Wendy Craik

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Wendy Craik

AM FTSE
Born
Gwenneth Jean Steele Craik

1949 (age 74–75)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Education Australian National University
Alma mater University of British Columbia
Employer(s) Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
National Farmers' Federation
Murray–Darling Basin Commission
Organization(s) Climate Change Authority
Reserve Bank of Australia

Wendy Craik (born 1949) AM FTSE is an Australian scientist, public policy adviser and company director.

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Early life and education

Gwenneth Jean Steele Craik was born in 1949 in Canberra, [1] the second of four daughters of commerce graduate, Audrey Mavis (née Ion) [2] and Duncan Robert Steele Craik, who later was Commonwealth Auditor-General. [3] She was educated at Telopea Park High School, [4] winning a Commonwealth scholarship in November 1965 for her final two years. [5] She graduated from the Australian National University in 1973 with a BA (Hons) [1] [6] and the University Medal for Zoology. [7] She then won a CSIRO scholarship [4] and went to Vancouver, Canada where she completed a PhD in Zoology at the University of British Columbia [8] with her thesis, "A further investigation of the homing behaviour of the intertidal cottid, Oligocottus maculosus Girard". [9]

Career

After her PhD, Craik returned to Canberra and joined the Department of the Environment and was sent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) as part of her public service traineeship. She transferred to work in Townsville for the GBRMPA in 1978, where she initially did a lot of field work. During her time with the Authority she saw its staff grow from ten to 150 and in 1992 she became its executive officer. [3] [6]

In 1995 she changed career direction, left Queensland and was appointed executive director of the National Farmers' Federation (NFF), replacing Rick Farley in the role. Although her focus was on running the NFF and managing the conflicting demands of its member organisations, she retained her link to marine and water science when she served on the Council of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and as chair of the CSIRO Land and Water Sector Advisory Committee from 1997 to 2000. [6] [1] She was also a member of the University of Melbourne's Institute of Land and Food Resources and, from 1997 to 1999, a member of the Australian Landcare Council. [1]

In 2000 she left the NFF to lead Earth Sanctuaries Limited in Adelaide and also became chair of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority the same year [1] and given a second three-year term in 2003. [10] She returned to Canberra in 2002 to join ACIL Tasman (now ACIL Allen Consulting) as chief operating officer. [3] She was a member of the National Competition Council and its president in 2003. She was appointed CEO of the Murray Darling Basin Commission (now Murray–Darling Basin Authority) in 2004 for four years. [11]

Craik joined the board of the Climate Change Authority in 2015 and served as chair from 2016 to 2020. [12] She was appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2018 for a five-year term. [13]

Awards and honours

Craik was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 1996. [1]

Craik was awarded the Centenary Medal in January 2001 for her "contribution to industry development and social issues impacting on rural industries". [14] She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2007 Australia Day Honours for "service to the natural resource sector of the economy, particularly in the areas of fisheries, marine ecology and management of water reform, and for contributions to policies affecting rural and regional Australia". [15]

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  2. ↑ Steele-Craik Audrey Mavis : Service Number 350070 : Date of birth 06 Jul 1918 : Place of birth Unknown : Place of enlistment Unknown : Next of Kin ION ERNEST. National Archives of Australia. 1939–1948.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Wisdom Interviews: Wendy Craik". ABC Radio National. Peter Thompson (interviewer). 2 August 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. 1 2 Connors, Tom (9 December 1995). "Features: Leading farmers into the future". The Canberra Times . Vol. 71, no. 22, 150. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. p. 52. Retrieved 2 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth scholarship winners announced". The Canberra Times . Vol. 40, no. 11, 325. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 November 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 1 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
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  7. ↑ "Prizewinners (30 June 1973), Australian National University", Report of the Council, Govt. Print. Office (154 of 1973): 34, 30 June 1973, ISSN   0572-1318
  8. ↑ "Wendy Craik, Senior Associate". AITHER: Advisors In Water Policy Management, Infrastructure & Natural Hazards. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Craik, Gwenneth Jean Steele (1978), A further investigation of the homing behaviour of the intertidal cottid, Oligocottus maculosus Girard, G. J. S., Craik, retrieved 1 March 2022
  10. ↑ "Letters to the Editor". Torres News . No. 577. Queensland, Australia. 21 November 2003. p. 4. Retrieved 2 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Advisory Board: Dr Wendy Craik AM" (PDF). 66 White Street. Charles Sturt University. August 2009. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Who we are". Climate Change Authority. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Reserve Bank Board". Reserve Bank of Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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