Advocacy and International team
Robin joined the GBCA as a Technical Manager in January 2007, spent three years heading development and operation of the Green Star rating tools, before assuming responsibility for advocacy and international work in July 2010.
After training in valuation, Robin worked throughout Europe specialising in heritage property and the environment. Always a passionate gardener, he then worked with a London-based landscape designer before moving to Sydney to undertake a Masters in Real Estate, concentrating on sustainable development. After many years running a landscape management, horticulture and green-keeping business in Sydney, he decided to bring all of these jigsaw pieces together and joined the GBCA.
Robin currently steers the GBCA's advocacy and strategic agenda at local, state and federal government levels, talking with each and every department to achieve those goals. He teaches Green Star courses around Australia, represents the GBCA on sustainability committees, and regularly presents at national and international conferences to encourage the industry towards better practice.
Robin also leads the international work undertaken with other green building councils (GBCs) and has mentored a number of emerging GBCs. Robin also sits on the WorldGBC Policy Task Group and is Chair of the WorldGBC's Asia-Pacific Network.
Wayne Wescott - Local Government Program Manager
Wayne has been the Green Building Council of Australia's Local Government Program Manager since June 2009. Wayne is also the Director of Local to Global: The Sustainability Connection, Principal of Wescott and Wyman Global, as well as Senior Sustainability Advisor for the United Cities and Local Governments - Asia Pacific. Wayne was formerly Chief Executive Officer of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Oceania (ICLEI Oceania) and as the Regional Director in Oceania for ICLEI International. Wayne has worked in not-for-profit organisations, for local and state governments and as a consultant in the area of telecommunications, environmental management and local governance.
With experience working on policy development for the Australian Government, most notably with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Katy joined the GBCA in August 2010. Katy is responsible for communicating the GBCA's green building policy priorities to all levels of government and developing policy to drive the adoption of green building practices in areas such as education and healthcare. Katy holds a Bachelor of Recreation Management from Lincoln University, New Zealand.
Tom Quinn - Policy Researcher
Tom has worked with the Green Building Council of Australia since 2007 in a variety of roles, and is currently responsible for developing policy and educational material to support the GBCA's advocacy efforts. Tom is a tutor, guest lecturer and research assistant in the La Trobe University Politics Department and has also worked for the Department of the Chief Minister (Northern Territory) assisting the policy coordination and implementation unit. Tom has a Bachelor of International Relations and a Diploma of Languages (Spanish) from La Trobe University and is a 2011 Fellow for the Centre for Sustainable Leadership.
