Stewart Somers

Stewart Somers has worked since the early 1970s as an urban planner and senior manager in local and state government organisations and as a consultant to the private and public sectors in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Yanchi (China).

He has coordinated and managed multi-disciplinary professional teams on diverse projects such as environmental impact studies for major projects, strategy plans, structure plans, urban master plans and feasibility studies.

Stewart has also been involved in master planning projects in China, including detailed programming, resource planning, budgeting and ongoing project performance analysis.

Stewart has a Degree in Planning, a Diploma in Town Planning from RMIT University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Griffith University.

Stewart joined Toowoomba Regional Council in 2008. He is married to Jung Ah and enjoys gardening and traveling.