CIBSE ANZ Officers
Regional Chair – Phil Senn, CEng MCIBSE
Phil is a Chartered Engineer and represents CIBSE as ANZ Chair. He is passionate about the value of CIBSE’s repository of technical information and the professionalism that active CIBSE members bring to building services. Phil began to get actively involved with CIBSE in 2013 while working in the energy efficiency industry and studying part time for a Master of Design Science in Building Services at the University of Sydney.
Currently Woolworths’ Head of Climate, Phil leads the group’s climate change strategy, covering decarbonisation, resilience and reporting across the business and supply chain. Prior to joining Woolworths, Phil spent 15 years in property across energy efficiency advisory, independent commissioning and project management, and client side for Charter Hall’s Office and Industrial & Logistics businesses.
Vice Chair – Jen Sinclair, CEng MCIBSE
Jen is a mechanical engineer who first joined CIBSE as a graduate in 2008 and has been a member of the CIBSE Queensland Chapter Committee since January 2019.
She spent the first five years of her career in the UK before moving over to Sydney with her family and now lives in Brisbane where she works for Arup delivering engineering solutions for commercial and public buildings. Since being in Australia Jen has been a keen promotor of CIBSE’s extensive technical resources and events within her networks.
Jen is a passionate engineer and project manager with a focus on communication, coordination, collaboration and commercial success.
Honorary Treasurer – Paul Angus, CEng FCIBSE FSoPHE
Paul provides hydraulic (public health) engineering expertise and leadership through the provision of design services and advice to a broad range of clients and industry sectors. He is a highly focused, committed team player and an enthusiastic multi-disciplinary leader.
Paul has been involved in a voluntary capacity with the CIBSE committee since 2006, initially within various CIBSE / SoPHE Committees that have spanned across the North West of England, Scotland and now in Sydney, Australia. Since 2013 he has held various leadership positions within CIBSE ANZ including NSW Chair, ANZ Hon Secretary, ANZ Chair and since 2022, ANZ Hon Treasurer.
Paul also hosts the CIBSE ANZ Podcast – Talking Buildings and is regarded as a key influencer and connector in the Building Services Industry.
Regional Manager – Sharon Pestonji
Sharon oversees national events, training and membership growth in the CIBSE ANZ region. She is involved in raising the awareness of building services opportunities at tertiary institutions and championing chartership to raise competency for the greater good of the industry. She is working to develop more CIBSE cpd training opportunities in the region, both online and face to face. She also publishes the regional eNewsletter, and provides CIBSE support services for building services organisations, including membership presentations, graduate training and implementing CIBSE's training and development scheme. She would love to hear from you if you have any content you would like to contribute or if you would like to know how CIBSE can help to support your staff development.
Prior to joining CIBSE ANZ in 2017, Sharon worked for CIBSE UK as a Marketing Executive. She managed the marketing for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards and the CIBSE Building Performance Conference & Exhibition as well as producing the CIBSE Newsletter.
YEN Chair – Nirodha Siriwardena
Niro is a mechanical engineer based in Sydney, Australia, working at Norman Disney & Young (NDY) with a focus on workplace, existing buildings, and asset performance sectors. He serves as the CIBSE Young Engineers Network ANZ Chair, where he is dedicated to elevating the profile of building services engineering in the ANZ region and supporting young engineers through technical and professional network development. Niro has a particular interest in workplace efficiency, striving to make building systems work smarter, not harder, to create a better outcome for its occupants and the environment.
Technical Advisor and Membership Secretary – Steve Hennessy, CEng FCIBSE MSLL
Stephen Hennessy is a past Chair for the Australia and New Zealand Region of CIBSE. He has had a long association with the Institution, serving in the past as the NSW Chair, and the national membership secretary. He also served as Region Chair from 2004 to 2006. In 2010 he was awarded a Silver Medal for services to the Institution. He also undertakes the Professional Competency Review Interviews for IEng and CEng, and the Competence Review Interviews for ACIBSE and MCIBSE.
Technical Advisor – Peter Kinsella, CEng FCIBSE
New South Wales Chair – Erik Moore, CEng MCIBSE
Erik leads the AMP Capital Real Estate ESG team and the implementation of their ambitious ESG strategy across their $28B portfolio of managed assets.
Erik is deeply passionate about driving more sustainable and fair outcomes and has experience in: corporate social responsibility; green buildings; renewable energy; operational performance improvement; environmental management systems; sustainability reporting; sustainability communication, education and training; human centred design.
A chartered building services engineer, Erik has worked extensively on world-leading built environment projects as a leader in sustainability strategy and the creation of engaging environments.
Queensland Chair – Jen Sinclair, CEng MCIBSE
Jen is a mechanical engineer who first joined CIBSE as a graduate in 2008 and has been a member of the CIBSE Queensland Chapter Committee since January 2019.
She spent the first five years of her career in the UK before moving over to Sydney with her family and now lives in Brisbane where she works for Arup delivering engineering solutions for commercial and public buildings. Since being in Australia Jen has been a keen promotor of CIBSE’s extensive technical resources and events within her networks.
Jen is a passionate engineer and project manager with a focus on communication, coordination, collaboration and commercial success.
Meet the Queensland Chapter Committee
David Brown works for Global Intertrade as their Commercial Property Manager. Global is a private Spanish-owned company who own a dozen buildings in and around Adelaide and a few offices in Melbourne. He manages the leasing, tenancies, facilities, engineering, building services and redevelopment of their commercial properties. Although employed as a manager, he is an all-rounder who does all from fault-finding to approving capital expenditure to leasing and re-development. His specialty is developing the outcome, whether it's leasing to a new tenant, providing their needs, upgrades to buildings and building services etc.
In a previous role as a Facilities Manager, David became particularly interested in A/C, Fire & building codes, having completed Grad Cert in Air Conditioning (Code Compliance) and Grad Cert in Building & Fire Codes as additional training.
In the past he has held many association roles: Treasurer and President of AIRAH SA; past National Director of AIRAH; past President of IPEA SA; and has been secretary of CIBSE SA for the past two years.
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Victoria Chair – Matthew Hill, CEng MCIBSE
Matt has been actively involved with CIBSE since 2019 and currently represents CIBSE as the Victorian Chapter Committee Chair. His involvement in CIBSE was driven by the benefit and influence that CIBSE has across the global building services industry, and him wanting to get involved for the betterment of industry knowledge and development.
Matt is currently Senior Associate, Building Services Lead and ESD Discipline Lead at Compass Engineering Group, for which he has been employed for the past 5 years. He is passionate about continuous improvement and development with a focus on consulting skills, continuing professional development, quality control, buildability, and safety in design to ensure Compass’ clients have the best possible experience throughout the entire life cycle of each project.
Past Regional Chair – Mark Crawford, EngTech LCIBSE
Mark is an electrical engineer by qualification, with a passion for systems commissioning. With over 20 years’ experience in engineering and commissioning, including managing the commissioning of complex, highly technical buildings, Mark understands the importance of thorough planning for the testing and commissioning phase of construction.
Mark strongly believes in thorough commissioning of buildings’ systems and the careful management of that commissioning. His philosophy is that if a system cannot be commissioned correctly the effort and expense of design and installation has been wasted.
Regional Almoner – Ian Small, ACIBSE
Ian Small served as Chair of the CIBSE ANZ Region from 2014 - 2017. Prior to this, Ian was the ANZ Regional Treasurer from 2005. Ian was also the Chair of the South Australian Chapter from 2003 to 2014, as well as serving on the South Australian Committee prior.
Ian has been awarded the CIBSE Bronze Medal for his service to the Institution.
Ian is the retired Managing Director of the National Air Group. He has been involved in the HVAC Industry in the UK and Australia, as both a Mechanical Services Contractor and Consultant, for over 45 years.