Influence Advisory Committee

Karlene is the current South Australian Water Ambassador and has a long-standing track record in water management. She is passionate about water reform in Australia, and was appointed Chair of the National Water Commission in 2012. Karlene was a representative in the South Australian House of Assembly from October 1997 until March 2010. From 2004 until 2010, she was South Australia’s Minister for Water Security and the River Murray during one of the worst drought periods in living memory.

Rob is a Professorial Fellow at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. He is a former Managing Director of Melbourne Water and currently Deputy Chair of Yarra Valley Water and convenor of the Integrated Water Management Forums for the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. He is the former Chair of WaterAid Australia and of WaterAid International, Deputy Chair of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, and Director of the International Centre of Excellence for Water Resources Management. He has been recognised as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Water Association.

Susan was the Director of Water Planning at the Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation until June 2021. In this role she led planning for water supply and environmental water, in the context of climate change, through adaptive management and water allocation planning, water supply and demand outlooks, and investigations to identify options for additional water supplies.