Panel Chair

Mr Malcolm Barker

Senior Technical Director - Dams, GHD

Malcolm has 48 years of civil engineering experience in the design, construction and safety of dams, hydropower projects, canals and tailings dams. He has participated in many dam projects in Australia, Canada, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and China. He has been involved in the design and construction of Embankment, Rockfill, RCC and concrete dams and HEP projects as well as Tailings dam planning and design for upstream and downstream construction and application of risk assessment for upgrade designs. Malcolm has also served in different capacities in the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) and was one of the members revising the 2003 Risk Assessment Guidelines. Malcolm is a seconded member of the ICOLD Levee Technical Committee.