Our Board Members

Membership of Board

(1) The Board must consist of nine individuals,

(2) Subject to subsection (1), a regulation may require the Board to consist of individuals with particular qualifications or experience or who hold a particular type of position,

(3) The members must be appointed by the Governor in Council,

(4) A person may hold office as a member in conjunction with a public service office.

 

The Board must consist of –

  • three cadastral surveyors;
  • one other cadastral surveyor employed in the Department;
  • one surveyor with a mining registration endorsement;
  • one surveyor directly involved in teaching surveying; and
  • one other surveyor.

Two Board members represent the interests of the community generally in the conduct and practice of the profession.

 

Alasdair Begley – Chair

B.Surv (QUT) EMBA (QUT) Reg Surv (Cad), GAICD, CCEO

Alasdair holds a Bachelor of Surveying degree and an Executive MBA both from the Queensland University of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and fellow of the CEO Institute.  Alasdair is a registered cadastral surveyor and Managing Director of the Saunders Havill Group in Brisbane and has over 20 years of consulting surveying experience.

 

 

Glenn Campbell – Chief Examiner

B.Sc., B.App.Sc (Surv), PhD, Reg Surv (Cad)

Glenn currently lectures in surveying and spatial science at the University of Southern Queensland. He is a Registered Cadastral Surveyor with experience in urban and rural practice.

 

Michael Arnold – Complaints Convenor

B.App.Sc (Surv), Reg Surv (Cad, Cons)

Mike holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying) degree and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Town Planning and is a registered consulting cadastral surveyor. He is a director and member of the Regional Management Group of the Spatial Industries Business Association, a member of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and a member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.  Mike works on the Gold Coast in his own business Arnold Development Consultants and has over 25 years experience in the surveying/spatial sciences industry.

 

Soledad Rodriguez

B.Surv (UN), Reg Surv (Cad)

Soledad holds a Bachelor of Surveying degree from University of Newcastle (NSW) and has a Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning from UQ. She is a registered cadastral surveyor working with the Department of Transport and Main Roads. She has over 25 years experience, with the last 15 years supporting transport engineering projects.

 

Dale Atkinson

Bachelor of Geomatics (UTAS), Reg Surv (Cad, Eng, Cons)

Dale, a registered cadastral, consulting, and engineering surveyor, holds a Bachelor of Geomatics (Honours) from the University of Tasmania. His career began at M.H. Lodewyk Pty Ltd in Mount Isa, where he gained extensive experience in mining tenure and rural cadastral surveys. He has owned and operated a practice in Townsville specialising in rural and regional cadastral surveys for the last 10 years. His professional achievements include being a director of the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute national board, a current director of the Australian Copyright Trust (Surveyors Trust), a former chair of the Queensland Land Surveying Commission, and biannually lecturing surveying at James Cook University.

 

Ann-Maree Erickson

DIP Engineering and Surveying (RMIT), A.I.M.S, Reg Surv (Min O), WA Auth Mine Surveyor

Ann-Maree is a Mine Surveyor with  25 years of experience in the mine surveying industry, working in various commodities across Australia.

She has been employed by Yancoal as a Survey Superintendent at their Yarrabee Coal Mine in Central Queensland for the past 6 years.

 

Neesha Pierce

BA (UQ), LLB, LLM (QUT), JP (Qual)

Neesha is admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland and holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws.  Neesha initially worked as a dispute resolution lawyer in private practice before making the move in-house. She is currently employed as General Counsel and Company Secretary with a finance company where she is responsible for the legal, compliance, risk, internal audit and the company secretariat functions for the Group.   She has extensive experience across a number of industries including banking and finance, healthcare, property and in the debt collection industry.

 

 

Leeanne Bou-Samra

LLB (UQ)

Leeanne holds a Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1988.  The majority of her work is and has been in private practice as a specialist in Planning and Environmental Law. Additionally,  Leeanne has a substantial general commercial litigation background in Queensland jurisdictions, acting for a variety of clients, and routinely appearing as solicitor advocate in complex litigation. Leeanne has a well-earned reputation for developing cost effective, tailored legal and commercial solutions for her clients.