Independent chair helping to realise the significant potential for farming seafood in WA. Passionate about regional development and progress and the intersect with growing things in water.

Ensuring a comprehensive system is in place to protect WA’s unique plants, animals and farming enterprises from pests, weeds and diseases.

7 years of executive management in one of most highly reputed organisations in the natural resource management sector. An innovative and proven leader with excellent rapport with stakeholders and employees, and demonstrated success in securing funding, refining processes, increasing efficiency and decreasing employee turnover. Areas of expertise include:- Diverse fund acquisition from public and private sources delivering against environmental, economic, industry, indigenous, and social focused objectives.- High-level strategic thinking and execution planning to achieve continual improvement in organisational processes and resource allocation.- Establishing and reviewing key organisational processes and planning documents (strategic, visionary and budgetary) to ensure a high level of governance and transparency.- Successfully delivering team restructures, increasing efficiency and reducing employee turnover.- Establishing key performance indicators for investments, processes and employees.- Integrating Organisational Goals and values into employee roles and projects.- Delivering effective employees management across multiple offices and multi-generational and multi-cultural teams.- Highest levels of compliance with State and Federal legislation relating to a broad range of fiduciary, human-resource and environmental aspects.

Conducted industry-focused research, integrated with targeted development to progress the development of aquaculture in the Kimberley region. Provided broad ranging assistance to groups ranging from large equity investors with Joint Venture proposals to indigenous communities with interests in barramundi, red-claw crayfish, edible oyster and trochus production.