Henneveld wins engineering honours
Menno Henneveld has been named Professional Engineer of the Year at the 2012 WA Engineering Excellence Awards held in Perth last Saturday night. Mr Henneveld is the managing director of Main Roads WA and one of the longest-serving state government chief executive officers. He is set to retire on November 30. Mr Henneveld was appointed commissioner of Main Roads in December 2002 and made managing director in May 2010. Prior to that, he was executive engineer for the Public Works Department and played a major role in its merger with the Metropolitan Water Authority to form the Water Authority of WA (now Water Corporation). Engineers Australia named Bay Yeo Young Professional Engineer of the Year at the same ceremony. Mr Yeo is a civil design engineer with Sinclair Knight Merz working on Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert Port project. Woodside Energy’s Pluto LNG project was the overall winner among the eight category awards handed out.
Hicks chairs South West development
Margaret River resident Stuart Hicks has been appointed as chair of the South West Development Commission, to replace Stephen Harrison who has left the board after serving the maximum six-year term. Mr Hicks’ past roles have included director-general of Transport in Western Australia, as well as a WA Planning Commissioner. He has been chairman of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, Transperth, the State Shipping Commission and the National Transport Commission. Busselton mayor Ian Stubbs has been reappointed to the SWDC board and named as deputy chairman. New board members include WESPINE Industries mill manager Greg Duff, Busselton resident Ernie Kay and Collie Shire president Wayne Sanford. The commission’s board is responsible for setting the strategic direction and priorities of the state government agency, which works to enhance the region’s economy and quality of life.
Hartley joins UWA Business School
Economist Peter Hartley has been appointed as the new BHP Billiton chair in the business of resources at the University of Western Australia’s Business School. Professor Hartley is president of the US Association for Energy Economics. He will retain his position as George and Cynthia Miller professor and James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy scholar at Rice University in Texas after he starts his new post at UWA next May. Professor Hartley has held prior academic appointments at Monash University, ANU and Princeton and was previously a visiting professor at the UWA Business School.
