Board

Colin Emmott, a Chartered Accountant and Partner of HLB Mann Judd, 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.

Bruce Campbell-Fraser is the Manager of Media and Public Affairs at Water Corporation.  Bruce has extensive policy and political experience, having spent the past decade as a senior government advisor – both at a state and federal level.

Most recently, Bruce served as a Senior Advisor to the Federal Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Previous roles include Principal Policy Advisor to former Premier Alan Carpenter, Strategic Management Advisor to former Premier Geoff Gallop and Chief of Staff to both the former WA Minister for Health and the former WA Minister for Energy, Science and Innovation. Bruce Campbell-Fraser was co-opted onto the Board in November 2011.

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).

For over 40 years Judy has had a strong connection to the community and human services sectors, having been a volunteer, senior executive and CEO in government and non-government. This experience includes being: the Executive Director, Office of Seniors Interests and Volunteering; Executive Director Statewide Services, Department of Child Protection; Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary of The Centre for Cerebral Palsy (now called Ability Centre); and the Chair of the WA NDIS appeals panel from 2015-2019. Judy was also a member of the Australian delegation team to the United Nation’s Second World Assembly on Ageing, in Madrid 2002.

Judy was the Western Australian winner of the 2014 Telstra Business Women of the year – in the category of Business Innovation and a national Telstra finalist.

Currently, Judy is a life member and current Board member of Council on the Ageing (COTA WA) and a past Board member of COTA A and Chair of their Compliance, Audit and Risk Committee. Judy is also a member of the Architects Board of WA and also a member of their compliance Committee.