Forming banking chief and high profile director Tony Howarth has taken on the chair of The Committee for Perth to help steer the state out of what he sees as a state of crisis - procrastination over decisions to make its capital more liveable.

Forming banking chief and high profile director Tony Howarth has taken on the chair of The Committee for Perth to help steer the state out of what he sees as a state of crisis - procrastination over decisions to make its capital more liveable.