Cheryl Batagol was reappointed to a second five-year term as EPA Victoria's Chairman last week.
One of Victoria's most respected environmental leaders, Ms Batagol has more than 40 years experience in the waste management and water industries.
Since joining EPA Victoria in September 2009, Ms Batagol ushered in a strengthened and more robust governance arrangement aimed at transforming the world’s second oldest environmental protection authority into a modern regulator.
As part of that transformation, Ms Batagol has guided EPA’s leadership team since 2011 to roll out a 5 Year Plan aimed at delivering the environmental outcomes of clean air, healthy water, safe land and fewer disturbances from noise and odour.
With her reappointment, Ms Batagol will continue to steer EPA on its journey towards fully delivering the Plan in 2016 – as a transparent, accountable, responsive and decisive regulator.
To discharge its mandate of working with Victorians to ensure environmental protection, Ms Batagol oversaw the execution of EPA’s environmental citizenship strategy in 2012.
The program established a standard way for EPA to encourage, support and empower businesses, the community and other organisations to create lasting pro-environmental behaviour change.
With significant experience across numerous government bodies, Ms Batagol was most recently Chair of Melbourne Water.
She has also sat on the boards of City West Water, Southern Rural Water and was Chair of EcoRecycle Victoria, as well as a member of the Victorian Catchment Management Council and the Victorian Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel.
In addition to her appointment at EPA Victoria, Ms Batagol is also Chair of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and a board member of Sustainability Victoria.
Ms Batagol will continue to serve as Chairman of EPA Victoria through to 2019.