Board Members

Mr John Tulloch, Chairperson, Surveyor General of Victoria

Mr Tulloch is the Surveyor General of Victoria, and as such is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre. The Surveyor General fulfils a range of statutory roles and responsibilities dealing with land and property boundaries. Mr Tulloch is also the Registrar of Geographic Names and a member of the following Commissions and Committee’s in Victoria:

• Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Federal Redistribution Committee for Victoria

Ms Rachael Musgrave-Evans, Licensed Surveyor

Ms Musgrave-Evans has been a licensed surveyor in Victoria since 1992 and was also a licensed surveyor in the Northern Territory. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Surveying with Distinction (RMIT) and a Master of Social Science in Environment and Planning (RMIT). Ms Musgrave-Evans has experience in urban and rural cadastral surveying in both the public and private sectors. She is the Managing Director of Musgrave-Evans and Gilbert Consulting Pty Ltd; a Land Surveying and Town Planning consultancy in Central Victoria. Rachael is a member of the Institution of Surveyors Australia (Victoria Division), the Association of Consulting Surveyors Victoria and the Planning Institute Australia

Mr Michael Loy, Licensed Surveyor Member

Mr Loy is the Managing Director of Lawlor and Loy Pty. Ltd, a Melbourne based firm of land surveyors and town planning consultants. Mr Loy has been a practising licensed surveyor in Victoria for over 30 years, and was a registered surveyor in New South Wales for more than 20 years. Mr Loy has extensive experience in land development, cadastral surveying, town planning and associated survey matters in both metropolitan and country areas. Mr Loy is a nominee of the Institution of Surveyors Australia, Victorian Division and has been a Member of the Institution and the Association of Consulting Surveyors Victoria for over 25 years. He was an Executive Member of the Association of Consulting Surveyors Victoria for eight years and the Association’s Chairman in 2000/2001. He is an Associate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Surveying.

Dr David Silcock, Academic Member, RMIT University

Dr Silcock is a licensed surveyor, and Senior Lecturer in Geospatial Science at RMIT University (School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences). He joined RMIT in 2000 after 10 years at the University of South Australia. Prior to academia he worked as a cadastral and engineering surveyor with the Roads Traffic Authority and then Blacktown City Council in NSW. Dr Silcock also spent 2 years as geodetic surveyor in Western Samoa during the late 1980's. He has undertaken significant research in high precision GPS and plate tectonics, and has previously served as the academic member of the Surveyors Board of South Australia for a 5-year term.

Mr Stephen Jones, Lawyer Member

Mr. Jones has been a practising barrister in Victoria for more than 22 years. Mr. Jones is a member of the Victorian Bar. Mr. Jones has extensive experience in administrative law, property law, town planning law and environmental law. Mr. Jones is a former member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Victoria, the predecessor to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Mr. Jones has a Bachelor of Laws (Monash University) and a Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning (University of Melbourne).

Ms Gaye Mason, Community Member

Ms Mason has more than 30 years commercial experience and holds an MBA. She is a Fellow of CPA Australia, an Associate of Chartered Secretaries Australia, and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She holds honorary board and governance positions in the not-for-profit sector and was a member of the CPA Australia Board and President of CPA Australia’s Victorian Division in 2006/07.

Ms Roberta Esbitt, Property Owner / Developer Member

Ms Esbitt is an internationally registered architect with over 30 years’ experience in the property industry. Previously Architect for the European Commission in Brussels, she has managed her own property development company in Melbourne for 12 years. Ms Esbitt has a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in New York, and a Diploma of Building , Diploma of Building Surveying, and Master of Business (Property) from RMIT University, where she lectures in post-graduate Property. She is a co-opted Member of the Building Practitioners Board, and was previous National Secretary of the Association of Professional Engineers Scientists and Managers Australia, President of the Association's Architects' Division, and on the Board of Member Advantage.. In addition, she chairs the Cadastral Surveying Career Promotion Task Force. Ms Esbitt served for several years on a Council Planning Community Advisory Committee and as Residents’ Advocate for planning matters at VCAT. Prior to that, she was National Vice-President of the National Association of Women in Construction [Australia].

The Secretariat
The administration of the Board is undertaken by a small secretariat to facilitate the Board's activities and services. The Department of Sustainability and Environment provides the secretariat staff and office facilities through the office of Surveyor General Victoria. The staff comprises an Executive Officer, Anita Davids, and two Administration Officers, Laura Faulkner (Finance) and Gemma Rowe (Training).