PARAMOR
Director
Jayne has a 25-year international background across the corporate, government and NFP sectors, with more than a decade focused on environmental sustainability.
She is a passionate advocate for nature, above and below the water and has spent the last five years primarily focused on marine plastic pollution, plastic packaging, waste, recycling and the global circular economy for plastics.
THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL
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DR CHARLENE
TRESTRAIL
Water Pollution Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
Charlene is an award-winning scientist at the University of Technology Sydney. She works to understand how pollution affects marine animals and plants, and has 6 years’ of experience researching the effects of microplastics. Charlene is passionate about using science to empower people to make sustainable choices that conserve marine ecosystems for future generations.
LUKE
VAN DER BEEKE
Founder, The Behaviour Change Collaborative
Luke is the Founder of The Behaviour Change Collaborative, a social enterprise that uses a multidisciplinary approach to address health, social and environmental challenges. Over the past 20 years, he has delivered behaviour change programs, training and advice to government, industry and non-profit organisations across numerous policy areas.
DR PAUL
HARVEY
Technical Advisory Panel Coordinator
Dr Paul Harvey is an award-winning environmental scientist, science communicator, speak and author of the Plasticology Project.
Paul coordinates Plastic Oceans Australasia Technical Advisory Panel which focusses on science related waste and marine protection. In addition to being a prominent scientist, Paul is a familiar face in the media. He has regularly contributed to the discussion on environmental matters as a commentator for Al Jazeera English News, Channel 7, Sunrise, ABC Radio, and many more. Paul is known for being engaging, entertaining and thought provoking. Paul has also been featured in the New Scientist, COSMOS magazines and others.
PROF MARK
HAMANN
Professor, College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University
Mark Hamann is a researcher, lecturer, and Professor in commentary at James Cook University. His research is focussed on how animals and their habitats are impacted by human use of marine environments, and the human dimensions related to marine species management. He has an extensive history of collaboration with researchers in Australia and overseas and published across a variety of scientific fields.
DR JANE
WILLIAMSON
Marine ecologist biologist, Associate Professor, Macquarie University
Jane has over 30 years of experience assessing the healthy functioning of our oceans and understanding the human-induced challenges they face. She has a particular focus on threatened species and biodiversity. Jane is Chair of the NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee and sits on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Sydney Institute of Marine Science. She is committed to reducing plastic impacts on our oceans by integrating scientific knowledge into management decision making.
PROF DAVID
BOOTH
Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney
David Booth has published over 160 papers in reef-fish ecology, climate change and other anthropogenic impacts on fishes and fisheries, in the Caribbean, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales coast, and studies how tropical fish travel down the East Australian Current past Sydney. He is also a strong advocate of sustainable fisheries and marine parks. He is a prominent researcher on the effects of climate change on marine biota, and recently lead author on a climate change report on temperate fishes.
BRIAN
PINKMAN
Senior Sustainability Advisor, CPB Construction
Brian Pinkman works as a Senior Sustainability Advisor for CPB Construction. He graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Science from University of Illinois and recently completed his Master’s degree of Environmental Science from University of Melbourne. Brian’s experience is in major infrastructure projects promoting and implementing sustainability initiatives and outcomes.
STEVE
MASON
Senior Environmental Engineer, Arup
With experience in project advisory, engineering design, environmental approvals and project implementation, Steve has a history of building relationships across a variety project teams, and using this to drive positive outcomes and successful project delivery. Steve has particular interest in the coastal and marine environments where much of his work is focused.