YP Leadership Breakfast Perth Thurs 11 June 2026

Caroline White – Project Lead, Dampier Salt Limited

Caroline White is a Project Lead at Dampier Salt Limited, delivering infrastructure projects in remote coastal environments across Western Australia. With a background in structural and civil engineering, she has contributed to major port developments as well as marine and coastal infrastructure at different points throughout her career.

Caroline’s pathway into maritime engineering has been unconventional — moving in and out of the sector over time. From early involvement in the Cape Lambert Port B development, to applying engineering thinking in a community coastal erosion response, through to leading the delivery of marine infrastructure in highly corrosive environments. She brings a practical perspective on building capability, making decisions outside your core expertise, and progressively building capability within the maritime industry.

Dr Sander Scheffers – Principal Scientist & Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Western Australia I Oceans Institute, Hydrobiology

Dr Sander Scheffers is an internationally recognised marine environmental risk and offshore decommissioning specialist with more than 25 years’ international experience across marine ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental risk assessment, geochemistry, oceanography and marine environmental regulation. He helps operators, regulators and advisory teams make defensible decisions on offshore decommissioning, contaminants, plastics, mercury, NORM, residual risk and long-term marine outcomes.

Sander brings together academic credibility, consulting delivery, regulatory familiarity, advisory roles and team leadership. He currently leads Hydrobiology’s Marine Environmental Risk Assessment Team and is Adjunct Associate Professor at the UWA Oceans Institute.