Graham Hawke

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Graham is an experienced non-executive director and accomplished executive spanning all tiers of government, not-for-profit, joint ventures and global corporations. Brings sound judgement, strategic leadership and integrity to complex, regulated, publicly scrutinised environments, with strengths in governance, risk, organisational performance and stakeholder engagement. He is known for a constructive and collegiate style that supports effective board deliberation and decision-making.

He is the Deputy Chair at Westernport Water, a Director on the board of Water Research Australia Ltd. His prior board roles include National Computational Infrastructure and Antarctic Climate Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre.

He chaired the Australia-China Joint Research Centre on River Basin Management, the Audit Committee at the Bureau of Meteorology and significant national committees, such as the Water Information Research and Development Alliance with CSIRO and BOM, roles that required strong governance acumen, risk management capability, diplomacy and stewardship of multi-agency science and technology initiatives.

He has an MBA, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Chief Scientist, TasWater
  • 2021–present
    Non-Executive Director | Deputy Chair, Westernport Water
  • 2025–present
    Non-Executive Director, Water Research Australia Limited
  • 2016–2026
    Member, Water Research Australia Limited, Strategic Advisory Committee
  • 2021–2024
    Chief Operating Officer, Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Ltd
  • 2016–2023
    Member, University of Melbourne, Infrastructure Advisory Board
  • 2020–2021
    Strategic Advisor | Indigenous Champion, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
  • 2017–2020
    Group Executive, Strategy and Performance, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
  • 2014–2017
    Board member, National Computational Infrastructure
  • 2013–2017
    Deputy Director (Environment and Research), Australian Bureau of Meteorology
  • 2014–2017
    Board member, Antarctic Climate Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
  • 2009–2013
    General Manager Strategic & Technical, Southern Rural Water
  • 1999–2009
    Deputy Chief Executive / Director Technical Services, Southern Rural Water
  • 2000–2005
    Board participant, Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology

Education

  • 2002 
    Deakin University, Master of Business Administration
  • 1992 
    Monash University, Master of Engineering Science

Professional Memberships

  • Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Fellow, Engineers Australia, Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), NER

Contact Graham for

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  • Location: Australia
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