The Current NATA Board members:
Dr Barry Inglis - Chair
Mr Peter Duncan - Vice Chair
Mr Mathew Callanan
Ms Judith Zielke
Mr Alastair Ross AM
Mr David Turner
Dr Geoff Hogg
Dr B D Inglis (Chair)
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Honorary Fellow
National Measurement Institute
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Dr Barry Inglis (B.E.(Hons), Ph.D., FIEAust, CPEng., FIEEE, FMSA) was the inaugural Chief Executive and Chief Metrologist of the National Measurement Institute (NMI) which was formed on 1 July 2004. He was previously the Director of the National Measurement Laboratory within CSIRO, a position he held for seven years.
In 2000 Dr Inglis was elected a member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM), the governing body of the organisation of the Metre Convention, of which Australia has been a long standing party. Since 2002 he has been a Vice-President of CIPM, and in 2003 he was elected President of the CIPM Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism (CCEM).
Dr Inglis has been active in metrology issues in the Asia Pacific region over many years and was Regional Coordinator/Chairman of the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme from 1994 to 1999.
He is engaged in all aspects of the technical infrastructure in Australia. He has been involved in NATA activities since 1976, when he was appointed a NATA assessor in the field of electrical testing. He has been a member of NATA Council since 1992 and a member of the NATA Executive/Board since 1995, and he was elected Chairman of the Board in October 2003.
Dr Inglis was also a Commissioner on the governing board of the National Standards Commission, and was a member of the Council and the Electrotechnology Standards Sector Board of Standards Australia International, the national standards-writing body.
Mr P R Duncan (Vice Chair)
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Retired Consultant
12 Hazelwood Loop
CARINE WA 6020
Tel: 08 9447 6682
Mobile: 0419 838083
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Peter Duncan, Bachelor in Applied Science (Physics), Curtin University,1975. He is a founding member of the Metrology Society of Australia. Peter has been an assessor for NATA in the field of Construction Materials Testing since 1984, and from 1989 to 1998 was a member of the Construction Materials Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee. He was first elected to NATA Council in 1986 to represent Western Australian members and is currently co-opted to Council.
In 1989 Peter was first elected to the then Executive Committee and has held the position of Vice-Chairman since 1995. He has supported NATA through the recent major changes to its governance and is currently the Vice-Chairman of the NATA Board and Council.
During his term on Council, he has also extensively promoted the value and utilisation of NATA accreditation to federal and state government departments, and instrumentalities in their contractual and purchasing policies, and in particular within the state road authorities (AUSTROADS).
Between 1962 and 1998, he was employed by Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) and involved in all aspects of testing for the evaluation of existing pavements, and the specification and quality assurance of new road works construction. He was responsible for the development of technical standards, the competency and training of technical staff, and directed the logistical support serving over twenty MRWA laboratories that were variously accredited in the fields of Construction Materials, Chemical, Physical and Dimensional Metrology, and Heat and Temperature. He has served on a number of technical committees for Standards Australia.
In 1999, Peter Duncan established his own company, Tarwyn Pty Ltd, which offers consultancy in pavements, road building materials, and technical systems advice and auditing.
Mr M B Callanan
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Managing Director
Applus RTD Pty Ltd
143 Cambridge Street
WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6007
Tel: 08 9382 3844
Fax: 08 9382 4458
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He is a co-founder, principal and Managing Director of pndt Pty Ltd which began in north-west WA and now operates throughout Australasia and the Pacific. In his career he has worked for steel foundries and non-destructive testing companies, achieving various supervisory and managerial positions.
In 1974 Mr Callanan became a NATA signatory, was elected to the Council in 1989, became an NDT assessor in 1994 and was elected to the Board in 1999.
Ms J Zielke
Head of Division
Enterprise Connect
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
GPO Box 9839
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Tel : 02 6213 7330
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Mr A M Ross AM
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Director
National Institute of Forensic Science
Level 6, Yarra Tower, World Trade Centre
637 Flinders Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3005
Tel: 03 9628 7211
Fax: 03 9628 7253
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Alastair Ross has been involved in forensic science since 1976. From 1992 to 2003 he was the Director of the National Institute of Forensic Science. During that time Alastair worked with NATA to establish a forensic science program and since its introduction in 1994 (initially as a joint program with the Laboratory Accreditation Board of American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD/LAB)) he has been the Chair of the Forensic Science Accreditation Advisory Committee. He was subsequently Director of the Victoria Police Forensic Science Centre (2003 - 2008)
Alastair is the Director of the National Institute of Forensic Science and was first elected to the NATA Board in 2003.
Mr D R Turner
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Manager Metering Systems Engineering, Metering Dynamics Group
ENERGEX Limited
GPO Box 1461
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Tel: 07 3407 5460
Fax: 07 3407 5983
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David Turner holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering Science and Master of Business Administration.
He is directly responsible for the operation of two NATA accredited laboratories covering electrical, temperature and humidity calibrations and measurement and is the authorised representative for all ENERGEX’s NATA accredited laboratories.
David’s association with NATA goes back over 20 years through the management of accredited laboratories covering five separate fields of accreditation and inspection services, including the roles of signatory and authorised representative. He was elected to the Council in 2001 and appointed to the NATA Board in August 2004.
Dr G G Hogg
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Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit
Public Health Laboratory
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Phone: 03 8344 5701 Fax: 03 8344 7833
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Geoff Hogg has qualifications in veterinary science, medicine and law. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
He has worked in the veterinary field as a Field Veterinarian (Department of Agriculture, Victoria) and as a Veterinary Pathologist (Bendigo Regional Veterinary Laboratory). He has also worked as a paediatrician and a Clinical Microbiologist (Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne). He is also an Analyst for Microbiological Analysis of Food and an Analyst for Microbiological Testing of water for contamination and Legionella spp.
He is currently Director of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
He is involved with NATA as an assessor for Medical Testing, as the Authorised Representative for Medical and Biological laboratories, and as a member of the Forensic Science Module Working Group. He was elected to NATA Council in 2004.
