Board and Executive

Board

Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is governed by a Board of Directors accountable to the Victorian Minister for Emergency Services, and is run by the executive management team.

After VICSES was established as a Statutory Authority on 1 November 2005, a Board was appointed to govern the organisation. The Board meets monthly and reports directly to the Minister for Emergency Services.

Between them, the Board members possess a wealth of experience in the emergency services, finance and other business industries.

Peter Akers

Board Chair

Barbara Yeoh

Board Director

Lisa Borowick

Board Director

Nina Brooks

Board Director

Bernie Cronin

Deputy Chair

Executive

Stephen Griffin

Chief Executive Officer

Stephen has been employed in various local government roles including community services,
corporate services and as a Chief Executive Officer. His involvement with local communities
and various advocacy programs complements his formal qualifications in management,
business and education.

Tim Wiebusch

Chief Officer Operations

With a passion for emergency management and over 25 years' of experience with government
agencies, Tim is responsible for the development of operational doctrine and overseeing incident
management capability development within VICSES.

Kate White

Director Community Resilience and Communications

With extensive experience in emergency management, event management, finance
and banking across the public and corporate sectors, Kate's areas of responsibility
are Community Connections, Emergency Management Planning and Media and Communications.

John Casey

Director Corporate Services

John has over 20 years’ experience in financial management roles in the public sector across
Commonwealth and State Governments. John’s VICSES areas of responsibility are
governance, finance and administration, information communication technology, project
management and assets and infrastructure.

Katrina Bahen

Director Human Resources

Experienced in developing and implementing Work Health and Safety Management Systems,
Katrina oversees Human Resources for VICSES including Work Health and Safety, Peer Support
and volunteer training.

Silvia Silverii

Chief Information Officer

Silvia Silverii joined VICSES as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in July 2018, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in Information Technology and a wealth of experience and skills in optimising the use of data and information flow for organisations, here and internationally. Silvia comes from the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) Victoria, where for the past 5 years she held the role of Head of Information Technology and Management, supporting IBAC’s organisational objectives through the leadership of its information and communications technology programs. Prior to IBAC, Silvia was CIO for the Financial Ombudsman Service for 6 years, and has also worked for EPT Pty Ltd/KAZ Software Solutions. As CIO for VICSES, Silvia leads the Information Services team.