Our weekly appointments wrap includes Michelle Tremain, June Moorhouse, Shane McGurk, Danie Zappa, Cameron Wood, Terri Swed, Portia Wyatt, Kim Farmer and Melissa Haslam.
Lotterywest has appointed former PWC managing director Michelle Tremain and Chamber of Arts and Culture WA chair June Moorhouse to its board for initial three-year terms. Ms Tremain resigned from PWC in December after 20 years and started as chief executive of Fini Group earlier this month. Ms Moorhouse has more than 40 years of experience in arts, culture and community and plays a key role in influencing these industries in WA through her role at the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.
Shane McGurk is the newest board member at the Foundation for the WA Museum. He has led a 40-year career in education across both private and public sectors at national, international levels, as well as for online learning. Mr McGurk is the co-founder and director of Next Learning, a learning and technology consultancy based in East Perth. Mr McGurk was named Citizen of the Year 2022 by the Town of Cottesloe.
IPS Management Consultants has selected its employees Danie Zappa and Cameron Wood to join the board as directors. Noongar Wardandi woman Ms Zappa is the executive lead for the Burswood-based company’s First Nations Advisory services and has held this role for three years. She formerly served the Australian Public Service for 17 years, focusing on Indigenous cultural awareness facilitation, Indigenous mentoring, technical training, NAIDOC coordination and customer service. Mr Wood is a Noongar man with two years’ experience at IPS Management Consultants as executive lead project services. He has spent more than 20 years’ in the building and construction industry, a career in which Mr Wood developed his leadership, management and operational skills.
Terri Swed has been recruited as an associate director at Savills, joining the property management company’s Perth office. Ms Swed has more than 20 years of retail management experience and transitions to her new role at Savills from her previous position as Cygnet West senior property manager, responsible for Hillary’s Boat Harbour and Two Rocks Marina. Ms Swed also formerly served tenures at Knight Frank for five years and CBRE for ten years.
Clarity Communications has announced the addition of Portia Wyatt to its team, joining as associate director. Ms Wyatt has more than 15 years' experience as a senior brand strategist, writer and creative director and would lead the delivery of Clarity's key client communication strategy and campaigns in her new position. Prior to this appointment, Ms Wyatt was head of brand strategy at FiveFold for six months, and before that, she worked in communications at BHP for more than six years.
Lawyer Kim Farmer, daughter of AFL legend Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, has been appointed as a magistrate at the Children’s Court of Western Australia, effective July 22. Ms Farmer, a Noongar woman, was admitted to practice in 2004 and has previously been a lawyer with the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA. In her seven-year stint at the ALSWA, Ms Farmer has represented Aboriginal juveniles and adults in criminal defence law. She also practised in family law, dealing with violence restraining orders and care and protection proceedings. Ms Farmer was the principal legal officer of the Aboriginal Family Legal Services, overseeing all lawyers in the regional offices. She was a senior lawyer at a national legal service set up to support and provide free legal advice to survivors of child sexual abuse from 2014 to 2016. In 2022, Ms Farmer was elected as vice president of the Polly Farmer Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation set up by her father in 1994 after his AFL career.
Darryl Hockey has resigned as chief executive of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council after four years, with Melissa Haslam taking over the position. Ms Haslam is expected to take over in early September, transitioning to the council after more than 10 years as the Forest Industries Federation WA executive director. Ms Haslam has vast experience across resource management, sustainable development, industry advocacy, and renewable and sustainable industries. WAFIC fisheries policy and strategic projects manager Laura Harrison has stepped up as acting chief executive until Ms Haslam commences her new position later this year.
