Dr Syd Shea to leave role as CALM's executive director

25/11/99

Premier Richard Court has today announced that Dr Syd Shea would be leaving his role as executive director of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM).
Mr Court said the decision came at a time when significant changes were being undertaken in the management and conservation of the environment and Western Australia's forests - including the splitting of CALM.
"Given the changes that are taking place with the creation of the Department of Conservation and the Forest Products Commission, Dr Shea believed it was an appropriate time for him to move on," the Premier said.
Dr Shea will be moving to the Ministry of the Premier and Cabinet where he will be undertaking special duties relating to his extensive experience.
Mr Court said that during his 15 years with CALM, Dr Shea had served Governments from both sides of the political spectrum with distinction.
"Under Dr Shea's leadership there have been many successful initiatives, including 'Western Shield', which has brought a number of native animal species back from the brink of extinction, significant increases in the State's conservation estate, the creative programs to tackle salinity, increased development of timber plantations and successful eco-tourism projects such as the Tree Top Walk and work on the Bibbulman Track," the Premier said.
Mr Court said Dr Wally Cox had been appointed as acting executive director of CALM.
Dr Cox has a strong scientific and commercial background. He has previously served as chief executive officer of a number of Government agencies, including the Department of Regional Development and the North-West, the Water Authority, the East Perth and Subiaco Redevelopment authorities.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
DR W J COX

NAME: Walter Jacob COX
QUALIFICATIONS: Phd (University of California); B.Sc(Agric) University of Western Australia
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Fellow Australian Institute of Management
Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Member Royal Institute for Public Administration
BOARDS:
Director, Workpower (1999 - present)
Member, Advisory Board, Post Graduate School of Business Management, Curtin University (1994 - present)
Managing Director, Water Authority of Western Australia (1989-1995)
Commissioner, State Planning Commission - (1993 -1995)
Commissioner, State Supply Commission - (1991-1995)
Member, Board Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia (1991-1995)
Inaugural chairman, Australian Water Services Association of Australia (1994-1995)
COMMITTEES:
Chairman, State Tender Committee 1996 - present
Member, Metropolitan Planning Council (1990-1995)
Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management of Agriculture and Resource Management
Council of Australia And New Zealand (1989-1995)
Chairman, Independent Audit Group. Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council 1996 - present
AWARDS:
Convocation Prize 1962, University of Western Australia
Kearney Foundation Research Assistantship, University of California, Davis 1969
Senior Executive Fellowship, Government of Western Australia 1989
PUBLICATIONS:
In excess of 60 publications in the areas of urban renewal, water industry policy and management, public sector
management, regional development and technical agriculture.
CAREER DETAILS:
May 1996 - present Chief Executive Officer, Subiaco Redevelopment Authority
October 1995 - present Chief Executive Officer, East Perth Redevelopment Authority
June 1, 1997 - July 1998 A/Director General, Ministry for Culture and the Arts
March 1995 to September 1995 Senior Consultant, Office of Minister for the Environment; Water Resources; the Arts
and Fair Trading
September 1989 - March 1995 Managing Director, Water Authority of Western Australia
February 1989 - July 1989 Senior Consultant, Public Service Commission
October 1983 - September 1989 Director, Department of Regional Development and the North-West
May 1981 - October 1983 Regional Manager, Kimberley Region, Department of Agriculture Kununurra (responsible for
Ord Project)
December 1965 - May 1977 Research Officer and Senior Advisor, Department of Agriculture, South Perth
March - August 1976 Consultant Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations in Bodejoz, Spain
Various 1983 and 1984 Consultant to Thai Department of Agriculture on Farming Systems