Patrick Walker

Patrick Walker was appointed executive general manager for advocacy and member benefits at RAC WA in July 2011. Prior to that, he was director general at the Department of Indigenous Affairs and commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, commissioner for consumer protection and prices commissioner in Western Australia for 10 years, a member of the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia and the Medical Board of Western Australia, a Trustee of the national Travel Compensation Fund, and chair of Workpower Incorporated which provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Mr Walker also had extensive management experience in local government, as chief executive at the City of Subiaco from 1993 to 1998, where was elected state president and national director of the Local Government Managers’ Association and served on the board of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority.