IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2026)

Section	Section Chair	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Vice Chair	Matthew Imhoff
Section	Past Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Treasury	Colin Elston
Section	Assistant Treasurer	Bill Sloman
Section	Secretary	Arifuddin Mohammed (Arif)
Section	Assistant Secretary	Antony Zaglas
Section	Nominations
Section	eNotice Coordinator
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities
Section	Young Professional Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	Student Activities Chair	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative	Amir Zahedi
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graham Town
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW
Section	Fellows Activities Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2025)

Section	Section Chair	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Vice Chair	Matthew Imhoff
Section	Past Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Treasury	Colin Elston
Section	Assistant Treasurer	Bill Sloman
Section	Secretary	Arifuddin Mohammed (Arif)
Section	Assistant Secretary	Antony Zaglas
Section	Nominations
Section	eNotice Coordinator
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities
Section	Young Professional Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	Student Activities Chair	Dushmantha Thalakotuna / Arslan Kiyani
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graeme B Gwilliam
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian	Ramutis Zakarevicius
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW
Section	Fellows Activities Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2024)

Section	Section Chair	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Vice Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Past Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Treasury	Bill Sloman
Section	Assistant Treasurer	Antony Zaglas
Section	Secretary	Arifuddin Mohammed (Arif)
Section	Assistant Secretary	Matthew Imhoff
Section	Nominations
Section	eNotice Coordinator	Sanjib Choudhury
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities	Colin Elston
Section	Young Professional Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	Student Activities Chair	Dushmantha Thalakotuna / Arslan Kiyani
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graeme B Gwilliam
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian	Ramutis Zakarevicius
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW
Section	Fellows Activities Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2023)

Section	Section Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Vice Chair	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Past Chair	Sasha Nikolic
Section	Treasury	Bill Sloman
Section	Assistant Treasurer
Section	Secretary	Antony Zaglas
Section	Assistant Secretary	Arif Sohel
Section	Nominations	Antony Zaglas
Section	eNotice Coordinator	Sanjib Choudhury
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities	Colin Elston
Section	Young Professional Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	Student Activities Chair	Arslan Kiyani
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graeme B Gwilliam
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair	Helen Lu
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian	Ramutis Zakarevicius
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW	Kayleen Manwaring
Section	Fellows Activties Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2021-2022)

Section	Section Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Vice Chair	Sudipta Chakraborty
Section	Past Chair	Sasha Nikolic
Section	Treasury	Bill Sloman
Section	Assistant Treasurer
Section	Secretary	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Assistant Secretary	sherry.moghadassi
Section	Nominations	Mahmoud Elkhodr
Section	eNotice Coordinator	sanjib.choudhury
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities	Colin Elston
Section	Young Professional Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	Student Activities Chair	Arslan Kiyani
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative	Luke Wicent Sy,
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graeme B Gwilliam
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair	Helen Lu
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Antony Zaglas
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian	Ramutis Zakarevicius
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW	Kayleen Manwaring
Section	Fellows Activties Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2020)

Section	Section Chair	Colin Elston
Section	Vice Chair	Sudipta Chakraborty
Section	Past Chair	Sasha Nikolic
Section	Treasury	Bill Sloman
Section	Assistant Treasurer
Section	Secretary	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Assistant Secretary	sherry.moghadassi
Section	Nominations	Mahmoud Elkhodr
Section	eNotice Coordinator	sanjib.choudhury
Section	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Section	Webmaster	Syed Muzahir Abbas
Section	Professional Activities	Colin Elston
Section	Young Professional Chair	Affan Baba
Section	Young Professional Vice Chair	Hijab Zahra
Section	Student Activities Chair	Arslan Kiyani
Section	Student Activities Vice Chair
Section	Student Representative	Luke Wicent Sy,
Section	NSW Section Mentor Chair	Mohamad Awdallah
Section	Educational Activities & TISP	Graeme B Gwilliam
Section	Membership Development	Bruce Poon
Section	WIE Chair	Naila Mukhtar
Section	WIE Vice Chair	Helen Lu
Section	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair	Antony Zaglas
Section	Conference Coordinator	David Tien
Section	Historian	Ramutis Zakarevicius
Section	Distribution Lists	Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Section	Social Implications of Tech NSW	Kayleen Manwaring
Section	Fellows Activties Coordinator	Karu Esselle
Section	Circuit Editor	Bill Sloman

IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2017)

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Name	POSITION
Prof. Karu Esselle	Section Chair
Ray Brown	Section Vice Chair
John Aitken	Section Secretary
Dr John Ypsilantis	Section Treasurer
Dr. David Tien	Section Past Chair
Syed Abbas	General Committee Member
Greg Andrews	Nominations and Appointments Chair
Dr Lyria Bennett Moses	General Committee Member & Social Implications of Tech NSW
Sanjib Choudhury	eNotice Coordinator
Ollencio D’Souza	Government Liaison & Industry Relations
Dr Mahmoud Elkhodr	Webmaster
Colin Elston	Professional Activities
Prof Karu Esselle	Fellow Activities Coordinator
Dr Raheel Hashmi	Young Professional Chair
Dr Ali Hellany	Student Activities
Dr Graeme Gwilliam	Teacher In Service Program(TISP) Co-ordinator
Dr Graeme Gwilliam	Educational Activities
Sherry Moghadassi	Assistant Secretary
Bruce Poon	Membership Development
Dr Hai Yan (Helen) Lu	WIE Chair
Dr Bill Sloman	CIRCUIT Editor
Dr Bill Sloman	Life Members Chair
Dr Bill Sloman	Assistant Treasurer
Dr David Tien	Conference Coordinator
Antony Zaglas	Awards and Recognition Committee Chair
A Prof Ramutis Zakarevicius	Historian