Eleni Taylor-Wood

Eleni has 20 years’ experience successfully managing large-scale, complex projects that run over several years, as well as providing expert advice and independent review for a range of infrastructure and planning projects. She has worked on projects around the world including in Australia, Mozambique, South Africa, Iceland, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Mekong, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Her experience covers a vast gamut of studies including: environmental and social impact assessment and management; strategic management of wetlands and waterway; feasibility and approvals for new hydropower projects, environmental flow determination and assessment, and sustainability assessments. Eleni is currently one of eleven Accredited Assessors under the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol worldwide.

Eleni has also been involved in the development and provision of environmental, social and sustainability training and capacity building, especially around the development and operation of hydropower schemes and water supply management, for delegations from Bhutan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Laos.

She has been a committee member (currently Secretary) of the Coast and Wetlands Society of Australia since 1997 and is a member of the environmental chamber of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Governance Council. During 2001-2005, she was appointed to the Independent Expert Panel for the Hawkesbury-Nepean, Shoalhaven and Woronora Rivers.

Eleni graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science with honours in marine biology/botany. She obtained her PhD in marine botany in 1997, also from the University of New South Wales.