Professor Michael Stewardson is the CEO for the One Basin CRC. He has had a 30 year career in water resources research and research translation. He has led many cooperative research projects in river water resources management and advises government including his current membership of the MDBA’s Advisory Committee on Social Environmental and Environmental Science (ACSEES).

 He was Discipline Leader for the Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources Group at The University of Melbourne and led the Water Environment and Agriculture Platform in the Faculty of Engineering & IT. In 2019, he established the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre and was the Centre Director for its first three years. Michael led the bid for a One Basin CRC which was successfully funded in 2022.