Peter Cochrane

Senior Adviser

Peter has thirty years of senior government and private sector experience in the environment and resources sectors. Since retiring as Director of National Parks and head of Parks Australia, he has worked in consulting, advisory and governance roles. Peter is currently a Commissioner with the NSW Independent Planning Commission and an Assistant Commissioner with the NSW Natural Resources Commission.

Peter chairs the boards of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, Australia’s Tropical Herbarium and the Steering Committee of the National Environmental Science Program’s Marine Biodiversity Hub.