Professor Dougas

Mr Dougas is Chairman of the Operational Risk, Sustainability and Contracts Committee and member of Governance Committee. He has over 40 years of design, process, project engineering, managerial, commercial and corporate experience having commenced his career in the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works before joining engineering firm Sinclair Knight Merz in 1978. From initial technical roles, he assumed leadership roles in Sydney before returning to Melbourne as Associate Director and Victorian Branch Manager in 1985. In 1995 he was appointed Managing Director Elect and Director of Marketing before becoming Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in 1996. For the following 15 years, he led expansion of the firm locally and internationally involving more than 50 local and international acquisitions. Professor Dougas was a Non-Executive Director of ConnectEast Ltd from 2009 until its takeover in September 2011 and was also on the Sinclair Knight Merz Board from 1990 until 2011. He was a Non-Executive Director of Epworth Healthcare from 2012 to 2021 and is a former Chairman of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, and Norman, Disney & Young and a former Non-Executive Director of Beacon Foundation and Calibre Group Limited. Professor Dougas is also a Professorial Fellow in the School of Engineering at Melbourne University.