Our Board

She brings to the Board her commercial acumen, deep expertise in technology, AI, energy transitions, critical infrastructure and risk. Sue is also a photographer who uses her art to promote conversations about the environment and our relationship with, and response to, the natural world.

Jord is committed to process technologies that drive industry in a manner that's as environmentally efficient as practical. Angus brings significant business experience coupled with a passion for environmental issues and a deep understanding of Bush Heritage Australia’s work through pro bono technical and reserve support services.

He received an Order of Australia for services to industry, technology and the community, awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering, elected a fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, and sits on a number of Boards. He is an active supporter of Zoos Victoria’s “Fighting Extinction” programme. He produced a film about the Outback which included a section on Bush Heritage.

He was a partner at Allens, a Bush Heritage Australia pro bono law firm, and is the head of the legal team in Macquarie Group’s retail bank and wealth business.  He is on the advisory board of the Biodiversity Council.

Jack is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences where he focuses on understanding and managing biocultural landscapes. Jack is an honorary Strategic Advisor to the Conservation Ecology Centre and for the past decade has led their adaptive management and applied ecological research program across the Otway region. Jack currently sits on scientific reference groups for Zoos Victoria and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (formerly DELWP) and was a member of the Expert Panel which recently reviewed the Victorian Wildlife Act 1975. Jack completed a PhD at the University of Western Sydney where he studied the predators of the Blue Mountains.

Karen is the Principal of Indigenous Economic Solutions Pty Ltd, trading as IES Cultural Heritage, IES Enviro Scapes and IES Enviro Clean. She has an extensive background in business management, strategic planning, cultural heritage and practices, facilitation and consultation, environmental planning and management, cultural tourism, education and was a former lecturer at the UWA, School of Social Science in the Foundations to Heritage Management.

Her career has led to the provision of Indigenous Specialist Services, as an expert in the integration of cultural heritage in design and placemaking, and landscapes within the design teams for urban design, construction, and infrastructure projects.

As a company director, her board competencies are; corporate decision-making, probity and procurement, compliance, business management, strategic planning & analysis, financial management, marketing and promotion, engagement and participation of Aboriginal people’s.

She's involved in a range of research projects investigating nature-based solutions for cities, biodiversity sensitive urban design, message framing for effective biodiversity communications, and designing effective private land conservation schemes.

Her work is carried out collaboratively with government, non-government, and Indigenous land managers. This work has been recognised in various awards, including a WA State Environment Award, Landcare Awards, an Ecological Impact Award, Birdlife Australia’s Serventy Medal, and a Distinguished Service Award from the International Society for Conservation Biology. Sarah contributes to advisory committees for many organisations, including Purnululu World Heritage Area; Invasive Species Council; Accounting for Nature; Foundation for National Parks; Wild Deserts; and the Feral Cat Taskforce. She was previously the Deputy Chair of the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee, and a member of the Australian Government’s Expert Panel for Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire Recovery during and after the 2019-20 megafires.