Board Members

Our board members continue to guide EWB's vision in the future and is able to provide support for the organisation to ensure it continues to be a small giant. Those board members are:

Chris Arnott - Managing Director, Alluvium

Chris is the founder and Managing Director of Alluvium Consulting Pty Ltd, which aspires to be a ‘small giant’ in the restoration of waterways and water management.  Chris holds a Bachelor of Science with honours in fluvial geomorphology from the University of Melbourne.  Chris is also a graduate of the Williamson Community Leadership Program, 2008. Chris aims to take what he does seriously without taking himself too seriously!  

Chris is married to Amanda and has two daughters, Elizabeth (3) and Georgia (1). Chris tries to maintain a healthy work/family balance by working 4 days.  He is passionate about the environment and outdoors enjoying road cycling, running, and snow sports when he gets the chance.  

Chris is the current Chairperson of the EWB Board.

Daniel Almagor - Founder, EWB Australia

Daniel Almagor is the founder and former CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) and the Managing Director of Medivax Pty Ltd. He also sits on the Board of the Jewish Museum of Australia. Daniel holds two degrees: a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and a Bachelor of Business Administration, both from RMIT.

In 2003, Daniel won the Churchill Fellowship to further the growth of EWB in Australia.  EWB’s rapid growth and success throughout Australia and South Asia prompted Daniel to be named in the 100 most influential engineers in Australia in 2005.

Sam Redmond - Sustainability Consultant, Gerrard Bown

Sam is a senior consultant and the business development manager at GerrardBown, a sustainability and strategy consulting firm in Melbourne. Prior to joining GerrardBown, Samuel was the Business Systems Manager for GKN Aerospace Engineering Service. Sam has worked in Australia and Europe across the aerospace, automotive and professional service sectors.

Sam is a co founder and director of Engineers Without Borders Australia and the chair of the governance subcommittee. In addition to his role with EWB, Sam is also actively involved in advocacy and education around development and sustainability, partnering with other local organisations, events and community groups. Samuel graduated with honours from a double degree in Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration at RMIT University in 2000.

Sarah Purcell - Student (Chemical Engineering/Law), University of Melbourne

Sarah is in her fifth year of a Chemical Engineering and Law double degree at the University of Melbourne. She is currently President of the University of Melbourne Chapter of EWB and is representing EWB to the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), sitting on its steering committee in 2008.

She has worked to integrate ‘green’ engineering into the Chemical Engineering curriculum and is involved with school advocacy and education programs.

Robert Minio - retired CFO, GKN Aerospace

Rob was a Director and Chief Financial Officer of GKN Aerospace Engineering Services Pty Ltd. The main function of the company was to design and analyse structural parts for military and commercial aircraft for Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Airbus. Prior position to GKN was with Hawker De Havilland Ltd. The office held was Group Financial Controller . The company designed and manufactured parts for the aerospace industry. When not assisting EWB in all things Finance, Rob now enjoys the golfcourse!

Rob is the current Treasurer of the EWB Board.

Rebecca Russell - Boston Consulting Group

Rebecca has been a Board member of EWB since 2005, and remains as excited, motivated and inspired by EWB as when she was first introduced to the organisation.  Rebecca currently works for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and prior to joining BCG,Rebecca was Director Project Development, at the Department of Transport, Victoria and began her career as an engineer with AECOM. Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering with honours and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School.

Rebecca is also a board member of the School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne and the Engineers Australia Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management.Rebecca is a keen long distance runner, lover of chocolate, travelling and film.

Kaj Lofgren - Executive Officer, EWB Australia

Kaj (pronounced Kai) started his journey with EWB at the University of Melbourne while studying Civil Engineering and Arts. Always more interested in his arts subjects, particularly international development, he became involved with EWB and soon found himself president of the Melbourne Uni chapter. After that he spent six months interning at the EWB office and before long, had made himself so indispensible that we hired him and made him executive officer, which basically means that now he runs the show.

He is also very good at indoor soccer and can speak fluent Swedish which comes in very handy with our program partners in South East Asia.

Kaj is the current Secretary of the EWB Board.

 

Phil Clark - VP Resource Development, BHP

Phil is a mining engineer who's worked at BHP Billiton for more than 33 years and is currently looking at new development opportunities globally. Prior to this he worked in the health, safety, environment and community area. Phil also has a Masters in Business Administration and is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Outside work Phil is on the committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne Branch.

Phil’s engagement with EWB began with the judging of the 2009 EWB Challenge and Vic Chapter committee and now he's hooked! Phil is a keen fly fisherman, (catch and release only), and has been married to Tracy for over 26 years, (not catch and release!) with a grown up daughter.

 

Joanne Marriott - Principal, Marriott Ideas and Solutions

Joanne runs her own business, provides consulting services and facilitates workshops on a broad range of topics, including leadership, customer service, marketing and presentation skills and gets to work with a wonderfully diverse group of clients. 

 Joanne hold an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, which makes her one of our non-gineers! She loves to travel and goes back to her native Canada at least once per year and also plays golf (not well) and has taken up tennis in recent years.  She loves to eat out at Melbourne’s many wonderful restaurants with her husband Scott and is an avid reader – in all of her spare time.

Joanne initially became involved with EWB in a mentoring capacity, helping with the development of the marketing strategy and is also a member of the 2010 Conference Committee.