Since moving to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1987
PM - The Army Lodge (478) 1996-7
PM - The Lodge of Rhythm and Melody (419) 1993-4 (closed)
JW - Darrebin Rotherwood Lodge (306) 1994-5 (resigned)
MO - Victorian Naval and Military Lodge of Mark Master Masons (57) (resigned)
PZ - Public Schools Royal Arch Chapter (66)
PC - Kew Royal Ark Mariner Lodge (122) (resigned)
Southern Cross Allied Masonic Degrees Council (2) (resigned)
1st BnBr - Pembroke Preceptory and Priory(1) (resigned)
Melbourne Sovereign Chapter ASSR (66) (resigned)
Royal Order of Scotland
volunteer at the Royal Freemasons Homes of Victoria
Army Lodge representative for the Freemasons Task Force
Contributor to Re-development of the Masonic Leadership Course

Non-Masonic Community Service
Knight of Honour in the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Knight in the Soveriegn Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (SMOTH) (resigned)
Adjutant of the Legion of Frontiersmen of the Commonwealth (Victoria Area) (resigned)
piper in the RVR Ps&Ds
previously a captain in the Royal Canadian Engineers
captain in the Royal Australian Engineers and Regimental Affairs Officer, 5/6RVR
captain in the Coordinating the Sesquicentennial of Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regiment
fellow of the Quality Society of Australasia

Employment
Lionel is a senior consultant with Intergon, where he advises businesses on strategic planning, business process re-engineering, leadership development, process improvement, quality management, documentation, intranet development, and other business development initiatives. He has assisted a wide range of businesses to obtain significant improvements. The industries he has worked with have included manufacturing, food processing, telecommunications, information technology, service, fashion and logistics. In addition to training individuals and groups in business and government, Lionel has lectured on a variety of subjects in several tertiary institutions and is currently a researcher for the RMIT Business Faculty and lectures for the RMIT Masters of Manufacturing Engineering Program. He has worked in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

Education
Lionel graduated with an industrial engineering degree from Ryerson Polytechnical University after studying general engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada. He completed the Masters of Business Administration program at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1998, and the PhD in 2003.

Recognition
He was listed in the International Who’s Who of Quality in 1993 and was nominated for a Banksia Environmental Award in 1996. He has been awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration, the Golden Jubilee Medal, and the Legion Cross of Merit.

Family
Lionel married Trina Lewis in Scots Church on 10 January 1998. Lauren Sofia born 4 June 2003 and Christened at Scots Church on 16 November 2003.