Advanced manufacturing will remain a focus in the top end, with the new Country Liberal Party-led government appointing a dedicated minister in Robyn Cahill.
Ms Cahill will hold the portfolio alongside six others, including trade, business and Asian relations, and workforce development. The portfolio was held by former deputy chief minister Nicole Manison in the former government.
Ms Cahill was previous the executive director of the Northern Territory (NT) branch of the Australian Medical Association. She remains chair of the NT Cancer Council.
Elsewhere in the new nine-member Cabinet, Joshua Burgoyne will oversee the corporate and digital development portfolio, while mew deputy chief minister Gerard Maley assumes the mining and energy portfolio and the renewables portfolio.
When she announced the portfolio shake-up, Chief minister Lia Finocchiaro said “rebuilding the economy and restoring the Territory’s reputation as a competitive destination to live, work, visit and invest is a key focus”.
The new chief data and AI officer of the Sydney-based Actuaries Institute is Alex Scandurra. He is co-founder and director of innovation and startup event Spark Festival, previously serving in several FinTech advisory roles to the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments.
Raytheon Australia has promoted Ohad Katz to permanently serve as managing director after 23 years with the company. The long-time board director has been in the role on an interim basis and recently served as chief of contracts and supply chain.
Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley, who led the creation of the national quantum strategy, was named ‘Government Pioneer in Quantum’ at the 2024 Quantum Leadership Awards. The event was a part of the Quantum World Congress held in Washington DC this week.
The Tech Council of Australia has appointed Adam Robens as special advisor for National Security. He is being seconded from the government, where he has served stints in the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Defence working on cyber and critical technologies.
Former Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Ian Watt has been appointed to the board of the National Disability Insurance Agency for a three-year term. Mr Watt is also the former chair of BAE Systems and former secretary of several other Commonwealth departments, including Defence.
Former chief executive of the Electric Vehicle Council Behyad Jafari has joined subscription based car rental service Splend as chief growth officer.
Eva Hanly has been appointed to the board of TAFE by the New South Wales government. Ms Hanly was formerly Fortescue Energy’s president of Asia Pacific Region and chief executive of the Andrew Forrest-owned Squadron Energy.
Innovation expert Dr Catherine Ball has joined the digital and data advisory board of the Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia.
The University of New South Wales Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering and the Australian Research Council Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy are leading the Australian consortia for the Green Metals for Sustainable Steel from Australia and Germany (SuSteelAG) initiative, which officially launched on Friday.
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