2026 Committee Elections NSW

5 May, 2026 - 12 May, 2026

Elections are now open for the New South Wales Branch Committee and Young Water Professional Subcommittee 2026.

We are excited to announce that we have received 24 nominations for the 7 available positions on the New South Wales Branch Committee and 23 nominations for the 9 available positions on the Young Water Professionals Subcommittee. Consequently, elections will be held for both committees for the 2026-2028 2 year term.

To vote, follow the steps below:

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You’ll receive your secure voting link via email
Follow the link to cast your vote

You can find nomination statements on the voting page.

NSW Branch:

Ajay Biswas — HCLTech - Australia and New Zealand
Arlene D'Souza — KBR
Azhar Ashfaq — Fulton Hogan
Brendan Guiney — Water Directorate
Brent Palidwar — Jacobs
Dan Berry — Fluid Insights Pty Ltd
David Derkenne — Hunter Water
Emeric Dequidt — Veolia
Farhana Rifat — Sydney Water
Fiona Setu — NSW Water Directorate
Fionna Wright — Beca Pty Ltd
Julian Briggs — Aurecon
Karen Shaw — Jacobs
Kate Rowan — Sydney Water
Laura Roff — GHD
Lisa Andersons — NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Marlene Hsu — Isle
Mehdi Soltanian — University of Technology Sydney
Michael Carter — Beca HunterH2O
Nicholas Cheetham — Sydney Water
Qilin Wang — University of Technology Sydney
Quinn Ollivier — WaterNSW
Sascha Moege — NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Shima Madani — Balmoral Group Australia
Tracey Willingham — Sydney Water

YWP:

Breisha Conlan — Aurecon
Britney Olsson — Veolia
Daisy Chu — UNSW
Dominique Djaidiguna — Kramhoft Engineering
Glenn Hokin — Griffith University
Hamza Sohail — Australian Water Association
Han Tng — Enviropacific
Hannah Crockford — NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Hannah Nguyen — NA
Jibin Li — University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Josephine Butler — Aurecon
Kanchan Sharma — Australian Water Association
Kate Rowan — Sydney Water
Kate Rowan — Sydney Water
Lauren McKnight — Sydney Water
Lucas Gamlin — Covaris
Lydia Zhang — University of New South Wales
Niruban Chakkaravarthy Dhanasekaran — Western Sydney University
Sadia Khaja — Alluvium Consulting Australia
Savina Ellina — Sydney Water
Shreya Kiran — Aurecon
Sumaya Hassan — Macquarie University
Thais Nunes Guerrero — UNSW Sydney

When casting your vote, we encourage you to read the nomination statements carefully and consider the candidates' diverse backgrounds, including gender, culture, experience, ability, technical background, interests, company or position. Please review AWA's Diversity Statement here.

Voting will be open until 5pm AEST on 12 May 2026.

To place your vote, your Access Key is the email address associated with your AWA membership and your password is your AWA membership number.

Voting Eligibility:

Only current financial members of the Australian Water Association (AWA) are eligible to vote in Branch Committee elections.
To be eligible, you must be either:
- A Nominated Member under a Corporate Membership, or
- An Individual Professional Member
Only members residing in the relevant State are eligible to vote in that State Branch Committee elections
If you are not a nominated member of your organisation, you are not eligible to vote.
Each eligible member is entitled to one vote only.

To become a financial member of AWA, please contact the Membership team at membership@awa.asn.au

If you have any queries regarding the election process please contact Peter Fry | Member Engagement Manager | pfry@awa.asn.au | 02 9467 8419