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

Mr Barrie Bremner, Licensed Surveyor, Surveyor and Chief Draughting Officer in Office of Titles
Mr Bremner fulfils the statutory role of Surveyor and Chief Draughting in the Land Registry and is a Senior Manager in providing expert advice to government on land administration matters. He is a Licensed Surveyor and prior to taking up his current position, was a Director of a consulting surveying practice in 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 Hugh Davies, Lawyer Member
Mr Davies has extensive experience in litigation and business law. He is currently practising law as a consultant to legal firms and is a sessional member of VCAT. Mr Davies has also acted as a course presenter for the Law Institute of Victoria in the area of strategic practice planning. He has vast experience as a mediator for all court jurisdictions and is a member of various panels in his capacity as a mediator.

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 on the National Board of the Association of Professional Engineers Scientists and Managers, Australia, and is President of the Association’s Architects’ Division, as well as being on the Board of Member Advantage and a co-opted Member of the Building Practitioners Board. 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 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 an Administration Officer, Laura Faulkner.