Directors

Michael Fox – AM, B Arch, MTCP, FAIA, FPIA – is an architect, planner, access consultant and human rights advocate with involvement in access and equity since 1972. He is a director of Access Australia and related architectural practice Michael Fox Architects. Michael Fox is an accredited member of ACAA – the Association of Consultants in Access Australia.

Access experience includes strategies and programs for the University of Western Sydney, University of Sydney, Westfield and the City of Sydney. Further information is available at our website www.accessaustralia.com.au.

Michael Fox is Chair of RI Australia www.riaustralia.org and the RI Foundation. International roles include extensive involvement in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ratified by Australia in July 2008. From 2004 to 2008 Michael Fox prioritised key global issues including CRPD adoption, as President of RI www.riglobal.org, a New York based global network advancing the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities. From 1996 to 2004 he was Global Chair of ICTA, the RI International Commission on Technology and Accessibility.

Related activities include Corporate Board member, House with No Steps, Sydney, 2001 to 2010; Access to Premises Standard (APS) hearings, 2009; University lecturer in Access, Equity & Design; and membership of Standards Australia ME / 64 Access and Mobility Committees since 1974.

Margaret Fox – BA, MA, Grad. Dip. IM, librarian – is a director of Access Australia. Since 1992 her extensive access experience has included planning reports and policy guidelines, together with initiation, management and field work associated with access audits, assessments and reports. She is an accredited member of ACAA.

Margaret has carried out access research studies, consultations and implementation of DDA Action Plans, and was an initial member of the Outdoor Access – Sports, Recreation & Leisure draft Australian Standard Working Group.

During the 1980s Margaret studied urban and regional planning and provided planning reports and consultancy services to building contractors and local government.