Joanne Gilbert joined RSM in 2000 with a background in business services and commercial accounting with previous employers. She was appointed a principal in 2008, a director of the Business Advisory division in Albany, before becoming a partner in August 2017. After six years in RSM's Katanning office, Ms Gilbert moved to Albany to manage the Albany office. In 2019, Ms Gilbert was awarded a winner of the PwC Director Awards for Excellence in the Not-for-Profit Sector in Western Australia for her work with the South Coast NRM.