Governance

Our Board members have extensive experience and knowledge of land protection, water resource management, primary industry, environmental conservation and local government. More than half are primary producers.

Chief Executive Officer

Our Chief Executive, John Riddiford, attends all Board meetings and is a vital link between the governance and operations of the North East CMA.

John Riddiford has over twenty years experience in natural resource management in both the public and private sectors. He has a Bachelor of Forest Science from the University of Melbourne, and has worked in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

Before taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer of the North East Catchment Management Authority, he was employed at Melbourne Water for over 10 years. Activities there included water resource policy, catchment management and the transfer of water supply catchment area to National Parks. He was also the Project Manager for the Tarago Catchment Improvement Program which received a national Eureka award together with the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology for catchment research and industry partnership.

At the CMA he has overseen the implementation of many programs to improve water quality and the reversal of land degradation. This has been largely achieved through community empowerment and community cooperation.

John is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.