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Richard Mann
(Bachelor of Engineering)
Executive Director
Office of Strategic Projects

In February 2008, Richard was appointed Executive Director of the new Office of Strategic Projects within the Department of Housing and Works. The Office is responsible for overseeing high-risk infrastructure projects such as the new Fiona Stanley Hospital.

He continued in this role when the Office moved to DTF in February 2009.

Richard is a Civil Engineer with more than 20 years experience managing building and infrastructure projects throughout WA.

Tony DeBarro
Executive Director, Department Of Housing

As Director of Land and Housing Development, I am responsible for the delivery of the Department’s land development projects as well as Urban Redevelopment and Renewal projects. Annually, this entails the production and sale of over 2,000 lots and 400 properties.

Phil Ladner
Executive Director, Main Roads WA

Phil is the Executive Director Infrastructure Delivery and is responsible for delivering high value and complex road infrastructure projects for Main Roads. His responsibilities include the development of project delivery capability in the organisation.

Phil has worked for Main Roads for his whole career and has occupied various senior positions.

He has chaired the Alliance Boards of several recent projects delivered by alliance contracting.

Phil also has a strategic leadership role in the implementation of Main Roads’ Strategic Plan focusing on the “Enhancing Relationships” initiative.

Leo Coci
Project Director
New Perth Bunbury Highway

Leo is a long term employee of Main Roads Western Australia having held senior contract and project management roles on some of the State’s largest road projects. These include the Graham Farmer Freeway, Narrows Bridge Duplication, Kwinana Freeway Interchanges and Extension, Kwinana Freeway Bus Transitway, Tonkin Highway Extension and Package E of the South West Metropolitan Railway. Most recently he was Main Roads Project Director and Client Representative for the New Perth Bunbury Highway project.

Leo is currently Director Major Projects heading Main Roads’ Major Projects Branch which is responsible for delivering high value and complex road infrastructure projects.

Mark de Laeter
General Manager Customer Services
Western Power

Mark de Laeter is the General Manager Customer Services at Western Power, Western Australia’s largest transmission and distribution network services provider. He is responsible for three core areas of business: asset management, customer service and smart network development and deployment. The asset management accountabilities include all network augmentation planning and development, performance of the existing network, environment and land management and technical standards and policies, asset data management and network investment strategy submissions. The customer services responsibilities encompass all customer segments and services, including connections, meter provision and data management, billing and the contact centre. The smart network program encompasses a range of network and non-network energy solutions projects as well as the development of advanced metering infrastructure.

Mark has over 25 years experience in the electricity industry in a broad range of technical, commercial and operational roles. He has a Master of Engineering Science degree, a Bachelor of Engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration degree.

Peter Douglas Moore
Chief Operating Officer
Water Corporation

Peter Moore is one of the Water Corporation's most senior executives. He is a skilled civil engineer with an impressive track record in project management and strategic planning.

He holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. In the ten years prior to that, he was initially the General Manager Engineering and Contracts and more recently General Manager Planning and Infrastructure. Following a restructure of the Corporation in 2004, his role as General Manager Planning and Infrastructure added the planning, capital programme management and design of the Corporation's infrastructure to his previous responsibilities.

Peter was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2006 and is responsible for day to day operation of the Corporation and provides high level strategic advice and support to the Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for an operating budget in the order of $1B, with annual capital expenditure projected to be $1B in 2009 and annual revenues in the order of $1.5B.

Prof. Peter Newman
Member of Infrastructure Australia Advisory Council

Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and is on the Board of Infrastructure Australia that is funding infrastructure for the long term sustainability of Australian cities. He has recently returned from a North American and Australian tour promoting his two new books ‘Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change’ and ‘Green Urbanism Down Under’, both written with Tim Beatley. In 2001-3 Peter directed the production of WA’s Sustainability Strategy in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. It was the first state sustainability strategy in the world. In 2004-5 he was a Sustainability Commissioner in Sydney advising the government on planning issues. In 2006/7 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Virginia Charlottesville where he wrote his new books. In Perth, Peter is best known for his work in saving, reviving and extending the city’s rail system. Peter invented the term ‘automobile dependence’ to describe how we have created cities where we have to drive everywhere. For 30 years since he attended Stanford University during the first oil crisis he has been warning cities about preparing for peak oil. Peter’s book with Jeff Kenworthy 'Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence' was launched in the White House in 1999. He was a Councillor in the City of Fremantle from 1976-80 where he still lives.

Debra Goostrey
Chief Executive Officer
Urban Development Institute of Australia WA

Debra has held the position of Chief Executive Officer for the WA Branch of the Urban Development Institute of Australia since May 2007 and has become a familiar figure in the industry. As the peak body for the urban development industry, UDIA has achieved significant profile under Debra’s leadership as she continues to represent the views of members to government and through ongoing media commentary.

After studying for a double degree in Public Administration/ Information Science in the late 1970s Debra has had a varied career including working in the training sector and more recently representing the interests of private industry.

Prior to commencing with UDIA Debra was CEO of Transport Forum where she represented the needs of the heavy vehicle freight and passenger services sector. Debra has worked on an enormous variety of committees, councils and boards at state and national level including serving for four years as a Trustee Director of a $2b superannuation fund and as the WA industrial relations representative on the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation.

Geoff Zimmer
Director - Project Delivery
Fiona Stanley Hospital

Geoff is an Electrical Engineer by profession who has extensive experience in building services design, construction and project delivery.

In recent years Geoff has contributed to the management and delivery of a range of projects from multiple small projects through to large and complex projects as well as managing programs of works for different agencies in the WA State Government. Geoff’s main interests are in the effective project management and delivery of large and complex projects to ensure that the end building works in the manner intended for the users.

As well as his involvement in major projects in WA Geoff is also an accredited Gateway Reviewer and has participated in Gateway reviews on several projects both in WA and the East Coast.

Geoff commenced on the Fiona Stanley Hospital Project in February 2008 as Director Project Delivery with overall responsibility for the delivery of the largest building project undertaken by the WA State government.

Stephen McConkey
Regional Director
Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd

Since 1987 Stephen McConkey has been involved in the delivery of major projects in the Commercial, Industrial, Retail and Residential sectors in Western Australia and Indonesia.

Stephen joined Multiplex in January 2002 as Construction Manager on the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre project and was appointed a Director of Multiplex Constructions (WA) Pty Ltd in March 2003.

John Tondut
Executive Director, Building Management and Works
Department of Treasury and Finance (WA)

John has been leading the State Government’s works reform program since the “public works” functions for non residential buildings were transferred into the Department of Treasury and Finance in February 2009. These reforms aim to improve value for money outcomes in the planning and delivery of new buildings (such as schools, hospitals, courts and prisons), maintaining the existing portfolio of over 4000 buildings, and providing office accommodation for over 30,000 public servants.

John previously led the Government’s procurement reform program. Prior to joining Treasury in 2003, John had leadership roles as a civil engineer in a number of Western Australian Government agencies, including the Building Management Authority and the Water Authority.

John chairs the Australian Procurement and Construction Council’s (APCC) Leadership Group, and has a strong interest in developing the Government’s asset management, project management and procurement capabilities. He also chairs the national steering group for the procurement professional body, CIPS.

Ian King
Chairman
Ports WA

Ian King has served as a Director and Chairman of the Geraldton Port Authority since 2002, presiding over the largest developments the Geraldton Port has seen including the 2003/04 $103 million Port Enhancement Project and the $53 million Berth 5 Iron ore Expansion Project completed in 2008.

A former National Manager specialising in oil and gas exploration/production supply chain logistics, Mr King has more than 25 years experience as a Company Director.

Holding Diplomas in Accounting and Transport Management, Mr King is the past State and National Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and former State Chairman of the Transport Forum WA.

He was the inaugural chairman of the Ministerially appointed Council preparing regulations for the Road Transport Industry (Contracts and Disputes) Bill 2006 and is a member of the Freight and Logistics Council of Western Australia.

Reece Waldock
CEO
Public Transport Authority of WA
Commissioner of Railways

Reece has been the CEO of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia and Commissioner of Railways since December 2000.

PTA, under the Transperth banner, operates Perth’s train system and manages the integrated public transport system of buses, school bus services and ferries across Western Australia. The PTA also operates regional rail and coach services under the Transwa banner and manages the state-owned rail freight corridor.

As CEO and latterly Project Director, Reece oversaw the completion of a 72 km extension of the metropolitan rail network from Perth to Mandurah, known as the New MetroRail (NMR) project. This included the construction of two underground city stations and nine suburban stations.

Reece has had 24 years experience in strategic management with particular expertise in organisational reform. He held a number of senior executive roles within the Department of Commerce and Trade and Department of Transport. Prior to his career with the public sector in Western Australia, Reece held a number of senior management roles with BHP.

Reece is a:

  • Chair of UITP(Australia) Board
  • Board Member of the Australasian Railways Association
  • Fellow and past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Western Australia).
  • Former Chairman of Port of Broome and Port of Wyndham
  • Member of Subiaco Redevelopment Authority

Eric Englund
Engineer Manager - Rail
Oakajee Rail & Port

Eric Englund has over 25 years professional engineering experience, the majority being in planning, design and project management of railways, ports and industrial infrastructure, including numerous studies for the iron ore and coal industries.

Mr Englund is a highly skilled infrastructure engineer with extensive experience in the resources and bulk transport sectors, including the latest techniques for simulation of transport logistics and its use in value engineering and project optimisation. His experience ranges from planning to project implementation.

Mr Englund holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Western Australia and is a Chartered Professional Engineer

Gerry Hofmann
Assistant Project Director
Southern Gateway Alliance

Gerry was appointed Assistant Project Director for Southern Gateway Alliance in 2006 on the New Perth Bunbury Highway project, which was successfully completed in September 2009.

In 1978, he joined Clough and worked there up until joining Leighton Contractors in 2004 to take up the position of Assistant Area Manager for the William Street Station for the Leighton-Kumagai Joint venture on the New MetroRail Project.

Gerry has a wide range of experience in all forms of construction projects. He has worked in various roles on many large infrastructure projects including the Mount Henry Bridge, Wesfarmers LPG Plant, the Harriet Offshore Oil project, the Goodwyn Modules, the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Queensland.

Gerry is an exponent of relationship contracting and risk management, subjects in which he has presented papers. Gerry was a foundation member of the Woodman Alliance, the first public sector alliance in WA and has since then participated in a number of other alliances, notably Roe 7 and the current Southern Gateway Alliance.

Jon Berry
Manager Economic Development
City of Albany

Jon Berry holds the position of Manager Economic Development at the City of Albany and is responsible for strategic development of projects that aim to enhance the long term economic prosperity of Albany.

Jon has worked in the field of regional economic development since 1988 and has previously been employed with State Government Regional Development Commissions in the Wheatbelt and Kimberley regions of Western Australia over the period 1990-2000. He holds academic qualifications in economics and business.

Eric Lumsden
Director General
Department of Planning

Eric Lumsden, Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure commenced on 5 November 2007.

Eric was previously the CEO of the City of Melville since 2006. Prior to his appointment at the City of Melville, he had been the CEO at the City of Swan since December 1989. Prior to that, he was Director of Planning and Development at the then Shire of Swan and also at the Shire of Mundaring.

During his time at the City of Swan, Eric has been involved in major planning studies at both the Local and Regional levels and has played a major role in planning strategies for the Eastern Region and more recently, he has been heavily involved in the planning process entitled “Dialogue with the City”.

Over his time in Local Government, Eric has been extensively involved in assisting Local Governments and staff in resolving various issues, including the mentoring of senior staff, participating in Local Government panels and was appointed a Commissioner of the City of South Perth between 28 November 2000 and April 2003. He was Chair of the governing Council of Swan TAFE and Chair of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Councils CEO Group.

Eric’s name was listed on the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours List when he was awarded the Public Service Medal for his contribution to Local Government especially in the area of economic development.

Stephen

Stephen Boyle
Partner
Clayton Utz

Stephen practises in all areas of construction law. He has been involved as counsel in numerous court proceedings and arbitrations both domestic and international.  In addition to contentious work, Stephen has been involved in the negotiation and drafting of major contracts for the construction and operation of resources and infrastructure related projects and mining contracts.  Stephen is a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Engineering.  He has been a partner of Clayton Utz since 1985.

Mike

Mike Moloney
General Manager- Regional & Industrial, Landcorp

Mike Moloney has more than 15 years experience in LandCorp project management and, since 2002, has led the organisation’s business operations of residential, industrial and government asset management.  

Mike has project managed many high profile and large scale proposals including the Subiaco Redevelopment, prior to the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority. He carried out feasibility for the Midland Railway Workshops and managed the Ocean Dunes Resort project in Alkimos. 

He was the project manager responsible for transforming Marlston Hill in Bunbury from an industrial wasteland on the city’s waterfront into a bustling multi-use village, which has been recognised nationally, with a prestigious National Award for Urban Renewal from the Urban Institute of Australia. 

Before joining LandCorp in 1987, Mike spent two years as Chairman of the Civil Contractors Federation (WA). 

Mike’s expertise includes: Government and private sector partnerships; communities developed around transport systems; townsite development; waterfront development and tourism; new town development; and urban renewal.

Geoff

Geoff Daley
Head of Infrastructure Advisory
Royal Bank of Scotland

Geoff is head of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Infrastructure Advisory team. Geoff joined RBS (formerly ABN AMRO) in May 2006 after 10 years with Blake Dawson in Melbourne where he was Partner in the Financial Services Group.

Geoff leads the team in providing advisory services for the project financing of infrastructure, including the RBS market-leading franchise in advising on Public Private Partnerships across Australia. He has unparalleled experience in the successful execution and delivery of PPPs, and has had an instrumental role in numerous PPPs. This includes the winning bids for the recent Peninsula Link Project, Partnerships Victoria in Schools Project and the first PPPs in each of Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.

Geoff has an LLB (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne and is also a fellow of the Australian Centre for Public Infrastructure at the University. Geoff is a regular speaker at national conferences on infrastructure, and a board member of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.

Gail

Gail McGowan
Deputy Director General, State Initiatives, Department of State Development

Gail is responsible for several projects of major significance to the state including Oakajee Port, Rail and Industrial Estate, Ord-East Kimberely expansion and Browse LNG. Gail has extensive experience in senior executive positions within the Western Australian and Australian public sectors in areas as diverse as occupational safety and health, environment, vocational education and training and woman’s policy. She has worked as a adviser and chief of staff to both State and Federal Ministers.