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LandCorp's Board ensures the requirements of the Western Australia Land Authority Act and other corporate governance requirements are met, as well as providing independent and strategic guidance for the agency.
The Board comprises:
Monty House – ChairPERSON
Initially appointed on 6 April 2009. Reappointed for a three year term expiring 30 June 2015
Monty has enjoyed a distinguished 37 year public career commencing as a Shire Councillor and Shire President at Gnowangerup.
As a former Member of Parliament representing the Stirling electorate, Monty also served as Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries as well as Deputy Leader of the National Party.
Monty is the owner/manager of an extensive grain and sheep farming business in WA. He is currently a Director of Allied Gold PLC; External Affairs Director of Latent Petroleum, immediate past Chair of Landgate, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a serving Justice of the Peace.
Caroline de Mori
Initially appointed on 6 April 2009 and reappointed 1 July 2011 for a three year term expiring 30 June 2014.
Caroline is a member of the Planning and Development Committee and Governance and Remuneration Committee.
She has experience in corporate communications involving large and complex land, mining and resources development throughout Western Australia.
Caroline also has experience in regional issues, including those facing Indigenous communities and was a founder and Director of two communications consultancies and a member of a Federal Government consumer advisory committee. She is currently Executive Chair of EON Foundation Inc and non-executive director of IndiEnergy Ltd. Caroline is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Simon Read
Appointed on 27 April 2010 for a three year term expiring 30 June 2013.
Simon is Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Major Transactions Committee and has honed a hands-on skill set over 25 years of working with Australia’s leading corporate recovery specialists.
He has specialised in corporate reconstruction, turnaround and business improvement. Simon also currently consults to business owners, boards and financiers.
Simon has worked across many industries with significant experience in forestry, mining, engineering, finance and property. Simon is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Chartered Accountant.
George McCullagh
Initially appointed on 28 September 2010. Re-appointed for a three year term ending 30 June 2015.
George is Chairperson of the Governance and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Major Transactions Committee.
He was previously a Partner with an international consulting firm. Across the past decade, George has worked as a consultant in independent practice, providing commercial and advisory services to a range of planning, resources, infrastructure and redevelopment agencies in Western Australia.
He currently serves as an independent member of the Audit Committee for the Department of Mines and Petroleum. George is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Peter Cooke
Initially appointed on 14 February 2011. Re-appointed for a two year term expiring 30 June 2014.
Peter is a member of the Planning and Development Committee and Audit and Risk Management Committee. He has a varied and extensive background in agriculture, agribusiness, marketing, strategic planning and communications.
For the past 15 years he has been the principal of Agknowledge, a small agribusiness firm specialising in providing strategic business development to a range of companies, government departments and enterprises across Australia.
Peter was Chief Executive Officer of the Kondinin Group from 1988-1997. He spent six years as a Board member of the Rural Adjustment and Finance Corporation of WA (RAFCOR), was the Chair of the WA FarmBis program 1998-2008. In 2012 Peter was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the International Institute of Agri-food Security.
Currently he is Deputy Chair of Landgate and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Peter also chairs the National Selection Panel for Australia’s Equestrian Olympic team.
Jenny Smithson
Initially appointed on 1 July 2011. Re-appointed for a three year term expiring 30 June 2015.
Jenny is a member of the Planning and Development Committee and Major Transactions Committee. She is a qualified Town Planner and has extensive experience in town planning, local government and development matters. Jenny is a Senior Principal of Cardno, an international engineering based consulting firm. Jenny is a former Director of Cardno (WA) and BSD Consultants Pty Ltd.
Jenny has expertise in project managing major multi disciplinary projects on behalf of public and private sector clients with specific expertise in land development and approvals negotiation. She works between the Sydney, Canberra and Perth offices of Cardno and is Cardno’s National Discipline Leader in Planning and Urban Design.
Jenny is a part time Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court and has held former positions as a Sessional Member of the State Administrative Tribunal, Commissioner for the City of Cockburn and Shire of Albany, WA President of PIA and UDIA (WA) Councillor.
Peter Gibbons
Appointed on 1 January 2013 for a term expiring on 30 June 2014.
Peter has extensive experience in property investment banking, property development and property financing and funds management.
Peter is Managing Director of North West Property Consultants and has strong knowledge and understanding of the issues and challenges of regional development.
Peter has held a number of senior board positions including the Silver Chain Group and being a Commissioner of the West Australian Football Commission.