Management

Steve Dunn
Acting Chief Executive

Steve was appointed Deputy Chief Executive, and General Manager of the Maritime property Division in August 2007.

Steve has previously held a number of senior management positions in the Australian public sector including Director of Victorian Fisheries, and Director General of NSW Fisheries from 1999 to 2004.

At NSW Fisheries he led a period of significant reform in fisheries management including restructuring of the commercial fishing industry, and the introduction of the recreational fishing licence. Steve was a Director of the Marine Parks Authority and oversaw the introduction of the Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay Marine Parks. From 2004 to 2006 he held a diplomatic post as the Deputy Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency established under international convention and based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Immediately before joining Maritime he was the Executive Director with responsibility for the water resource regulatory and corporate service programs of the Department of Water and Energy.

Steve was the inaugural Chair of the Australian Fisheries Management Forum from 2002 to 2004 and chaired the National Fisheries Compliance Committee from 1996 to 1997.

He holds an honours degree from the Marine Studies Institute, Plymouth, UK, majoring in law and economics, with his honours thesis on marina management. He completed his Masters of Management Degree at Macquarie University in Sydney. Steve is a keen recreational boater, fly fisherman and scuba diving instructor.

Brian Stanwell
General Manager, Corporate Services

Brian joined the Finance Branch of the former Maritime Services Board in 1980 and held a number of senior accounting and finance positions in that organisation.

He was appointed General Manager Corporate Services in November 2004, and is responsible for finance; employee relations; legal services; information technology; risk management; corporate planning and records management.

Brian has overseen major projects that underpin many of the reporting and compliance responsibilities of the organisation. More recently he has been involved in developing a Business Continuity Plan, negotiating the current enterprise agreement, developing a Strategic Management Calendar, revaluing NSW Maritime’s asset portfolio, introducing international financial reporting standards and completing the implementation of the ICAC Corruption Resistance Review.

Brett Moore
General Manager, Recreational Boating & Regional Services

Brett started his career with NSW Maritime in 1991 and was appointed to the position of General Manager Recreational Boating on 1 September 2004. Brett was Acting Chief Executive from February until September 2006..

Brett has some 50 years of experience in recreational boating, almost exclusively in NSW. He has a passion for safety, and safe vessel design, which he pursues with the Recreational Vessel Advisory Group and the boating industry. Brett’s focus for the division is on building customer relationships, improving products and services, meeting government and client expectations, managing natural resources, and continuing education and safety programs for the boating community – both existing and new.

Tony Middleton
General Manager, Ports & Shipping

Tony began with NSW Maritime as General Manager Ports and Shipping in December 2004. Tony has worked previously with NSW Maritime, formerly the Waterways Authority, as General Manager Policy and Planning. After a short period in the NSW Department of Transport with responsibility for taxi and hire car regulation, he relocated to Melbourne as the Director of Marine Safety Victoria.

Tony has considerable knowledge of maritime issues, particularly in relation to safety and environmental policy and regulatory activities. He has extensive experience in maritime-related inter-governmental issues through past membership of the National Marine Safety Committee and other national maritime policy and environmental committees.

His responsibilities include port policy; shipping safety and port coordination, including management of the regional ports of Eden and Yamba; marine environment policy; pollution response; maritime incident investigation; inter-governmental relations; and legislative programs.

Patrick Low
General Manager, Policy & Strategy

Patrick joined NSW Maritime in 2006 as General Manager, Policy, following twelve years experience in public and private sector policy and strategic development. Prior to joining NSW Maritime, Patrick was a senior policy advisor on NSW Planning issues including ports and maritime development, and urban transport.

Previous experience includes two years in the United States working on policy development and stakeholder consultation for a US Congressman and in the 2004 Presidential campaign. Patrick also has senior policy and communications experience within the NSW and Commonwealth Governments in education, the Premier's office, public works and services, telecommunications and health, and has worked as in the private sector as Director of Public Affairs for a commercial enterprise.

His current responsibilities at NSW Maritime include the development and updating of policies associated with waterfront infrastructure, commercial leasing, whole-of-government maritime policy and marine legislation.

Bruce Green
Acting General Manager, Maritime Property Division

Bruce joined NSW Maritime’s Property Division at the beginning of March, 2008. Prior to joining NSW Maritime, he was the Deputy Secretary of Defence (Acquisition), and responsible for the purchase of military equipment for the New Zealand Defence Forces – his last position of an 11-year stint in New Zealand. Another of his NZ roles was as Chief Executive of the development company responsible for the Wellington waterfront know as Te Whanganui a Tara - responsible for rejuvenating the waterfront area, while maintaining a balance between historical and contemporary culture and a functional viable commercial centre, city and water connections and open space for recreational activities.

Prior to moving to New Zealand, Bruce, who is a civil engineer, held various roles in Australia including in Defence as a Senior Project Director, where his portfolio included HMAS Waterhen, HMAS Watson and Spectacle Island as well as all Naval bases on the East Coast and Darwin.

Bruce’s responsibilities heading up the Maritime Property Division includes working with Maritime stakeholders to provide improved access to NSW waterways while maintaining responsibilities as land owner and manager of some of the most important sites in NSW.