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Simon Ao Work

• Legal Member, Heritage Council of Victoria @ The Heritage Council of Victoria (July 2021 - Present)
• International Affairs Ambassador @ Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) (November 2023 - Present)
• King's Counsel (Queen's Counsel to 6 September 2022) @ Victorian Bar (December 1995 - Present)
• Barrister at Law @ Victorian Bar (May 1984 - December 1995)
• Honorary President @ Landcare Broken Hill Inc. (April 2019 - Present)
• Management Committee Member @ Climate Change Special Interest Section, Environment Institute of Australia and (July 2021 - Present)
• Board Director @ Foundation Broken Hill (November 2016 - Present)
• Joint Executive Director @ Panitya Pastoral, Panitya Agricultural & Panitya Organics (September 2000 - Present)
• Chairman of the Board of Directors @ Rippon Lea Endowment Fund Ltd (June 1998 - Present)
• Committee Member (Community representative) @ Broken Hill Heritage Committee (December 2016 - December 2024)
• Member Advisory Committee (Community representative). @ Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Advisory Committee (December 2016 - December 2024)
• Judge @ Land and Environment Court of New South Wales (January 2017 - February 2019)
• Board Member @ ATA Alternative Technology Association (November 2016 - November 2018)
• Member and Deputy Chairman, NPWS Far West Region Advisory Committee @ NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (June 2016 - August 2018)
• Steering Group Member @ Broken Hill Living Museum + Perfect Light Project Steering Group, Broken Hill Ci (July 2016 - June 2018)
• Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow @ Monash University (June 2013 - December 2016)
• Honorary Chairman @ ME/CFS Australia Ltd (December 2009 - July 2016)
• Board Director @ ME/CFS Australia Ltd (October 2001 - July 2016)
• Executive Chairman @ International National Trusts Organisation (October 2008 - December 2015)
• Executive President @ International National Trusts Organisation (June 2006 - September 2015)
• International Affairs Ambassador @ National Trust (October 2009 - October 2015)
• Board Director @ National Trust (December 1987 - October 2009)
• Chairman @ National Trust (October 2001 - November 2006)
• Chairman @ Alison Hunter Memorial Foundation (June 2000 - July 2014)
• Adjunct Professor @ La Trobe University (November 2010 - October 2013)
• President @ ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Victoria Inc (October 1999 - March 2013)
• Chairman @ Greenearth Energy Limited (July 2007 - July 2010)
• Committee Member @ National Cultural Heritage Committee, Australian Government (January 1996 - April 2010)
• President @ Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) (October 1995 - October 2005)
• Chairman, President and Councillor @ National Trust of Australia (Victoria) (October 1980 - June 2005)
• Chairman @ Earth Foundation Australia (Limited) (January 1998 - January 2005)
• Director @ Melbourne Maritime Trust (January 1987 - January 2005)
• Chairman @ Melbourne Heritage Restoration Fund Inc (January 1993 - January 2003)
• Committee of Management Member @ Yarra River Maritime Reserve Committee of Management (October 1995 - August 2002)
• Chairman of Directors @ NT Heritage Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd (January 1995 - January 2002)
• Deputy Chairman @ Old Treasury Building Reserve Committee of Management (June 1994 - October 1999)
• Advisory Council Member - ministerial appointee @ Planning & Local Government Advisory Council, Ministry for Planning & Local Gove (September 1997 - August 1999)
• Director @ Mount Wellington Gold NL (January 1997 - January 1999)
• Chairman @ New Holland Mining NL (January 1997 - January 1999)
• Chairman @ Greenchip Resources Limited (January 1996 - January 1999)
• Director @ Parks Victoria (June 1994 - July 1998)
• Advisory Council Member - ministerial appointee @ Planning Advisory Council, Ministry for Planning, Victoria (September 1993 - September 1997)
• Foundation Chairman @ Environment Defender Office (Vic) Limited (January 1990 - January 1997)
• State Mining Warden @ State Mining Warden, Mineral Resources Development Act. (August 1994 - December 1994)
• Director @ Sustainable Development Australia Ltd (January 1990 - January 1993)
• Company Director @ Melbourne Heritage Restoration Fund Limited (January 1988 - January 1993)
• Commissioner @ Australian Heritage Commission (December 1987 - December 1992)
• Senior Legal Member, Planning and Environment Division @ Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Victoria (April 1987 - April 1988)
• Advisory Committee Member @ National Parks Service Victoria, First Settlement Sorrento Advisory Committee (April 1983 - September 1987)
• Senior Legal Member @ Victorian Planning Appeals Board (April 1986 - April 1987)
• Foundation President and National Board Member @ National Environmental Law Association (NELA) (January 1983 - January 1987)
• Advisory Panel Member @ Pollution & Waste Management Advisory Panel, Environment Protection Authority of (April 1982 - November 1986)
• Consultant and Advisory Group Member @ Environment Assessment Procedures & Legislation Advisory Group, Ministry of Plan (November 1985 - June 1986)
• State Executive Member and Councillor @ Conservation Council of Victoria (Environment Victoria) (January 1973 - January 1986)
• President and Councillor @ Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc (January 1972 - January 1986)
• State Councillor and Honorary Legal Officer @ Royal Historical Society of Victoria (June 1983 - November 1984)
• Ministerial appointee to Reference Group @ Planning Act Reference Group, Ministry for Planning & Environment Victoria (January 1984 - June 1984)
• Senior Associate and Solicitor @ Blake & Riggall (February 1977 - January 1984)
• Foundation Chairman @ Environmental Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria (May 1978 - November 1983)
• Advisory Committee Member - ministerial appointee @ Mining Advisory Committee, Victorian Department of Minerals & Energy (February 1982 - December 1982)
• Committee Member @ Environment Studies Association of Victoria Inc. (March 1979 - November 1980)
• Advisory Committee Member @ Port Phillip Authority's Port Phillip Coastal Management Study Eastern Region Co (February 1976 - November 1977)