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Board members

On 3 September 2008, the Minister for Planning announced the new membership of the Building Professionals Board (the Board), which is established under the Building Professionals Act 2005. The Board's new President is Sue Holliday, a former Director-General of Planning NSW and former National President of the Planning Institute of Australia.

The Board members are:

* Graham Huxley (Deputy President) - Chair of the Australian Building Codes Board, former President HIA (NSW) and founder of Huxley Homes;

* Geoffrey Douglass (continuing member) - an experienced building surveyor currently employed at Newcastle City Council;

* Margaret Hole - property law specialist and member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal and Board of Surveying and Spatial Information;

* Alison McCabe - a town planner with extensive experience in local government;

* Tone Wheeler - award-winning architect specialising in environmental architecture and sustainable design;

* Michael Whelan - Acting Commissioner to the Land and Environment Court and qualified mediator and land surveyor; and

* Michael Wynn-Jones - building regulation and fire safety expert.

Expressions of interest for both the Planning Assessment Commission and BPB were advertised nationally between 18 July and 8 August 2008.