Jo Murdoch
North East Water
IWN Chair

Jo Murdoch is Managing Director at North East Water. She’s passionate about innovation, new technologies and design thinking to improve services and value for communities.

Prior to joining North East Water, Jo was an executive leader in both the water and local government sectors. Jo has an MBA and was recognised in IPAA’s 2022 Top 50 Public Sector Women Awards for her leadership commitment and contribution during the Covid-19 crisis.

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IWN Deputy Chair

Will Buchanan
Barwon Water

Will is the Chief Scientist at Barwon Water, and holds a second position as Manager Asset Systems and Environment. Will has held positions as the Interim CEO of WaterRA and is highly experienced within the water industry in roles that span a wide variety of responsibilities.

He currently manages a multi-disciplinary team in the areas of Research & Development, Systems Waterways and Catchments, Strategic Asset Management, Product Quality and Spatial Services.

Tim Wood
Melbourne Water

Tim has had a 30 year career within the water industry working across a number of disciplines including Asset Management, Project Management, Maintenance Delivery and Contract Design and Management. In the last 10 years, Tim has held a number of senior and executive positions at Melbourne Water and is currently the General Manager, Asset Management Services.

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Jeff Haydon
Central Highlands Water

Jeff commenced as Managing Director at Central Highlands Water in 2022. His values-based leadership style is underpinned by integrity, strategic thinking, collaboration, inclusion and resilience. During his career, Jeff has demonstrated a proven ability to lead and affect positive environmental, social and governance outcomes. 

Since joining CHW in 2009, as General Manager Infrastructure Planning & Operations, Jeff has been responsible for the delivery of a large and diverse portfolio of services including managing water treatment and supply systems, infrastructure planning & network operations, catchment health, growth and development and climate change.

Prior to this, Jeff was the Director of Infrastructure at City of Ballarat and has had extensive experience in water engineering consulting.

Jo Lim
VicWater

Jo joined VicWater in March 2019 in a 2IC role, with overall responsibility for the planning, implementation, control and reporting of industry-supported special projects.

Jo started her career in the federal public service, before holding senior executive roles in the IT sector and management consultancy.

Jo has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, and a Diploma of Business and Diploma of Management from Swinburne University. Jo is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and a member of the Australian Water Association.

Jason Cotton
IWN Program Director

Jason joined Intelligent Water Networks (IWN) in 2023 from Greater Western Water (GWW) where he was the Manager of Innovation and Continuous Improvement. Jason played a key role in the integration of GWW by leading the Operations Stream Integration.

Jason has an extensive innovation career in the Utilities Sector, small/medium enterprise and the education sector. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree from Flinders University and a Certificate of Management from Mt Eliza Business School. Jason also studied under Gary Hamel at the Innovation Academy in the US.

Heather Griffith
Water & Catchments Group

Heather Griffith is the Director of Policy Partnerships within the Water & Catchments Group.

She has responsibility for the water sector's delivery of priority work on the circular economy, long-term strategic water planning via Sustainable Water Strategies and Urban Water Strategies, water pricing and economic regulation.

Heather has over 20 years’ experience in the Victorian water sector, predominantly in water resource management, water policy and strategic planning.

Sarah Cumming
Gippsland Water

Sarah has extensive experience in successfully leading transformational change and implementing large scale technology solutions across multiple tiers of government. Her expertise is in governance, strategic leadership, complex problem solving, business transformation and creating enabling cultures to drive sustainable futures.

An experienced litigation lawyer and business leader, Sarah also holds a Director role and is former President of the Institute of Water Administration (IWA), and is an Independent Trustee of a private charitable trust.

Sarah lives in Gippsland and is passionate about driving change that will build a sustainable future for her region, and state.