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International Scientific Advisory Panel

RISE is guided by an International Scientific Advisory Panel. The Panel comprises six distinguished experts from a range of fields and institutions, who provide independent advice to the RISE leadership on the scientific integrity of the program.

  • Ted Bianco (Chair)

    Independent Advisor; Honorary Professor, Monash Sustainable Development Institute; former Director of Innovations & Acting Director, Wellcome Trust

  • Karen Coelho

    Associate Professor, Madras Institute for Development Studies

  • Christopher Dye

    Visiting Professor of Zoology, Oxford University; Former Director of Strategy, Office of the Director General, World Health Organization

  • Paul Hunter

    Professor in Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia

  • Madeleine Thomson

    Head of Climate Impacts, Wellcome Trust

  • Thammarat Koottatep

    Co-Director, Global Water and Sanitation Center

  • Samuel Watson

    Statistician at the University of Birmingham. Member of the MRC's Applied Global Health Research Board and Associate Editor of the journals BMJ Quality & Safety and Trials

International Development Advisory Board

RISE's International Development Advisory Board provides strategic oversight to the construction implementation of our water and sanitation infrastructure in Fiji and Indonesia. Advising RISE leadership, members bring a range of expertise at the intersection of international development, construction oversight and management.

  • Matthew French (Chair)

    Director, Research Missions and Global Impact, Monash University

  • Alison Baker

    Technical Director, International Development Assistance, GHD

  • Sarah Mecartney

    Regional Director, Melanesia, Pacific Community (SPC)

  • Christian Nielsen

    International Climate Change Leadership and Resilient Development, Certified Expert Climate Change Finance, MSc Environmental and Development Studies

  • Anthea Spinks

    Independent member

  • Daniel Sullivan

    CEO, Iota Services

  • Joris Van Etten

    Senior Urban Development Specialist, Southeast Urban Development and Water Division, Asian Development Bank

Governance Advisory Panel

The Governance Advisory Panel helps ensure RISE has an appropriate governance environment in place. The Panel provides advice to RISE Leadership on strategic risk and program management, as well as managing institutional or legislative changes and regulatory developments.

  • John Thwaites (Chair)

    Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

  • Cheryl Batagol PSM

    Monash Sustainable Development Institute Advisory Council Member

  • Ross Coppel

    Deputy Dean of Innovation and Strategy, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University

  • Rob Hogarth

    Independent Director

  • Nicola Nixon

    Governance Director, The Asia Foundation