Board

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).

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.

Chris Yates has worked in the field of disability services for 25 years. He has worked directly with people with disability; has managed disability services in a regional area and has held senior roles with responsibility for services across the whole of Western Australia. He was closely involved with the State rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Western Australia.

Chris is committed to ensuring people with a disability have access to supports and services which enable them to participate fully as citizens in our community. He has worked closely with a wide range of disability service providers to assist them to flourish as they provide valued services to their communities.

Chris has a Bachelor of Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a Masters Degree in Educational Management. His masters research focussed on transition from school for young people with a disability. He is a fellow of Leadership WA.

Dr Paul Bailey MB BS FACEM PhD GAICD MStJ is a Western Australian Emergency Physician with extensive experience in healthcare systems and clinical governance. He also has clinical expertise in metropolitan and regional Emergency Departments, fixed and rotary wing aeromedical retrieval, and expedition medicine.

Paul's substantive role is Medical Director for St John Western Australia. In addition, he holds an adjunct academic position at Curtin University and is an active researcher in the areas of cardiac arrest, trauma systems, anaphylaxis and stroke.

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.

Carla is an accomplished strategist, analyst and facilitator. She has 20 years’ experience in the public and private sector across urban development, transport and infrastructure, community and economic development and professional services.

As a consultant advisor, she works with listed companies, state and local government, not for profit organisations and Small to Medium Enterprises. She has held senior roles for ASX and multi-national companies, government agencies and professional services firms across Australia.

Her expertise in leveraging customer and stakeholder insight to inform strategic positioning for organisations; teams; projects and places, result in clear, measurable direction that align with market, regulatory and policy drivers.

Carla is a Founding Director of Ink Strategy, specialising in visioning, alignment and direction setting.

Julie is a chartered accountant with extensive Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) experience. Julie was CEO of MyIntegra, a leading provider of plan management and support coordination services in the disability sector. Julie has also held senior roles with HBF, Murdoch University and Bankwest.

Julie has almost 20 years of non-executive director experience across the community services, aged care, disability, education and tourism industries.  She is currently the Chair of Disability Intermediaries Australia, a non-executive director of Curtin Heritage Living, and a Commissioner with the Insurance Commission of Western Australia.

Julie has a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University and a Masters of Accounting from University of Western Australia.  She is a Fellow member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Azad has over 25 years’ international experience in the construction, energy, management consulting, mining services and private equity sectors in Australia, US, UK and UAE. He has significant experience in development and implementation of strategies in business planning for organic growth, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Azad is currently leading the strategy and development function of a multinational, UK listed engineering company focusing on delivering solutions for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Azad has a Bachelor Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering (Hons) and an MBA from the University of Western Australia.