Board

Raj Aseervatham BE(Hons, Civil) MBA PhD(Eng) FAICD FIEAust CPEng EngExec is Engineers Australia’s National President and Board Chair. Raj was admitted as a Fellow of Engineers Australia in 2012 and joined the Engineers Australia Board in 2019. He is in his second term as a director. 

After graduating in Civil Engineering from the University of Queensland, Raj was initially a water, tailings and civil infrastructure engineer on mining developments. Later he focused on the ESG risks and strategies of mining and energy companies’ operational portfolios and capital projects. 

His engineering and executive career includes more than 15 years with three ASX 100 companies (BHP, Rio Tinto and Origin Energy), and more than 15 years in global and boutique consulting and audit/assurance. He has lived and worked on most continents of the world. 

Having ceased his executive career some years ago, Raj is a professional non-executive director, an auditor of responsible business practices in heavy engineering organisations, an accredited mediator and twice-published author. 

Professor Lachlan Blackhall joined the Engineers Australia Board in 2023 and is Chair of the Member and Stakeholder Committee and a member of the People and Governance Committee. 

Lachlan has more than 15 years' experience in the energy sector, including senior leadership roles in research and development, industry, policy and regulation.

Lachlan is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the Australian National University (ANU). In this role he is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies, policies and systems to achieve the university’s strategic goals in research and innovation. 

Lachlan's previous roles include Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head of the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at the ANU and Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Reposit Power.

Lachlan holds a BE, BSc and PHD, is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is a Fellow of both Engineers Australia and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

Tom Goerke BE GAICD FIEAust CPEng EngExec NER was admitted to Engineers Australia as a Fellow in 2021 and was elected to Engineers Australia's Western Australia division before joining the Engineers Australia Board in 2023. Tom is Chair of the Engineering Education Australia Board and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Tom is an electronics engineering graduate from Curtin University and runs his own advisory firm specialising in technology and innovation and provides advice to boards on how digital transformation applies to their organisation. He spent the early part of his career in London working in telecommunications for international treaty organisations Inmarsat, ICO Global Communications and Cisco UK. He then co-founded a Singapore startup before re-joining Cisco Systems in Australia.

At Cisco, Tom worked on developing new technologies for emerging markets and then established Cisco’s innovation centre program across Australia and New Zealand in partnership with universities, industry and government. The centres were at the leading edge of co-innovation, leveraging emerging engineering and technology to accelerate digital transformation for businesses.

Tom holds multiple patents in the field of communications. He was the Chair of StartupWA (Western Australia’s technology advocate group) and subsequently chaired its advisory council until the end of 2023. In 2021 Tom was appointed an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University and member of the Science and Engineering Faculty Advisory Council. He is passionate about technology, skills development and the use of digital technologies to accelerate decarbonisation and transition to net zero.

Kourosh Kayvani BSc MEngSc PhD FTSE MIABSE MAE FIEAust CPEng NER  joined the board in 2021. He is a director of Engineering Education Australia and a member of the People and Governance Committee. 

Kourosh is a Partner of HKA and leads its Forensic Technical Services in the Asia Pacific. He was previously the Global Managing Director – Design, Innovation and Eminence of Aurecon and a member of its global C-suite from 2017–2020. 

Over his 30-year engineering career, Kourosh has played leading roles in the design, delivery, and expert advisory for many complex projects across the globe. His project portfolio includes Wembley Stadium in London, West Kowloon Terminus in Hong Kong, Barito Suspension Bridge in Indonesia, Lusail Stadium in Qatar and such projects in Australia as ANSTO OPAL nuclear reactor, the Sydney International Hockey Stadium, Melbourne Star Observation Wheel, Civic Tower, ANZ Tower, 5 Martin Place and CommBank Stadium in Sydney, among many others.

Kourosh is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment at Western Sydney University. He graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of Tehran and has a master’s degree and a PhD in Structural Engineering from UNSW, Australia. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Kourosh is a Good Design Ambassador with Good Design Australia and a member of the Senate for FIDIC Academy.

Kourosh is the winner of the 2016 John Connell Gold Medal from the Structural College of Institution of Engineers Australia. He is a Laureate of IABSE Prize awarded by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering for his work on long-span structures world-wide. He has also been cited among Engineers Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Engineers in Australia.

Liza Maimone FIEAust CPEng EngExec NER joined the Board in 2022 and is Chair of the People and Governance Committee.   

A chemical engineer and business leader with a passion for sustainability, and brings with her a wealth of engineering and corporate experience and expertise. Liza aims to use her skills to support Engineers Australia in achieving its vision of advancing society through great engineering.

Liza has more than 30 years’ professional experience providing risk, governance, sustainability and climate change advice and assurance services across a range of industries to senior management and boards.

Liza is the CEO of Fyfe, an Australian integrated engineering, environment, planning and surveying business. From 2020 to 2024, Liza held the role of PwC Australia’s Chief Operating Officer and Sustainability Executive. Liza has also been a director of PwC ASEANZ Consulting, PwC’s regional Consulting business, and a member of several PwC global committees. Prior to that, Liza led PwC’s consulting business in Australia.

Liza holds a BEng(Chem)(First Class Hons) and Grad Dip Law (Energy and Resources) from The University of Melbourne. Liza is a Member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, Chair of the Standards and Integrity Committee of Accounting for Nature, Director of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and a member of its Finance Committee, and she is an Advisory Board Member of Triple Eight Capital. Liza is a Member of Chief Executive Women and a Member of AICD.

Peter McIntyre BSc BE(Hons) MBA FAICD FIEAust CPEng EngExec joined the Board in 2025. He is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Member and Stakeholder Committee. Peter was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Engineers Australia (2016–2019).

An electrical engineer who spent most of his career in electricity transmission, Peter was formerly the Managing Director of the NSW electricity network service provider Transgrid (2010–2016) and served as a non-executive director on the Board of Tasnetworks (2016–2022). He also served on the Boards of the Australian Power Institute, Energy Networks Australia and Grid Australia and as the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2019–2022). Since 2023, he has been Chief Executive Officer of CIGRE Australia.

Peter is based in Sydney and has a passion for sustainability, leadership, humanitarian and Indigenous issues and the development of the engineering workforce. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Lisa Vitaris BA(PubComm)/BA(IntlStud) MBus MBA GAICD CompIEAust EngExec was appointed to the Engineers Australia Board in 2021 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Member and Stakeholder Committee.  

Lisa is an experienced marketing leader with particular expertise in marketing, high growth acquisition, digital technology and branding. Lisa’s experience spans high growth companies in technology, telecommunications, financial services, automotive and travel both in marketing and advertising including brands such as amaysim (Optus), Tyro, Aussie Home Loans, CMC Markets, Hyundai, Tourism Tasmania, Bankwest, Volvo and LG. 

Lisa is Interim CEO and Director, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 Sydney at the Space Industry Association of Australia. 

Lisa is also the Founder and Director of 10 Pieces, an environmentally sustainable travel initiative for which she was nominated as a Hero of Travel in 2018. After completing The Marketing Academy in 2020, Lisa served on its advisory council for more than three years, and serves on the University of Technology Sydney’s advisory to Advanced MBA students.