Our Board

The Australasian Institute of Dangerous Goods Consultants not-for-profit is run by a Board consisting of elected members.

Board Members for 2025/2026

Jason Costa

President
3rd Year

Renton Parker

Vice President 1
2nd Year

Sean Page

Vice President 2
1st Year

Tim Nightingale

Secretary/Treasurer
 

Board Members

Leonard Gawecki

Michael Garvin

Delene Kock

Sub-committees

Finance Sub Committee

To assist the secretary/treasurer in preparation of the budget and development of forward financial plans to sustain the future activities of the institute, to co-ordinate auditing of accounts.
– Chris Flannery & Tim Nightingale

Technical Sub Committee

To co-ordinate the review and respond to draft Australian Standards, and draft regulation, to liaise with Safe Work/ Work Cover on technical matters, to arrange and administer the ongoing Technical Improvement Program and occasional seminars, to coordinate technical content for the web site, and to oversee production of technical information for the Institute, and to provide technical support to the Accreditation Sub-Committee.
– Peter Hunt, Frank Mendham, Renton Parker & Richard Greenwood

Competency Assessment Sub Committee

To develop assessment procedures appropriate to dangerous goods classes risk assessment and performance-based regulations.
– Ross Underwood, Sean Page, Jason Costa, Renton Parker, Delene Kock, Frank Mendham, Peter Hunt, Richard Greenwood and the AIDGC Board.

Marketing Sub Committee

To develop and oversee the implementation of the Institutes Marketing Plan, including member communications/newsletter.
– Sean Page, Jason Costa, Chris Butson.

Queensland Sub-Committee

–To coordinate the Queensland chapter of the Institute
– Hugo Mak & Shyamal Sharma

Victorian Sub-Committee

To coordinate the Victorian chapter of the Institute.
– Richard Greenwood

West Australian Sub-Committee

To coordinate the start up of the WA chapter of the Institute.
– Imran Shaik & Sean Page.

Conference Sub-Committee

To plan and manage the annual AIDGC conference
– Jason Costa, Len Gawecki and Sarah Montgomery (event co-ordinator)

Past Presidents