Gary Nairn has been elected as Chair of the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA), at the Board meeting in Canberra last week, which coincided with the spatial@gov conference.
After 25 years in the surveying and mapping industry, including 13 years as Managing Director of his own business (James Nairn & Co P/L trading as Earl James & Assoc), Gary spent nearly 12 years as the Federal Member for Eden-Monaro.
He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (with responsibilities including water reform and the Science, Engineering & Technology unit in Prime Minister & Cabinet) and later as Special Minister of State 2006-2007 (with responsibilities including e-Government).
After departing Parliament in 2007, he established his own consulting business that specialises in business development, spatial information and property matters.
