Barbara Crossley

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About Barbara Crossley

At Umwelt, we have a growing national team of professionals delivering quality environmental and social consultancy services across Australia, and beyond. Our dedicated and committed team works with clients across a range of sectors, including government, resources, renewables, Defence, infrastructure, and a variety of industries. Over almost 30 years, we have provided services to Commonwealth, State and Local Governments across the nation, and many major international and national corporations. At Umwelt, we strive to make a difference. Working closely with our clients, government and communities, we are able to create effective and innovative solutions to meet environment and community sustainability challenges. We are a proud Australian, employee owned business, with a well established, broad based Employee Share Plan. What really sets us apart is the quality and expertise of our people - from very experienced project leaders delivering major multi-disciplinary EIS's, through to specialist teams with strong expertise in ecology, cultural heritage, social and community studies, water resources, hydrogeology, climate change, noise and many more services. For more detail, go to I have also served previous appointments by the NSW Government as a Temporary Member of the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission, and provided independent peer review for the NSW Joint Regional Planning Panel. From 2004 until 2013, I enjoyed three terms as Non-Executive Director of Hunter Water Corporation, a State Owned Corporation delivering water and wastewater services to over half a million people in the lower Hunter Region, NSW. My current Non-Executive Director role with The University of Newcastle Research Association (TUNRA), provides me with the opportunity to provide strategic direction and insight to contribute towards the great work TUNRA does in connecting industry with the commercial and applied research outputs of the University of Newcastle (UON).