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The NIF Governing Board

Governing Board Membership:

• Independent chairperson: Emeritus Prof David Siddle

• The NIF Director of Operations: Prof Graham Galloway 

• The Deputy Vice-Chancellors (Research) or their nominees of the institutions that host the various nodes. The Florey Neuroscience Institutes is represented by the Scientific Director (or nominee). The South Australian institutions are represented by the Executive Director (or nominee) of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science.

  • UQ Node: Mr John Kelly  (nominee for Prof Max Lu, DVC-R)
  • USYD Node: Mr Michael Milne (nominee for Prof Jill Trewhella, DVC-R)
  • ANSTO: Dr Adi Pateron (CEO of ANSTO)
  • UNSW Node: Prof Les Field (DVC-R)
  • UWS Node: Prof Andrew Cheetham (PVC-R)
  • FNI Node: Dr Henry De Aizpurua (nominee for Prof Geoff Donan, Dir-FNI)
  • UMelb Node: Prof Keith Nugent (nominee for Prof James McCluskey, PVC-R)
  • Monash Node: Prof Ian Smith (PVC - Research & Research Infrastructure)
  • Swinburne Node: Prof Matthew Bailes (DVC-R)
  • LARIF Node: Prof Steve Wesselingh (Executive Director, SAHMRI) 
  • UWA Node: Prof Ian Puddey (nominee for Prof Robyn Owens, DVC-R)

   

Governing Board Charter:

The charter of the Governing Board is to provide stakeholder representation and governance for the Facility so as to meet the aims and mission set out in the Project Plan. The Board meets quarterly.

The terms of reference of the Board are to:

• Appoint a Director of Operations and provide overall approval of the management structure and arrangements.
• Ensure that the Facility is established, enhanced and operated in accordance with this Project Plan, and oversee the development of the Interim Implementation Plan and the Annual Business Plans including the approval of annual budgets.
• Undertake necessary further consultation with the participating organisations, potential end-users, key interest groups, government bodies, related Australian and overseas facilities and other international and local interests to ensure comprehensive and broad-based input into the strategic planning process. · Identify the main risks involved with the Facility and develop options for managing those risks within an acceptable level.
• Approve an evaluation strategy for the Facility, including specific milestones and performance indicators covering quantitative measures of utilisation and benefits realised.

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NIF Founding Nodes

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