Terry Agnew was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of RAC (WA) in August, 1998. RAC started as a motoring club in 1905 and now provides a range of diverse services to over 700,000 Western Australians in the areas of motoring, insurance, finance, travel and security.

Terry is a Director of all RAC subsidiary companies including RAC Holdings, RAC Insurance, RAC Finance, RAC Travel, RAC Security and St Ives (a retirement village and care business). He is also a Director of Australian Motoring Services and its subsidiaries and is a Director of the Australian Automobile Association (AAA).

Before joining RAC, Terry was Managing Director of SGIC Holdings Ltd. (a general insurance and health insurance organisation) in South Australia and had previously had management roles at SGIC as General Manager – CTP Insurance, General Manager – Health Insurance and Manager – Planning and Development. Prior to this, Terry worked with international management and engineering consultancies as well as an oil and gas company.

Terry sits on the board of Edge Employment Solutions, the West Coast Eagles Football Club and is a Councillor (WA) of Australia Business Arts Foundation (Abaf) WA. Terry is also Chairman of the Curtin Business School Advisory Council. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) and Member of the Australian Institute of Engineers.

Terry graduated from Adelaide University in 1975 and spent some time in Perth in the mid 70s where he completed a M.Sc. at UWA. He completed an MBA at the University of S.A during the 80s and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School (May 2005).

Colin Beckett has over thirty years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry.

Initially based in the UK, he was involved with the design, construction and project management of major field developments in the UK before relocating to Perth, Australia in 1988. Since then he has been involved with technical, commercial and strategic aspects of major projects in Australia and PNG. In 1992, he relocated to Melbourne and took on responsibility for oil developments in PNG and Australia before taking over as BP's NW Shelf General Manager.

From 1997 to 2000, Colin was employed with Mobil Australia and held roles as Strategic Planning Manager and Gorgon Asset Manager before joining Chevron Australia in 2000, as Strategic Planning Manager, a position he held until the merger with Texaco in 2001, at which time he became General Manager, Technical Services. In September 2002, he assumed the position of General Manager, Venture Gas. In this role he was accountable for the Malampaya gas project in the Philippines, the North West Shelf gas development in Australia, new ventures and business development.

Colin Beckett was appointed General Manager, Greater Gorgon Area in July 2005 with accountabilities including the Gorgon Project.

Colin Beckett has a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Terry joined the Wesfarmers Limited Board in 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree and is a Certified Practising Accountant.

Terry has held a number of finance positions with Tubemakers of Australia Ltd, culminating in his appointment as General Manager Finance. He joined Wesfarmers in 1996 and undertook various roles with Wesfarmers Landmark, where he was appointed Chief Financial Officer, until its acquisition by AWB Limited in 2003. He was then appointed the inaugural Chief Financial Officer for Jetstar Airways, prior to rejoining Wesfarmers as Managing Director, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety in November 2005. Terry became Finance Director, Coles in 2007, prior to his appointment as Finance Director, Wesfarmers in May 2009. He is also a director of Gresham Partners Holdings Ltd and a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries. Terry is also a member of the National Executive of the Group of 100 Inc.

Andrew joined the Grain Pool of WA in 2001 as a Marketing Manager taking on the role of General Manager Grain Pool Pty Ltd in 2003, after the merger with Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd.

As General Manager of Grain Pool, Andrew helped the business adjust to the grains industry deregulation ensuring strong growth in volume and profitability despite significant increase in competition. In 2008 he took on the position of General Manager Strategy and Business Development for the CBH Group before becoming the Chief Executive Officer in April 2009.

Andrew brings to the CBH Group experience in international business to business marketing, mergers, alliances, purchasing strategy and grain processing. He holds a BSC (Hons) in Environmental Studies, a PhD in Agriculture and has attended senior management programs at Henley Management College in the UK, Kellogg Business School North Western University USA and INSEAD.

Prior to joining the company, Andrew was Commercial Director of Pauls Malt, responsible for barley purchasing and malt sales to over sixty countries. Upon joining Grain Pool, Andrew was instrumental in establishing Grain Australia, the strategic barley marketing alliance with ABB Grain Ltd.

Andrew is a Director of Interflour Holdings Ltd (the CBH JV investment in six South East Asian flour mills) and is the Chairman of the Australian Grains Institute.

Warwick Hemsley has a long-standing association with Peet which extends from 1985 when he became a director and significant shareholder in the company. During that time he served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for 17 years, retiring in August 2007.

A 30-year veteran of the property industry, Mr Hemsley is a widely respected leader and continues to hold high-profile roles in key industry and other commercial bodies.

He is past President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) and past Chairman of the Housing Industry Forecasting Group – a joint government and industry body which monitors and forecasts housing demand.

Mr Hemsley is a Past President of the Western Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and was formerly Chairman of its Capital City Committee.

Mr Hemsley has served in a number of community roles and has an active role as Deputy Chairman of the West Australian Opera Company and Council Member of the National Gallery of Australia. He is a former Chairman of the Australia Day Council of Western Australia and continues to participate on the management committee. Other former roles include membership on the School Council of St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, national board member of Kids Helpline Australia and Treasurer of St George's Charitable Trust. He was also an active Rotarian for 14 years and served as International Service Director during that time.

Tony is the Vice President Planning for the Iron Ore CSG. His primary role is to conceive and plan the ongoing development of BHPB's Iron Ore assets in Western Australia. He is responsible for the development of the long term Resource Plan and leads the Exploration function. He guides the overall configuration and development of the Iron Ore Supply chain including growth and optimisation of the required harbour, rail and mining assets. He has responsibility for the plan to introduce appropriate technologies to our operations.

From December 2007 until November 2010, Tony was Vice President Iron Ore Projects. Prior to this role, he was responsible for the development of Iron Ore’s overall strategy and global growth agenda as Vice President Strategy and Analysis, Business Development.

Tony has worked through various operational roles at a number of mining houses including Rio Tinto and North Ltd.

In addition, Tony has worked for Wesfamers in its Business Development division focusing on merger and acquisition activities across many different industries, which has broadened his experience outside the mining space.

Vicki Robinson (nee Allars) holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. She worked as a lawyer for Clayton Utz from 1998 to 2003, becoming a Senior Associate for the firm in 2002.

In 2003, Vicki joined Wesfarmers Limited as Legal Counsel. In 2007, Vicki took the position as General Manager of Energy Generation Pty Ltd, a remote power generation business in the Wesfarmers Energy Division. Vicki went on maternity leave from this position in late 2008 and is currently working three days a week for Wesfarmers Limited as Legal Counsel. Vicki joined the board of the Black Swan State Theatre Company in early 2009.

Kerry Sanderson is Agent General for Western Australia and promotes and represents the State in Europe.

From 1991 until 2008 Kerry was Chief Executive Officer of Fremantle Ports, after four years as Deputy Director General of Transport for Western Australia. Prior to this she was with the State Treasury as Director of Treasury’s Economic and Financial Policy Division.

She has held positions on the Board of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), the Council of Curtin University, the Board of Agricultural Research Western Australia, the Rio Tinto Western Australia Future Fund, the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation and the Australian Logistics Council as well as having been President of Ports Australia.

Kerry was named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2004 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for service to the development and management of the port and maritime industries in Australia, and to public sector governance in the areas of finance and transport. She was the inaugural inductee to the Lloyds List Shipping and Transport Hall of Fame, and she received an Export Hero award from the Australian Institute of Export in 2008. She has degrees in both science and in economics from the University of Western Australia and in 2005 received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Western Australia.

Steve is currently KPMG Perth’s Chairman of Partners.

Steve joined KPMG in London in 1973 where he obtained his chartered qualification. In 1978 Steve transferred to Perth and was appointed as a manager in 1981. He was appointed as a partner in 1984 and after spending three and a half years in Papua New Guinea, returned to Perth in June 1987 as an audit and financial advisory partner. From 1993 to 2006 he acted as an executive director and partner in charge of KPMG Corporate Finance in Western Australia. Steve was the National Head of KPMG Corporate Finance’s Valuations Practice for eight years to 2006 and was during that time a member of KPMG’s International Valuations Committee.

Grahame Searle has a strong background in leadership and organisational change.

In the decade from 1998 to 2008 he drove the transformation of the Department of Land Administration from its origins as a traditional public service agency to Landgate, a statutory authority with its own Board, a commercial focus, and a record of innovation that has been acknowledged both nationally and internationally.

In 2008 Landgate won the Premiers Award for Excellence in WA State Government, for its Shared Land Information Platform (SLIP). This product has revolutionised the availability of land information across all levels of government, with agencies now able to use a single portal to share information and gain access to land data and services. Grahame also achieved an award for Professional Eminence and Excellence in Spatial Sciences at the WA Spatial Excellence Awards in 2008.

Grahame’s skills in the use of information technology have been acknowledged as keys to the success of Landgate, as have his abilities to empower the 900 staff involved in the critical area of land information to embrace a culture of change and pursue innovations especially at a time when the state was recording its highest volumes of land transactions.

Grahame’s broad conceptual and problem solving abilities are now focusing on the complexities of the Department of Housing, a diverse public sector agency with about 1,000 staff. The agency is responsible for social housing in Western Australia and the provision of housing for state government employees in regional and remote areas of the state.

With a strong economy and demand for housing at all levels, traditional methods of providing for the housing needs of people with low incomes and/or complex needs have proven to be inadequate. While the agency manages some 40,000 residential tenancies, there is a growing waiting list for social housing. Grahame is looking to innovative ways to meet this demand, including forging new partnerships with community housing organisations across the state.

Grahame is an Honorary Fellow of the Spatial Sciences Institute of Australia, past President of the Institute of Public Administration (WA Division), Board member of the WA Treasury Corporation and a member of the WA Planning Commission.

As a founding Director of Gerard Daniels, Lloyd Smith has over 25 years experience in executive search and selection.

Lloyd s ability to identify and attract outstanding executive talent has established him as one of Australasia s premier executive search specialists. Lloyd began his career in academic administration at a leading Western Australian university. He later joined, and subsequently became General Manager of a major international executive recruitment firm responsible for executive recruitment, corporate restructuring and training and development across a broad spectrum of industries.

Lloyd specialises in recruitment and selection of Board Members, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers. His exemplary track record of completed assignments within the financial, mining, resources, agribusiness and professional services sectors underlines Lloyd s ability to consistently expedite clients executive search objectives. Lloyd directs search assignments that require extensive global research in order to identify and attract high-performing executives within relevant industry sectors. With operations throughout Australasia, United Kingdom, the Middle East and The Americas, Gerard Daniels international exposure has given Lloyd a unique insight into human resource acquisition and management trends. The internationalisation of Gerard Daniels business has broadened Lloyd s experience in global organisational design bringing modern strategic human resources practices in line with Lloyd’s impressive personal historic record in search and selection.

Simon Walsh is an experienced senior executive, with specialist skills in corporate strategy, organisation improvement and mergers & acquisitions.

Simon is currently the Group General Manager at the Summit Homes Group and is responsible for overseeing all facets of the eight residential home construction businesses of the Group.

Simon has previously held executive positions at Bankwest and Telstra, and has also held strategic management consulting roles at Accenture and KPMG. Simon has industry experience spanning Financial Services, Telecommunications, Utilities, Government, Transport, Mining and Construction.

Simon has held several Board positions including BankWest (Financial Services company), UnisysWest (IT company), and Uberia Asia (Investment company). He is a Graduate member of the AICD and a past member of the Australian Business Arts Foundation (WA Chapter).

Simon holds an Electronic Engineering Degree from Curtin University and an MBA from UWA.

Evan has experience in the areas of Government and Higher Education. His skills are in areas such as surveying and mapping, account management, senior management, marketing and business development.

He joined Curtin University in February 1998 following a 32 year career with the Commonwealth Public Service initially in surveying and mapping and concluding as Regional General Manager Western Australia/South Australia for the Department of Administrative Services.

Evan is now the Director External Relations, Curtin Business School; he is responsible for creating links with industry, marketing, market analysis, careers and alumni. Before commencing the position with the Curtin Business School in January 2008, Evan occupied positions within Curtin University as Director University Development and Director Strategy and External Relations in the Office of Strategy and Planning.

Evan is very involved in community and business activities. He is Past President of the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and was a foundation committee member of St Basil’s Aged Care Services. Currently he is a Governor with the American Chamber of Commerce (WA) and a Board member of the Hellenic Community Aged Care. Evan is also a member of the Business Policy Committee for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA. Evan was recently been appointed Deputy Chair of the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Business Policy Forum and as an Honorary Life Member of the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (Inc).

Richard was appointed Director, Entrepreneurship & Executive Education at Curtin Business School in 2007, following a period as an Adjunct Professor.

He had worked closely with the University since 2000 as an industry partner and was attracted to this new role, because he identified strongly with the themes of “helping businesses grow” and “lifelong learning”.

Richard’s business experience included thirty years in the information and communications technology industries, in the UK and three states of Australia. Over the last twenty years Richard has performed a series of executive roles for IBM, Telstra and Optus, leading sales and service business units and major change projects. Immediately prior to Curtin, Richard was General Manager – Western Australia for SingTel Optus.

During his career Tony has held a number of senior leadership roles.

These roles have included the Dean of the University of Adelaide and Head of Research at the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney. Additionally he has held the position of Visiting Professor at Stanford University where he taught MBA students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Tony obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Management from the University of Western Australia. Tony has published widely in the areas of change management, leadership, organisational commitment, workplace trust and emotional intelligence. Tony has over 100 publications including a substantial number of refereed journal articles in the aforementioned areas of expertise. Tony's most recent book, Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim is co-authored with Professor Steve McShane from the University of Western Australia and has become the best selling management text throughout Australia.

Tony has been active in the area of consulting in Australia and overseas. In Australia his clients have included ANZ bank, BHP, QANTAS, Nespresso, Main Roads Western Australia, Westrail, Hunter Area Health, and Centrelink. Additionally, he has conducted projects in London with a number of international organisations including Norwich Union, Royal Sun Alliance, Midland Bank, Guinness Brewing and London Underground. He has presented the findings of his consulting at high level forums such as the American Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, the International Work Psychology Conference and the Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference.