Board

Colin Emmott, a Chartered Accountant has been in the profession for over 35 years. He is well regarded by many WA businesses, providing a broad range of business advisory services including succession planning, taxation and compliance, strategic planning consulting and management advice.

A Registrar of the Pharmacy Registration Board of WA since its inception in 2010, Colin was also Registrar of both the Chiropractors and the Optometrist Registration Board for over 25 years prior to National registration. Colin is also the Independent Chair of ReddiFund and Mates in Construction (WA). He also sits on the Board of the National Body, Mates in Construction Ltd. Colin is the immediate past Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in WA, a position he held for eight years.

A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Colin holds a Bachelor of Business from the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). He is also a Registered Company Auditor and a Registered Tax Agent.  Colin Emmott joined the Board in April 2014.

John Groppoli was appointed to the Board in 2005. He was a partner of national law firm Deacons (now known as Norton Rose) from 1987 to 2004 where he specialised in franchising, legal compliance and corporate governance.

He was Managing Partner of the Perth office of Deacons from 1998 to 2002. John left private practice in 2004 and is currently Managing Director of RGM Equity comprising of Milners, a national importer, distributor of European, US and Japanese homewares/appliances, Aviva an importer and national distributor of optical products and accessories and Supply Chain Link a nice third party logistic provider for SMESs and interstate companies.

John is a director of AHG Ltd and TFS Corporations Ltd.

Beth has worked in the international mining and professional services industries in site, project and corporate roles in China, Indonesia, UK, USA and Australia. She has considerable experience working with multiple stakeholders from diverse cultural and technical backgrounds on commercial, strategic and community issues.

Now a consultant, Beth advises boards and executive management on strategy and risk management, commercial and continuous improvement initiatives. A chartered accountant.  Beth Gordon joined the Board in February 2014.

Danny Murphy is Managing Director of LWP Property Group Pty Ltd; LWP specialises in development of medium to large scale residential projects with its head office in Ellenbrook, Western Australia.  Projects are located in Perth, regional Western Australia and in New South Wales. LWP’s role includes syndication, project management, marketing and selling of projects under its control.

Danny has over thirty five years experience in the urban development industry in Australia including a period of 13 years in a range of senior positions with a national land development company.  In 2000, he formed LWP to take over the property operations of Sanwa Property Group Pty Ltd.

Danny is a Chartered Accountant, has a Bachelor of Economics (Adelaide University) and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and Member of the Governance Institute.

He is a member of the Finance Council of the Catholic Archidiocese of Perth and Chairperson of the Ellenbrook Cultural Foundation and Huntlee Academy (NSW).