Planning honours for Trefry
Roberts Day principal Tim Trefry has won the Russell Taylor award, handed out by the Planning Institute of Australia in recognition of his planning and design work at Roberts Day’s flagship Ellenbrook development. Mr Trefry has also been made a fellow of the institute, because of his contributions to the planning profession in Western Australia. Mr Trefry's list of notable achievements include having led a broad range of major projects such as the Old Swan Brewery redevelopment, WA Maritime Museum and Perth Convention Centre, playing a pivotal role initially as principal planner and for the past 10 years as project leader of LWP's Ellenbrook, and having guided and assisted rural communities at the Country Planning Division. The awards were handed out at a gala event at the State Theatre Centre of WA last Friday night.
McGregor heads Litmus Perth
Management consultancy Litmus Group has expanded its Australian practice with the opening of a Perth office to service Western Australian companies. Bob McGregor will lead the Perth practice as WA partner. Mr McGregor is a former British Army officer who was most recently general manager, WA at Portland Group. Prior to that he was operational services manager at Leighton Contractors and VP HR and business support at Technip Oceania. Former Rio Tinto executive Teresa Soanes, former Rolls Royce and BAE Systems executive Jeff Quirk, and David Seaton, who is moving from Litmus' Melbourne head office, have been appointed as executive consultants.
Jordan tax commissioner
The federal government has appointed Chris Jordan as commissioner of taxation for a seven-year term starting in January 2013. Mr Jordan is currently chair of the Board of Taxation and has been a board member since its inception in September 2000, becoming deputy chair in January 2005 and then chair in June 2011. He also served as chair of the government’s business tax working group and chair of the New Tax System Advisory Board. Mr Jordan is a former KPMG New South Wales chair, and is currently executive chair of Chase Corporate Advisory.