Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Mekong Water Solutions Jonathan brings significant experience across water policy and resource management, international and NGO expertise, government liaison, and organisational leadership, to name a few. As the Chief Executive Officer for Mekong Water Solutions, an eWater Limited branch office in Cambodia in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign […]
Sarah Ransom
Sarah Ransom, General Manager, Australian Water Partnership Sarah is a former Australian diplomat with a background in international development with DFAT, AusAID, the Asian Development Bank and in the UN system. As General Manager of the Australian Water Partnership, Sarah leads a multidisciplinary team managing two DFAT grants focussed on supporting climate resilient sustainable water […]
Mitchell Isaacs
Mitchell Isaacs has worked in water related roles in the NSW Government since 2009 and from November 2020 as the Chief Knowledge Officer, Water Group, in the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Prior to joining the NSW Government, Mitchell worked as a research scientist in Australia and Japan, and as a project management […]
Dr Grace Mitchell
With 25 years’ experience in water resource management, spanning research, policy and planning, and senior executive leadership, Grace brings a wealth of knowledge to the eWater Limited Board. Grace has led numerous high-profile, complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives that have required significant stakeholder engagement and negotiation within and between state and federal governments. With a PhD in […]
Kathryn Silvester
Kathryn has dedicated her career and time in identifying opportunities to achieve better outcomes for whatever organisations she works with and create change for the betterment of people and planet. Kathryn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the eWater Board including her work at the Sydney Water Corporation as Resilience and Climate Changer […]
Greg Claydon
Greg has extensive experience within the water industry as well as natural resources management knowledge and expertise, both in Australia and internationally. He has been recognised at state, national, and international levels for his work in water and associated national resources reforms, in whole of river basins planning and management, and in integrated urban water […]
Deb Brown
Deb Brown is the Executive Director, Catchment Waterways Cities and Towns in the Water and Catchments Group of DELWP. Deb is a trusted and respected water leader with over 20 years’ experience within the public sector. She has broad expertise across water resource management from strategic policy, planning to ‘on the ground’ management. Deb has […]
Marcus Tessema
Damien Pearson
Damien Pearson is committed to the application of technology to solve water management challenges. Damien’s career to-date has focused on technologies to improve water use efficiencies within irrigation areas in the Murray-Darling Basin, the Americas, Central Asia, Northern Africa and Europe. Damien is a systems engineer by training with extensive career experience in hydraulic modelling, […]
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson, Group Chief Executive, eWater Limited Michael commenced as Group Chief Executive of eWater Limited in January 2022, having previously served as Chief Executive of the Australian Water Partnership. Michael joined eWater following a 25-year career in international development, national security and sustainable development policy, including as head of the Australian aid program in […]
Samira Azadi
Samira Azadi, Hydrologist Samira is a water and environmental engineer with over 10 years of research and academic experience in hydrologic and eco-hydrologic modelling, water resources management and environmental impact assessment. Samira has demonstrated experience in implementing remote sensing data, and advanced spatial analytical techniques to assess the impacts of climatic and anthropogenic disturbances on […]
Dr Usman Khalil
Dr Khalil is a water resources engineer, interested in water resources management, flood adaptation, and water storage. Dr Khalil has worked with Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Pakistan and National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) on World Bank and Asian Development Bank-funded projects, including the Dasu Dam Project, Sindh Water Sector Improvement Project, and […]
Dr Sudeep Nair
Dr. Sudeep Nair is a water resources engineer with experience in urban water systems modelling. Sudeep has been part of projects related to water-energy nexus modelling, sustainability assessment of urban water systems and life cycle assessment. He has advanced skills in simulation and optimisation modelling of integrated urban water systems, which encompass centralised and decentralised […]
Dr Jin Wang
Dr Jin Wang is a Senior Hydrologist in eWater. His combined knowledge and work experience in areas of hydrology, computer science and GIS are unique. He has over 20 years of experience in hydrology, water resource planning and management, and environmental information management. He is an expert in using hydrological and hydraulic models for flood […]
Daxa Bhudia
Daxa has eight years of Australian and overseas experience in the IT industry, leading and working with cross-functional teams across various domains, including Accounting, ERP systems, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Fleet Management, Logistics, and Oil & Gas. Daxa is experienced in .Net Development for Web Applications, Cross-Platform Mobile Apps, Desktop Applications, Web Services/APIs and Reporting […]
Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts is the Desktop Applications Team Leader and Senior Software Developer. He has worked at eWater for 8 years.
Praveeni Prematilleke
Felicity Paul
Felicity has worked in office administration for more than 20 years, with 10 years corporate knowledge of eWater and its operations. She worked previously as Executive Assistant to Gary Jones (Chief Executive), initially with the CRC Freshwater Ecology then eWater CRC. In her present role as Executive Officer eWater, her goals are to develop a […]
James Naughton
James has a Bachelor of Business, specializing in Economics. Throughout his career, James has shown a keen interest in environmental protection, focusing on implementation of sound Economic policies and practices in the field of Environmental protection. Currently James is pursuing a Masters in Environmental Management Development policy.
Kuan Bartel
Kuan is an experienced Senior Software Developer with a demonstrated history of working in government, research and environmental management industries. Kuan is skilled in Net Development for Windows Desktop Applications, Web Applications and Web Services, Unit Testing, Agile Methodologies, Software Requirements, and Environmental Modelling. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in […]
