Governance

NCI is governed by ANU on advice from the NCI Steering Committee (which serves as its Board), with ANU providing the legal framework and the backing to give effect to the independence provided for in the agreement under which NCI was established.

The Committee has an independent chair. The bulk of the members of the Steering Committee are representatives of leading national research organisations which have a substantial interest in the advancement of the nation's high-end computing services. These are ANU, as the host organisation and signatory of the Funding Agreement with the Commonwealth, CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia, the University of Melbourne (as host of the Victorian Life Science Computation Initiative).

The research-intensive universities are also represented by one of their Deputy Vice-Chancellors (Research). The Director of NCI and the Chair of the Merit Allocation Committee are also ex-officio members.

The NCI Steering Committee

The membership of the Steering Committee is:

• Emeritus Professor Mark S. Wainwright AM
  Chair
  NCI Steering Committee
• Professor Lindsay Botten
  Director
  NCI
• Professor Robin Stanton
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (e-Strategies)
  The Australian National University
• Dr Alex Zelinsky
  Group Executive, Information Sciences
  CSIRO
• Dr Neville Smith
  Deputy Director and Chief Scientist
  Bureau of Meteorology
• Dr Chris Pigram
  Chief Executive Officer
  Geoscience Australia
• Professor Peter Taylor
  Director, Victorian Life Science Computation Initiative
  University of Melbourne
• Professor Les Field
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
  University of New South Wales
• Professor Brian Yates
  Chair, Merit Allocation Committee and Head, School of Chemistry
  University of Tasmania

Advisors and Alternates to the Steering Committee

• Dr Ben Evans
  Manager, NCI National Facility, ANU
  Advisor to the NCI Steering Committee.
• Mr Antony Stinziani
  Chief Information Officer, Geoscience Australia
  Alternate for Chris Pigram.
• Mr David Toll
  Chief Information Officer, CSIRO
  Standing Alternate for Dr Alex Zelinksy, CSIRO
• Mr David Whisker
  Executive Officer, Division of Information, ANU