Summary

Donald specialises in writing corporate histories.

During 2023 and 2024 he wrote the history of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline. This was published in August 2024 to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the pipeline. His client, the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group that owns the pipeline, was delighted with the result. They commented that he showed 'meticulous attention to detail' and 'an amazing ability to make individuals feel comfortable to share their personal and professional experiences.'

His book 'From Technocrat to Leader' published in 2019 focuses on the foundational importance to leaders of earning the trust of their people thus enabling them to show care. It is a self-help manual for those new to leadership roles and for established professionals looking to recalibrate their leadership, and charts his progress from a very technocratic engineering graduate to the leader he became.

Donald has extensive public speaking experience and includes leadership (based around the themes in his book), aviation, and the evidence for ancient civilisations with advanced knowledge and technology, among his speaking topics.

Biography

Donald has spent his career in international senior leadership and consulting roles and has lived and worked in five countries.

He has written extensively throughout his career. Much of his writing has been on technical topics and has included hundreds of technical reports and reports of forensic investigations into safety incidents. He has had peer-reviewed technical papers published in Australia through the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and in the USA through the Society of Automotive Engineers. For two years he wrote the bi-monthly ‘Classic Workshop’ column for Australian Classic Car magazine. In 2010 he wrote ‘Rodrigo the Adventurer’ for advanced child readers and had it published on Amazon Kindle.

Relevant qualifications

Master of Engineering degree (University of Melbourne) 1993.
Bachelor of Engineering degree (Mining) (Hons.), University of Melbourne.
Airline Transport Pilot (ATP), USA.
Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL), Australia.
Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM).
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management WA (FAIM).

Recent experience

Donald regularly speaks on 'the evidence for ancient civilisations with advanced knowledge and technology'.

He also speaks on aviation themes, including his experience working as an aircraft restoration volunteer at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands in the UK, and on the topic of famous aircraft accident investigations.

Publications

Get in touch

YouTube https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-macrae-gordon-m-eng-fausimm-faim-751b7730/

Phone 0421282473