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DALE ALCOCK The third-generation builder started out as abrickie’s apprentice in 1979 in Kellerberrin; today,he owns ABN Group, comprising 20 companies thathave built more than 77,000 homes across WA andVictoria. Through his Alcock Family Foundation,the Fremantle Football Club president has alsodonated more than $9 million to charity since2006.

MICHAEL AND SANDY ANGHIEMichael is chief executive at human services giantAdvanced Personnel Management, chair ofCelebrate WA and a business champion for the NewColombo Plan, which gives Australian studentsscholarships to gain skills in the Indo-Pacific region.Sandy, a corporate lawyer turned architect, isproject manager for the urban revitalisation projectHistoric Heart of Perth and is running for LordMayor.

TROY AND SOPHIA BARBAGALLOTroy is a director at Barbagallo Group (which sellsprestige cars, luxury watches and yachts) and heand Sophia also run Pink Tank Events, which putson Miss Universe Australia events nationwide, aswell as Miss West Coast and the Royal QueensburyChampionship corporate boxing event. The couplealso set up children’s charity ToyBox International.

MARK BARNABAOften referred to as one of WA’s best deal-makers,respected businessman Barnaba holds a covetedposition on the board of the Reserve Bank, bringinga vital WA perspective to deliberations. The deputychair and lead independent director of FortescueMetals, he was named a Member of the Order ofAustralia in 2015. The career investment banker,who has a first class honours degree and anhonorary doctorate in commerce from UWA, and anMBA from Harvard, spent most of his career withMcKinsey & Company and Macquarie Group,including serving as chair and global head ofnatural resources, or in his own companies. He isalso a past chair of the West Coast Eagles and BlackSwan State Theatre Company.

BILL BEAMENT When the executive chair of Northern StarResources graduated as a mining engineer, he didn’ttake a corner office in the city but went straightunderground as a labourer, determined to get hishands dirty and learn how to mine. Since then hehas risen to the top of the industry in WA, chalkingup decades of experience across more than a dozensites. Beament, who is also a trustee of the Channel7 Telethon Trust, was recently named the WAPinnacle Awards’ Business Leader of the Year forhis work at Northern Star, which has gone from

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KIM BEAZLEY AND SUSIE ANNUSThe former ALP leader turned ambassador to theUS is now WA’s Governor. Formidably intelligentand widely respected, the Rhodes Scholar haslong-running connections across Australia andglobally after nearly three decades in FederalParliament. He was awarded the Companion of theOrder of Australia, the highest level of recognition,in 2009 for his contributions to defence,international relations and as an advocate forAboriginal people. Annus, born in WA to immigrantparents from Hungary, is a former teacher andtelevision producer.

JACK BENDATThe 95-year-old businessman made his money inshopping centres and media, much of it inpartnership with Kerry Stokes, but he is equallyknown for his philanthropic work. In 2006, hebought the Perth Wildcats and helped build it intothe NBL’s most successful team. He later boughtand rebranded the women’s team into the PerthLynx, immediately paying them a full-time wage.He has handed the Lynx back to Basketball WA andis in discussions to sell the Wildcats but hisassociation with the sport will live on after the WA

Basketball Centre was renamed theBendat Basketball Centre. He has alsomade major contributions tonumerous causes, including WA Ballet,and set up a cancer care facility andhousing and support services fordisadvantaged young people at St Johnof God Subiaco. Bendat was made aMember of the Order of Australia in2009 for his charitable work.

ANGELA BENNETT She’s a must-have on any guest list butthe notoriously private mining heiressis unlikely to show. She is so lowprofile that there are next to nophotographs of her (when she waspictured at a function at Fremantle’sglamorous Blue HQ in 2016, thesighting made headlines). Bennett’swealth stems from an iron ore royaltydeal done by her father, Peter Wright,and business partner Lang Hancock,but she is also a successful investorwith an extensive property portfolio.Her charitable work is done with littlefanfare but the Angela Wright BennettFoundation has donated to causesincluding autism research at the

Telethon Kids Institute and scholarships for SASsoldiers.

JULIE BISHOP AND DAVID PANTONNow retired from politics, Bishop has free rein touse her charm, diplomatic skills and nous, honedby years as Australia’s foreign minister, to her ownends. The former managing partner at Clayton Utzhas set up a boutique advisory firm, Julie Bishopand Partners, and this year was appointedchancellor at the Australian National University,Canberra. She has also been chair of the TelethonKids Institute board since August last year and alsochairs the Princes’ Trust Australia. Panton, a formerpharmacist turned Sydney property developer, haspublicly been Bishop’s partner since 2014.

PAUL AND CHARMAINE BLACKBURNEThe founder of Blackburne property developersrecently hit another sales record, selling apenthouse in Subiaco for $17 million. Not bad forsomeone who started his business at 26 with a$600,000 loan. His philanthropic work includesestablishing the Cambodian Children’s Fund ChildProtection Unit in 2013. It helps investigate andprosecute child abusers and support victims.Charmaine was a sales gun at Blackburne beforebecoming a stay-at-home mum. The formermake-up artist founded an organic skincare line.

EDGAR BASTO Basto’s promotion to head BHP’smineral divisions in Australiamakes him responsible for themining giant’s iron ore andnickel operations in WA, as wellas its coal in Queensland andNSW and copper in SouthAustralia. The Colombian-bornexecutive has been based inPerth since 2016, acting in hisnew role since late last year andin charge of BHP’s iron oredeposits before that. Given BHP’sAustralian minerals business hasa workforce of more than 40,000people and annual EBITDA ofabout $24.4 billion it’s a big job,but he has a reputation for wiseleadership and strongrelationships. He was presidentof the Chamber of Minerals andEnergy of WA for the past twoyears.


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PRIMEWEST: JOHN BOND, DAVIDSCHWARTZ AND JIM LITISEileen Bond, ex-wife of the late Alan Bond, callsthem the “three boys”: the founding directors ofPrimeWest property investors, with a nationalportfolio worth more than $4.6 billion. Executivechair Bond (Eileen and Alan’s son) has abackground in law, investment banking, propertyinvestment and development. He is chair ofAustralian Doctors for Africa and on the boards ofThe Fathering Project and the Art Gallery of WAFoundation. Schwartz has worked in manysectors, including manufacturing anddistribution, with property investmentsfocused on retail and commercialdevelopments. Litis has been in the Perthproperty industry for four decades; the musiclover’s first foray into retail was opening hisown hi-fi store in the early 70s. He has apharmacy degree and is involved in sciencecircles, including the Ear Science InstituteAustralia, as well as sport and music ventures.

LONNIE BOSSIThe chief operating officer of Crown Perth isresponsible for the huge entertainmentcomplex at Burswood, including navigatingthrough the circumstances of the past sixmonths as COVID-19 saw its gaming floor andrestaurants deserted. Bossi joined Crown Perthin 2011 from Cannery Casino Resorts in LasVegas and has been described as having a “quietinfluence . . . appreciated by few outsidegovernment and the gambling industry” but animpressive contact book.

DOUG AND ROMA BROOKS Anyone running a charity auction knows youmust have Brooks on the guest list. Doug builthis business, Brooks Hire, from twocompressors bought on his Bankcard in 1979to Australia’s largest privately ownedconstruction equipment hire business. Helikes to splash some of that cash on a worthycause, particularly if it can double as a gift forhis beloved wife, who he affectionately callsMama. He once spent $61,500 on a 2.3 caratRosendorff diamond necklace at a RonaldMcDonald House charity ball.

REBECCA BROWN Brown took on the challenging role of actingdirector-general of the Department of the Premierand Cabinet in March, as the pandemic took holdand after her predecessor stood down suddenly.Brown has worked across State and Federalgovernment agencies, most recently holding thedual roles of chief executive of Tourism WA anddirector-general of the Department of Jobs,Tourism, Science and Innovation.

ALEXANDRA AND JULIAN BURT The daughter of mining magnate Michael Wrightruns Voyager Estate with her husband, adescendant of WA’s first chief justice. Thepublicity-shy family went through a public courtbattle in 2015 when Alexandra’s half-sister, OliviaMead, contested their father’s will. Mostly theBurts work behind the scenes, developing the

MICHAEL CHANEY AND MARGRETE HELGEBY CHANEY Described as arguably the sharpest business mind in the country, WA-based Chaneyhas been chairman of Wesfarmers since 2015, helping to guide the WA companythrough the COVID-19 crisis with trademark calm. He was previously its managingdirector, 1992-2005. Chaney’s focus on corporate integrity and community investmenthas helped Wesfarmers become one of Australia’s most respected and philanthropiccompanies. The former petroleum geologist has had a number of prominent boardpositions, including at BHP and chair of Woodside and NAB. He has been chancellor ofUWA, chair of Scitech and John XXIII College and a council member at the NationalGallery of Australia. He currently chairs the National School Resourcing Board and is agovernor of the Forrest Research Foundation and holds science and MBA degreesfrom UWA. Oslo-born Helgeby Chaney began her dance training at age five, going onto become an award-winning professional dancer. She spent years with WA Ballet andother leading companies here and overseas. She is chair of Co:3, Perth’s leadingcontemporary dance company. Since returning to Australia, she has performed anddirected independent projects, including Loaded, taught at WAAPA and restagedproductions for State opera companies in WA, Queensland and South Australia. Shehas two bachelor of arts degrees and will complete her MBA at UWA this year.

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winery and investing in property, including BulloRiver Station in the Northern Territory, wherethey have reduced cattle numbers and returnedsome grazing areas to bushland (they havepartnered with the Australian WildlifeConservancy). Alexandra is patron of privategiving for WA Ballet; last year she announced arecord donation of $2.5m, insisting it had “earnedevery penny” with its valuable artistic work.

JENNA CLARKEThe assistant editor of The West Australian alsoruns the agenda-setting The West Live podcast,delving into the stories behind the headlines andinterviewing WA’s most influential people (JulieBishop was a recent co-host).

PETER COLEMAN The CEO and managing director of Woodside hasbeen at the helm for almost 10 years. He has hadmore than 35 years in the global oil and gasindustry. The rural-Victoria born engineer startedhis career with ExxonMobil, spending more than25 years there before joining Woodside. He is onthe board of the Business Council of Australia, ischairman of the Australia-Korea Foundation andis an adjunct professor in corporate strategy atUWA. He is also a vice-president of the AustraliaJapan Business Co-operation Committee.

ALEC COLESAnticipation is at fever pitch for the opening ofthe $400 million revamp of the WA Museum inNovember and chief executive Alec Coles, whohas been driving the project, wants to make sureit is admired around the world.

ROGER COOK AND CARLY LANEThe Deputy Premier and his wife are aformidable duo. Cook has the responsibility ofoverseeing the mental health and healthportfolios and Lane is curator of Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of WA.Cook was CEO of a number of Aboriginal landcouncils, as well as national president ofAustralians for Native Title and Reconciliation,and worked for Labor heavyweights StephenSmith, Jim McGinty and Chris Evans. Lane, aKalkadoon woman from Queensland, has firstclass honours in anthropology from UWA. Herfirst museum job was at UWA’s Berndt Museumof Anthropology.

MATHIAS AND HAYLEY CORMANNThe WA senator is about to retire from politicsbut make no mistake, his network of connectionswill remain the envy of many. He is a long-timeLiberal Party powerbroker, serving as financeminister since 2013, under three PMs. Born inBelgium, he fell in love with Perth on his firstvisit in 1994 and decided to emigrate, to find hislaw degree was not recognised. He ended up as aschool gardener but worked his way into politicalcircles, including as a senior adviser for then WApremier Richard Court and Federal justice andcustoms minister Chris Ellison. After working forHBF, Cormann was elected to represent hisadopted State in 2007. Hayley is a barrister atQuayside Chambers, specialising in commercial

disputes, personal injury and professionalnegligence claims. She is a past president of theLaw Society of WA and on the board of the PerthChildren’s Hospital Foundation.

ANTHONY DE CEGLIEThe Seven West Media Editor-in-Chief overseesnews coverage in two major newspapers, TheWest Australian and The Sunday Times, theirwebsites and the company’s 19 regionalpublications, giving him a reach like no other. Heis also the youngest editor of the newspapers,joining SWM at age 33 after a stint as deputyeditor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, wherehe won a Walkley Award for headline writing.

FIONA DRUMMONDThe first female managing partner for WA at auditand advisory giant Ernst & Young (and only thesecond woman to head a Perth office of a big fouraccounting firm), Drummond took charge of 60partners and 650 staff. She is also on the board ofthe Telethon Kids Institute.


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CHRIS AND TIAELLISON The Mineral Resources managingdirector has been working in theindustry for almost four decades, afterleaving school at 15 in New Zealand andarriving in the Pilbara, via Darwin, justin time to work on the construction ofthe North West Shelf. Renowned as atough negotiator, last year he securedthe Koolyanobbing iron ore mine andfinalised a $1.3 billion joint venture dealwith American chemicals giantAlbemarle for MinRes to become thefirst Australian producer of lithiumhydroxide. They own what is believedto be WA’s most expensive mansion,bought for $57.5m from iron ore heiressAngela Bennett, and are among WA’sbiggest donors to charity. Chrismaintains his Kiwi links as an honoraryconsul at NZ’s Perth consulate.

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BEN ELTON AND SOPHIE GAREElton, the British comedian,author, playwright, actor anddirector is famous for co-writing1980s TV shows such as TheYoung Ones, plus novels andmusicals. For some, his wifeSophie Gare is just as familiar. Shewas part of all-girl rock quartetthe Jam Tarts, whose Sunday gigsat the Seaview Hotel in the 80sare the stuff of legend. They playthe occasional show, includingHighway to Hell at Perth Festivalthis year. Elton’s first Australiantour in 15 years was thrown offcourse by COVID-19 but he touredthe UK last year. They split theirtime between WA and England.

BARRY FELSTEADThe chief executive of Crown’sAustralian resorts oversaw therevamp of its Perth offering. Hewas in charge of gaming at CrownPerth (then Burswood) from2005, before becoming chiefexecutive in 2007, and then hiscurrent role in 2013, where healso oversees Crown’s Melbourneresorts. He is chair of FutureNow(the Creative and LeisureIndustries Training Council) and along-running participant in theVinnies CEO Sleepout, raisingmore than a million dollars.

JODY AND DAMIANFEWSTERThe daughter of Alan and EileenBond got an MBA from Harvardand founded and sold amanagement consulting firm inSydney before coming home to set up RayWhite Cottesloe Mosman Park. Now, shespecialises in Perth’s most exclusive suburbs,including managing the listing of childhoodhome, the “Bond mansion”’ last year. Damian isknown for being the bowman on the America’sCup winning Australia II.

MARYNA AND STEPHEN FEWSTERThe chief executive of Seven West Media WAoversees a huge range of news operations,including two Statewide newspapers, pluscommunity and regional publications,websites, nine radio stations and Seven Perth.The former iiNet chief operating officer is aTelethon trustee and a non-executive directorof Crown Resorts Perth and on the board ofCelebrate WA. Stephen, a chartered accountantwith more than 20 years experience, has beenchief financial officer at WesTrac since 2017.Before that, he had a range of roles withFortescue Metals Group and has worked foriiNet and Southern Cross ElectricalEngineering, as well as for Ernst & Young’scorporate finance team.

ADRIAN AND MICHELA FINIThe influential property developer’s career hasspanned more than 35 years, largely asprincipal of private investment company FiniGroup. He spearheaded some of Perth’s mostprogressive projects, including Fremantle’sLittle Creatures and the heritage regenerationof the State Buildings on St Georges Terraceand Barrack Street. Fini recently merged hiscompany with Ben Lisle’s Linc Property to formHesperia, combining the strengths of thelong-time collaborators. Fini was awarded aMedal of the Order of Australia for service tothe arts in 2014 and was Western Australian ofthe Year in 2016 for his contribution to shapingthe city. He is associated with the SnowdomeFoundation, supporting blood cancer research,and the charity Historic Heart of Perth, whichhe founded to revitalise Perth’s east. Fini serveson the boards of the UWA business school andPerth Festival. Michela is an accomplishedphilanthropist, co-founding the White Swansgiving circle with Sandy Honey and Sallie-AnneManford to support Black Swan State Theatre

Company. She is on the board of the Art Galleryof WA and the Sheila Foundation, whichchampions female artists.

ANDREW AND NICOLA FORRESTSince stepping down as chief executive atFortescue Metals Group in 2011, Andrew andNicola have been making good on a pledge togive away most of their wealth. Much of thishappens through the Minderoo Foundation,which has $2 billion committed globally,including supporting the arts, cancer research,ocean conservation and ending disparitybetween Indigenous and non-IndigenousAustralians. It also encompasses Walk Free,directed by their daughter Grace, which aims toend modern slavery. Since 2014, they havegiven $130 million to the Forrest ResearchFoundation, for scholarships to young peopleto do research at WA universities. In 2019,Nicola, chair of Black Swan State TheatreCompany, was made an Officer of the Order ofAustralia for support for education and the arts,business and the community. Andrew receivedan AO in 2017 and remains chairman of FMG.

PAUL ANDELISSAEVERINGHAM Head of the powerfulChamber of Minerals andEnergy of WA, PaulEveringham is a formerlobbyist with deepconnections. He took the topjob at the chamber in 2018after more than 10 years asfounder and CEO of his owncompany, GRA Everingham,described as one of Perth’smost influential lobbyinggroups with a client list thatread like a “who’s who” ofbusiness. He has strongpolitical ties; he was directorof the Liberal Party in WAwhen John Howard wasprime minister and now PMScott Morrison was directorof the party in NSW. He grewup in a political family in theNorthern Territory and sayshe has just as many friends inthe ALP. Paul was a favouriteto run for the Senate seat tobe vacated by MathiasCormann. He ultimately saidno, to stay close to his wifeand family. Elissa grew up inPerth and was a diplomatwith the Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade inCanberra when she met Paul20 years ago. She gave upthat career to dedicate timeto her young family.

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The Dockers captain and dual Brownlow medallistis one of Aussie Rules’ suavest, twice strutting thecatwalk at Perth Fashion Festival and partneringwith Adidas. Fyfe grew up in Lake Grace andoften spends his breaks working on the family

property. Fyfe has said Brashaw, an exercisephysiologist, keeps his “feet on the ground”.

Apart from stunning turns on the red carpet,Brashaw, who graduated from MurdochUniversity with honours, mostly eschewsthe limelight. Her LinkedIn profile suggestsshe started a job as health andrehabilitation co-ordinator at engineering

company Monadelphous late last year.

marketing firm Bastion EBA, which has strong ties toAFL heavyweights Hamish and Gillon McLachlan.

RUSSELL GIBBSGibbs has been at property company Hawaiian since1996 and at the helm since 2000, growing thecompany’s extensive portfolio. Described as having an“approachable nature and big picture vision”, Gibbs ischairman of the West Coast Eagles and on the boardsof Satterley Property Group and St Ives. He has alsohad a long association with Youth Focus.

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TONY GALATIMost recognisable for his eyebrows,Galati has built an empire from theSpearwood market garden his familyfarmed in the 1960s. Galati and hisbrothers, Vince and Sam, grew uphelping their Sicilian parents run the2ha plot, picking beans or harvestingpotatoes after school. In 1998, the firstSpudshed opened — literally in ashed on the Baldivis farm — andtoday, there are 15 stores, selling freshproduce, mostly from Galati farms,meat, dairy and groceries.

NEALE FONGFong is chief executive at Bethesda HealthCare, chair of the WA Country HealthService and the Ministerial Council forSuicide Prevention, as well aspresident of the Australasian Collegeof Health Service Management. Amedical doctor, Fong also haslong-running ties to WA’s footballcommunity, as president of theWest Perth Football Club andformer chairman of the WAFootball Commission.

ELIZABETH GAINESGaines became the firstfemale CEO of a big Australianminer when she took the reinsat Fortescue Metals Group in2018, which recently became WA’sbiggest company. Gaines went toPerth Modern on a musicscholarship for the French horn butended up in the corporate worldinstead, graduating with a commercedegree from Curtin University. She hasworked in banks here and in London and in1997 was appointed to Janet Holmes a Court’sHeytesbury, where she helped restructure thebusiness. She has also held senior roles atEntertainment Rights in the UK and Stella Groupin Australia. Equality continues to be apassion; she noted at a recent miningconference that there were more presentersnamed Peter on the program than therewere women. Gaines’ stewardship ofFortescue has been exemplary; FortuneMagazine recently ranked her second on itsprestigious list of global business leaders,behind Microsoft boss Satya Nadella, notingduring her first full financial year, revenuesjumped 45 per cent and profits 263 percent, among other positive indicators.

SIMON GARLICKThe new chief executive of FremantleFootball Club brings vast experience,on-field and off. As well as playing 181games for Sydney and the WesternBulldogs, Garlick is a talented administratorwho worked most recently as head of

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ADAM AND MELGILCHRISTSince retiring, the much-lovedformer Australian wicketkeeper-batsman has made a name forhimself as a commentator andadvocate for causes includingWorld Vision, where he has beena goodwill ambassador since2004. He and Mel, a dietitian,have three sons and a daughter.

RICHARD AND JANINEGOYDER The kid from Tambellup whobecame one of Australia’s mostsuccessful business leaders,Goyder is chair at Woodside,Qantas and the AFL Commission— the first based outside Victoria.Goyder worked his way up atWesfarmers after starting in 1993as manager of its businessprojects and in 2005, succeededMichael Chaney as managingdirector. Two years later, he ledthe acquisition of the Coles Groupfor $19.3 billion. He retired fromWesfarmers in 2017. Goyder isalso chair of Telethon, the WASymphony Orchestra andJuvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation (son William wasdiagnosed with the condition ateight). Janine, described aseffervescent, is a footy fanaticwho has organised fundraisinggalas for the JDRF.

ANDREW HAGGERHagger resigned from NAB aftercriticism from the banking royalcommission but was picked up byAndrew and Nicola Forrest to bethe inaugural chief executive ofMinderoo in March last year. He was put incharge of Minderoo’s philanthropic andcommercial activities. Hagger is a talentedmusician, learning classical piano at age three,releasing albums and performing to sold-outaudiences across Australia. Sales from his musichave raised funds for causes including the OliviaNewton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre,Kids Under Cover, Leukaemia Foundation andAustralian Children’s Music Foundation.

KERRY HARMANISA former lawyer, Harmanis amassed his fortunefrom nickel company Jubilee Mines, which hefounded and built, before it sold to resourcesgiant Xstrata for $3.1 billion in 2007. He hasrecently re-entered the corporate world,becoming non-executive chair of TalismanMining, but his passion is meditation. Thededicated philanthropist is the founder andpresident of Mindful Meditation Australia.

CLIVE AND CAROLYN HARTZAfter the SweetLife founder stopped eating sugar

for health reasons, she came across the sweetenerxylitol in the US in 2000 and began importing it.Now, she has cookbooks, a cookie mix, gum andmints. Clive’s private investment company has adiverse portfolio including retirement villages,shopping centres and gold and coal projects inWA and Africa. He is a life member of Variety WA.

LIZA HARVEYThe Opposition Leader was elected in the seat ofScarborough in 2008 and served as deputypremier and police minister in Colin Barnett’sgovernment. She was elected unopposed toreplace Mike Nahan as Liberal leader last year.

WARWICK HEMSLEYThe chairman of boutique valuation firmHemsley Paterson, Hemsley has been in theproperty industry for decades, serving as chiefexecutive of Peet for 17 years. He is a patron ofthe arts and won the Western Australian of theYear arts and culture award in 2016. Last year, hewas awarded life membership of the Chamber ofArts and Culture, where he was chair for three

years. He is a life member of WAOpera and chair of the Art Gallery ofWA Foundation council.

FIONA HOANG AND JOSHREEDThe owners and creative directors ofStefan Diamonds travel the worldsourcing gems from the diamondhouses of Antwerp, New York andTel Aviv for their Hay Streetshowroom. When the Queen visitedPerth in 2011, Hoang commissionedan 18-carat diamond tiara worthmore than $250,000 from an Israelijeweller to commemorate theoccasion; the piece, with more than650 diamonds, was put into theprivate family collection. They havea long association with Rafiki

Surgical Missions, as well as Variety WA, WhiteRibbon and Duchenne Foundation.

JANET HOLMES A COURT One of Australia's wealthiest businesswomen,Holmes a Court was behind the revival ofHeytesbury Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s largestprivate companies, which owns Vasse Felixwinery and a booming cattle company. Theformer science teacher turned it around after herhusband Robert died in 1990, running it until2008, when her son took over (she remainedchair). Holmes a Court is a Companion of theOrder of Australia, awarded in 2007 for servicesto business, particularly in construction, wineand cattle, and her commitment to WA’s artscommunity, and received the Western Australianof the Year arts and culture award in 2018. She isfounding patron of Black Swan State TheatreCompany, chair of the Art Gallery of WA and theAustralian Children’s Television Foundation andon the board of the Australian National Academyof Music. She owns the world renowned Holmesa Court Collection of more than 4000 artworks.


IAIN GRANDAGEThe newly minted artisticdirector of Perth Festival gotmost of his inaugural programaway, including the successfulHighway to Hell closing event,just before COVID-19restrictions put paid to publicgatherings. Ticket sales wereat a record high of almost $6million, even with cancelledevents taken into account.Grandage, an acclaimedcomposer and music director,will have three more Festivalsto build on that success, withthe Festival’s impact reportnoting its potential to kickstartconfidence in WA’spost-pandemic recovery.

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BRONTE AND COLLEEN HOWSONBronte tried to retire after leavingAutomotive Holdings Group and its115 dealerships at the end of 2016 butit didn’t stick. In 2018, he boughtback into the industry with a 60 percent stake in Perth’s only Audidealership. Howson started hiscareer as a postal clerk at NABbut his love for cars led himto buy into an auto partsbusiness, then into awholesaler. That businesswas bought by AHG andHowson stayed on,becoming managing directorin 2004, leading it through amajor expansion and publiclisting. He is also presidentof the East Perth FootballClub and he and Colleenhave raised significantamounts for charity; he is alife member of Rocky Bay.

JOHN ANDMARGARITAHUGHESThe legendary car dealerworked his way up fromclerk for a panelbeater tosalesman to his own caryard where he still workssix days a week, vowing tonever retire from his $283million company. He andMargarita, a former air hostessand his wife of almost 40 years,also have a longstandingrelationship with Telethon,donating cars, and for many years,organising the Big Walk to raisemoney for PMH.

JUSTIN LANGERThe coach of the Australian cricket team was oneof Australia’s most lauded batsmen, playing 105Tests and making 7696 runs, before retiring in2007. He continued to play domestic cricket inWA, then was appointed batting coach to theAustralian team in 2009. He coached the WesternWarriors and Perth Scorchers from 2012 and wasthen offered the top coaching spot of the nationalteam in 2018. He was named a Member of theOrder of Australia in 2008 and is on the board ofthe West Coast Eagles. He is ambassador orpatron for a number of charitable organisations,including Make a Difference WA, Solaris CancerCare, Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer ResearchFoundation and The Fathering Project.

BEN LISLELisle recently co-founded property developmentcompany Hesperia — a merger between AdrianFini’s Fini Group and Linc Property, establishedby Lisle in 2002. Before the merger, Linc wasWA’s biggest locally owned private developer ofindustrial land. Prior to branching out on his own,he was co-founder of corporate advisory firmAzure Capital and a director of Poynton andPartners, where he worked in capital raisings,project finance and mergers and acquisitions. Hegraduated from UWA as a mechanical engineerwith first class honours and has donepostgraduate studies at Harvard Business School.HIs philanthropic work includes ties with YouthFocus, Black Swan State Theatre, the NoongarCharitable Trust and SAS Resources Fund. He is aPerth Festival board member and on the councilof Christ Church Grammar School.

LUC LONGLEY AND ANNA GAREThe former Chicago Bulls champion was oncepart of the most recognisable basketball teams inthe world but these days, he keeps a low profile,living in the quiet town of Denmark with hiswife, chef Anna Gare. Longley won threechampionships with the Chicago Bulls, alongsideplayers including Michael Jordan, DennisRodman and Scottie Pippen, and representedAustralia at the Olympics three times. Last year,he was made a Member of the Order of Australia.Gare is a celebrity chef who has cooked for theQueen, written three cookbooks and hosted andcooked on TV shows including Junior Masterchefand The Great Australian Bake Off.

ALANNAH MacTIERNANThe feisty politician is the comeback queen — sheresurrected her State politics career in 2017 tojoin the McGowan Government’s Cabinet and is

MELISSAKARLSONThe daughter of RhondaWyllie is a long-timeexecutive at the familycompany, Wyllie Group. In2018 she branched out tobuy Porte-a-Vie, theonline high-end adultstore. She is senior buyerfor the website, which

sells lingerie and intimateaccessories and says it was

not an industry she thoughtshe’d find herself in but there

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and late father, businessmanBill Wyllie. In 2016, she set up BeGiving, a group of women whoraise money and volunteer for

Perth Children’s Hospital. Lastyear she hosted an A-list dinnerthat raised $450,000 for PCH.


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DAVID JEARYThe Lexus of Perth managingdirector and his team are responsible

for the must-attend Lexus Ball whichraises millions for Telethon. In 2006,

when Jeary had just bought the luxurycar dealership, Channel 7’s Jeff Newman,

aka Mr Telethon, came to him with theidea of a fundraising ball that coincided with

and raised funds for Telethon; it is now themost influential networking and

philanthropic social event on the Perthcalendar. Jeary has a long history in theautomotive industry.

RAY AND PAULA KUKARay is news director of Seven Perth,overseeing the production of the

State’s most influential news bulletin.Paula is the illustrator behind thepopular Common Wild series on

motherhood, who has createdcontent for Facebook andGoogle, been interviewed byKelly Clarkson and has a weeklycolumn and illustration in TheWest’s PLAY magazine.

DENIS AND TRICIA HORGANIn 1969, then-accountant Denis Horgan bought a plumbing company that came

with farmland. He and wife Tricia sold the business, keeping the land, which wasnear his favourite surf breaks. In 1972 Napa Valley winemaker Robert Mondavi

identified the site as ideal for producing premium wine. He mentored them asthey transformed the land into Leeuwin Estate, one of the area’s five foundingwineries. The 1981 Art Series chardonnay thrust them into the limelight, whenDecanter Magazine gave it its highest recommendation. Today, Leeuwin isknown for wine, its restaurant and events, notably its famous concert series.

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electronic devices when covering court cases. Thepassionate footy fan was elected chairman of the WAFootball Commission this year and has been thechairman of the Harry Perkins Institute of MedicalResearch since January 2019. Martin is also aCompanion of the Order of Australia.

MALCOLM AND TONYA McCUSKERMalcolm McCusker’s contributions as a philanthropistarguably equal his achievements as a barrister — nomean feat. The well-respected QC is known forrepresenting people wrongfully convicted; he wasAndrew Mallard’s lawyer. He also recently headed asuccessful appeal by Scott Austic against his murderconviction (there will be a retrial). But McCusker, whowas the 31st Governor of WA and donated his salary tocharities, is also chairman of The McCusker CharitableFoundation, through which his family distributes upto $5 million a year to medical research and education,the arts, aged care and youth programs. He has longbeen involved in surf lifesaving and was given abravery award for helping to rescue Brian Sierakowskiand John Hanrahan from a shark attack in 1997.McCusker was made a Companion of the Order ofAustralia in 2012 and was WA’s Australian of the Yearin 2011. Tonya is a former Australian Ballet dancer andhas a law degree; she is a Member of the Order ofAustralia and holds positions at numerous communitygroups. She is director of The McCusker CharitableFoundation, patron of Fremantle Press, an ambassadorappointed by the Commissioner for Children andYoung People and on the Minderoo Foundation board.

MURRAY McHENRYMcHenry is deeply ingrained with the business side oftwo popular pastimes — pubs and footy. He ownsNedlands institution Steve’s, created a chain of finewine stores and started McHenry Hohnen wines inMargaret River with his brother-in-law, David Hohnen.He is the immediate past chair of the WA FootballCommission and a former chairman of the West CoastEagles, where he served on the board for 13 years.

MARK AND SARAHMcGOWANThe Premier has been lauded for his staunchleadership during the COVID-19 epidemic,sending his approval rate through the roof. Hegrew up in country NSW, studying arts and lawat the University of Queensland, before joiningthe navy as a lawyer and rising to the rank oflieutenant (he was awarded theGovernor-General’s commendation for braveryfor rescuing a driver from a burning car in1995). McGowan arrived in WA in 1991 and wasdeputy mayor in Rockingham before winningthe seat in State Parliament in 1996, serving inportfolios including education, environment,racing and gaming and tourism. He led Laborin Opposition from 2012-17, when he and theparty were elected in a landslide. He has threechildren with Sarah, a teacher, who he hasdescribed as a “very good adviser”. She wasinstrumental in his initial campaign forelection. They married the weekend after hewon the seat in 1996.


in remission from the breast cancer she was diagnosedwith last year. She has served in local, State andFederal politics, so her connections are far reaching.Before politics, MacTiernan worked in employmentand training for Aboriginal people, and was a partnerat law firm Dwyer Durack. She was elected to StateParliament in 1993, later serving as planning andinfrastructure minister, but resigned in 2010 to contestthe Federal seat of Canning. She lost but thensuccessfully ran for mayor of the City of Vincent. Aftertwo years, she was elected to Federal Parliament, inthe seat of Perth. MacTiernan decided not to recontestPerth in 2016 and rejoined WA Labor in the UpperHouse. She is the Minister for Regional Development;Agriculture and Food; Ports; and Minister Assisting theMinister for State Development, Jobs and Trade

SANJIV MANCHANDAAn electrical engineer with an MBA, Manchanda wasappointed as chief executive at Atlas Iron in 2018 afterit was acquired by Hancock Prospecting, afterspending much of the previous decade at the helm ofthe Roy Hill project. At Roy Hill, he worked as projectdirector and chief operating officer, claiming a

“significant influence in leadership”as the business grew. He also recentlyraised more than $150,000 forhomeless Australians as part of theVinnies CEO Sleepout.

WAYNE MARTINMartin filled one of WA’s mostpowerful roles — Chief Justice of theSupreme Court — for 12 years untilhis retirement in 2018. Theformidable legal mind, who nowpractises privately, was admitted tolegal practice in 1977 and wasappointed Queen’s Counsel in 1993.Martin has served as chair of the LawReform Commission and spent twoyears in Sydney as counsel assistingthe HIH royal commission. In his roleas Chief Justice, Martin sought tomodernise the courts, includingdoing away with traditional wigs andjabots, broadcasting some casesonline and allowing journalists to use


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JAMES MCMAHONMcMahon is a decorated soldierwho commanded the eliteSpecial Air Service regiment,earning two medals fordistinguished service for hisleadership in Afghanistan, Iraqand in Timor-Leste. He left themilitary in 2007 to pursue anMBA and a finance career. Heworked in the corporate worlduntil 2013, when he took therole of commissioner for thedepartment of correctiveservices, focused on reformingprisons. McMahon is now chiefoperating officer at AustralianCapital Equity, as well asserving on the boards of theAustralian War Memorial and StJohn of God Health Care. He isa trustee of the SAS ResourcesFund, ambassador for TheFathering Project and wasnamed Western Australian ofthe Year in 2019.

ANDREW MILLERThe head of the AMA has beenvery visible — and at times verycritical — during COVID-19 buteven when there isn’t a globalpandemic, the head of thedoctors’ lobby is a powerfulposition. The specialistanaesthetist, law graduate andcompany director assumed thepresidency in mid-2019 and ledthrough a “whirlwind 12months”, responding tovoluntary assisted dying lawsand then COVID-19. Miller alsovolunteers in developingcountries with Rafiki SurgicalMissions and Interplast.

GLEN AND HARMONY MOLTONIThe luxury superyacht dealer and his designerwife move in exclusive circles; they spent NewYear’s Eve entertaining tennis champion RafaelNadal and his wife with a lavish party on their$1.5 million Fairline Targa 45 Open yacht. Theywould usually spend up to four months of theyear travelling around Europe — Glen, dealerprincipal of One Brokerage, sold a 56m PeriniNavi there last year for $27.5 million — but havebeen in Perth due to travel restrictions. Harmonyis behind the clothing label Harmony & Lawson.

BEN MORTONThe former bus driver and senior manager athome builder BGC was elected as the Federalmember for Tangney in 2016 and has grown closeto Scott Morrison, who appointed him asAssistant Minister to the Prime Minister andCabinet last year. His ascension to the inner circleof the Federal Liberal Party builds on hisextensive network in WA, where he was the Statedirector of the party between 2008 and 2015.

NIC NAITANUIProbably the country’s most recognisablefootballer and one of WA’s favourite sons,Naitanui draws a crowd of fans wherever he goes.The towering ruckman, known as Nic Nat, madehis debut in 2009 and quickly became a fanfavourite. Born in NSW to Fijian parents, Naitanuiwas raised by his late mother Atetha, who hecredited with instilling strong values and atireless work ethic. A multicultural ambassadorfor the AFL, last year he also became an authorwhen he wrote a children’s book, Little Nic’s BigDay, which celebrates diversity. He has spokenout against bullying and racism and last year,backed a Telethon Kids Institute research projectinto youth mental health.

JUNE OSCARThe celebrated activist is a force to be reckonedwith, hailed for courageously leading afemale-driven campaign to dry up the “rivers ofgrog” in her home town of Fitzroy Crossing,where it was fuelling violence and suicide.Despite some fierce opposition, theground-breaking initiative went ahead in 2007

with far-reaching positive impacts — restrictionsare still in place today and have been adopted inother communities, including Halls Creek. Oscar,a Bunuba woman, has a business degree and isnow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander SocialJustice Commissioner at the Australian HumanRights Commission. She is devoted to advocatingfor Indigenous languages and culture, with aparticular interest in children’s and women’sissues; she has been instrumental in facilitatingresearch into foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.Oscar was made an officer in the Order ofAustralia in 2013 and three years later, won theprestigious Desmond Tutu ReconciliationFellowship.

KEVIN PARKER The talented multi-instrumentalist behindmusical sensation Tame Impala splits his timebetween Los Angeles and his home and studio inFremantle. The psychedelic rock project is, atheart, a Parker solo venture, although when heplays live — such as headlining Coachella lastyear, alongside Ariana Grande and ChildishGambino — he has loyal bandmates by his side.

JOE O’DEAO’Dea keeps a low profilebut he is an integral part ofthe fabric of thecommunity, conductingfunerals for loved onesfrom countless WestAustralian families,including some of ourmost beloved publicfigures. O’Dea is managingdirector of the familycompany, funeral directorsBowra & O’Dea, like hisfather and grandfather, ina line that extends back towhen blacksmith MichaelO’Dea and wheelwrightWilliam Charles Bowraforged a partnership in1888. He is a past presidentof the Australian FuneralDirectors Association inWA and deputy chair ofthe MetropolitanCemeteries Board. Duringhis time at the helm, O’Deahas overseen growth andrejuvenation at thecompany, including a‘memorial grove’ programwhere a tree is planted onbehalf of bereaved families,in memory of their lovedon, at one of 10 special sites(the idea was sparked by aconversation in 1994 withtaxi driver Tim Lawrence, alife member of TrillionTrees).

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are behind countless iconic establishments — theCottesloe Beach Hotel, Hotel Rottnest, theTradewinds and Norfolk in Fremantle and theMangrove in Broome — and are known forhosting star-studded events and for theirphilanthropy. The couple own and runSandalford Wines in the Swan Valley and hostannual Polo in the Valley events at their stunningprivate estate, Duncraig Stud, raising hundreds ofthousands of dollars for causes including YouthFocus and Telethon.

MICHELLE REYNOLDSThe former Rottnest Island Authority boss has

been named the City of Perth’s new CEO, inpreparation for its long-awaited councilelections in October. Reynolds has more than20 years’ experience as a senior public servant,

including as the CEO of WorkCover, and hasworked with the Department of the Premier and

Cabinet and the State EmergencyManagement Committee.

GINA RINEHART The softly spoken,straight-talking billionaire tookover her father Lang Hancock’scompany and built HancockProspecting into a miningpowerhouse, as well asdiversifying its interests into coal,beef, dairy and property. Itscrowning glory is the $US10billion Roy Hill project, along withits joint venture with Rio Tinto at

Hope Downs, and Hancock’sagricultural business is Australia’s

second largest producer ofcattle.Rinehart is a long-time supporterof the Australian swimming team.Rinehart and the company have alsomade significant contributions to thecauses including the SAS ResourcesFund and Parkerville Children andYouth Care.

TIM ROBERTSOne of three heirs to the $1.2 billion Multiplex fortune, Robertsinvested his share through his Warburton Group, including hisaviation services company, AVWest Aircraft. Roberts, who also ownsPerth Jet Centre, began as a foreman on a Multiplex site and workedhis way up to be a director. He now has a highly diversified investmentportfolio at Warburton. Roberts became a “million dollar partner” ofTelethon in 2012 (he is also a trustee), and helped establish a surfsports academy at North Cottesloe Surf Lifesaving Club. He is alsopatron of the Perth Symphony Orchestra.

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ELIZABETH PERRONThe daughter of Stan Perron, the latebusinessman and philanthropist, hastaken on the responsibility of continuinghis legacy as chair of the Stan PerronCharitable Foundation, which he set upin 1978. The Perron Group empireencompasses shopping centres, officetowers, shares, real estate, lucrative ironore royalties and WA distribution rightsto Toyota vehicles, all of which contributeto funding the foundation. Recentcharitable contributions include acommitment of $10 million for research tofind treatments and cures for diseasessuch as muscular dystrophy, motorneurone disease and multiple sclerosisas well as $5 million to Perth Children’sHospital’s Centre of Excellence inChildhood Burns.


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JOHN POYNTON AND DI BAINThe respected company director and investmentbanker is known for his connections to Perth’supper echelons of business and politics — a farcry from his reported beginnings as a complaintsofficer at Consumer Affairs. Since then, he hasworked at Perth stockbroking stalwart HartleyPoynton, founded Poynton and Partners andAzure Capital and chaired energy giant Alinta andCelebrate WA. Poynton chairs Crown Perth, aswell as advisory company JindaleePartners and gas producer StrikeEnergy. Poynton, who was made anOfficer in the Order of Australia in2016, is also on the board ofguardians of the Future Fund,Australia’s sovereign wealth fund,and is the chairman of Giving West.Bain, a former ABC journalist, isrunning for the role of Perth LordMayor. A keen pilot, Bain runsmarketing agency Bain Media andsits on the boards of TourismWA and Perth Zoo. She is alsothe chair of Activate Perth,which champions renewaland vibrancy in the city.

PETER AND DEBRAPRENDIVILLEThe owners of WA’sbiggest private hotel andaccommodation empire

ROSE AND WILLIAM PORTEOUSThe Perth socialite and her real estate agenthusband keep a relatively low profile these daysbut whenever Rose reappears she is always at herextravagant, eccentric best. She was known forher lavish lifestyle during and after her marriageto mining magnate Lang Hancock — and for theacrimonious fight with his daughter, GinaRinehart, after his death. Canadian William cameto Australia in 1970 for a job with BondCorporation, managing various developmentprojects. He started his own propertydevelopment business before joining Acton. Awell-known auctioneer, he left in 2008 to startWilliam Porteous Properties International,specialising in prestige properties.

NEV POWERThe former Fortescue boss is splitting his timebetween Canberra and Perth after being tappedby Scott Morrison to take on one of the biggestjobs imaginable — to lead Australia’s recoveryfrom the coronavirus crisis. The man creditedwith helping FMG grow from an ambitiousstart-up to a force in iron ore, Power was asked tochair the National COVID-19 CoordinationCommission in March. He has stepped back fromhis roles as chair of Perth Airport and gascompany Strike Energy in an attempt to avoidconflicts of interest. Described as widelyrespected in the business community and byboth sides of politics, Power is also chair of theFoundation for the WA Museum and of the RFDS.


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DIANESMITH-GANDERThe trailblazing Smith-Gander hasmore hats than you can count butto list just a few, she is on theboards of Wesfarmers, AGL Energy,HBF and Keystart Loans and chairsthe Committee for EconomicDevelopment of Australia (CEDA),Safe Work Australia and the UWAbusiness school advisory board.Smith-Gander is a passionateadvocate for women in business.She is a past president of ChiefExecutive Women and last year wasnamed an Officer of the Order ofAustralia for her service to business,women’s engagement in executiveroles, gender equality and thecommunity. She has an economicsdegree and an MBA and haspreviously been an executive atWestpac and a partner at McKinsey& Company in the US, where she ledmajor merger and transformationprojects. Smith-Gander has alsobeen active in sports administrationas a past chair of BasketballAustralia and the Australian SportsDrug Agency. She is also the chairof the Asbestos Safety andEradication Agency.

ANDREW ROBERTSONAs WA deals with the ongoing threat ofCOVID-19, Robertson, WA’s Chief Health Officer,is a hugely influential figure. His advice helpsshape the Government response, which in turnaffects the lives of every West Australian.Robertson, a medical doctor, is vastlyexperienced in high-stakes public health; theformer head of disaster preparedness andmanagement at WA Health had a long career inthe navy, including three tours of Iraq as abiological weapons inspector with the UN. He’sled medical relief teams into the Maldivespost-tsunami in 2004 and into Indonesia afterthe Yogyakarta earthquakes in 2006 andmanaged WA Health’s response todisasters including the Bali bombing in2005, Cyclone George and the explosionof an asylum seeker ship at AshmoreReef.

ROSS ROBERTSONThe managing director and chiefexecutive has been a loyal lieutenant atPerron Group since starting his careerthere in 1981. Perron Group’s holdingsinclude shopping centres, office towers,shares and lucrative mining royalties andin 1995, as chief financial officer,Robertson was put in charge of the hugetask of overseeing the group’s finance,accounting, governance andnon-property related investments.

NIGEL AND DENISE SATTERLEYThe couple are well known for theirphilanthropy and dedication to the arts,putting to good use the proceeds of asuccessful property empire built fromnothing. A teenage Nigel bounded intoPerth from Cunderdin and by 20,somehow managed to become the WArepresentative for Levis Jeans. His firstproperty transaction, while still at Levis,netted him $10,000 and allowed him tostart Statesman Homes, which wouldeventually sell 650 houses a year. Fromthere, he established Satterley PropertyGroup, one of WA’s biggest landdevelopers (estimates are that more than250,000 West Australians live on itslots). The Satterleys support a number ofcharities and have been involved in morethan 40 charity home auctions. Nigel is along-time patron of Telethon Speech &Hearing and he and Denise hold regularfundraising events for the institute. He isa life member of the West Coast Eaglesand in 2006, was made a Member of theOrder of Australia.

ROB SCOTT AND LIZ WEEKESScott, the CEO of Wesfarmers startedthere in 1993 and luckily, the companysupported his rowing aspiration — hewon a silver medal at the 1996 AtlantaOlympics. The dual Olympian left towork in investment banking butreturned to the fold in 2004, working in

various roles before being appointed managingdirector in November 2017. The chairman ofRowing Australia has a masters degree inapplied finance and studied at Harvard. Weekesis a member of the first ever AustralianOlympic womens’ water polo team, which wongold at the Sydney Olympics. She beganplaying at 15 and soon found herself in thenational team, playing in tournaments all overthe world. She was a passionate advocate in the20-year battle to get the sport into theOlympics, even storming IOC meetings withher teammates. Weekes is now a corporatespeaker, model and TV personality.

LUKE AND DANIELLE SHUEYShuey, a Norm Smith Medallist, has taken thereins as captain of the West Coast Eagles at atough time, as the team tries to adapt to therestrictions put in place because of theCOVID-19 crisis. He and Danielle, a publicistand former radio personality, recentlyannounced they are expecting a sibling for sonOliver.

FIONA STANLEYThe public health stalwart is so treasured bythe WA community that a $2 billion newhospital was named after her. Stanley, along

with paediatrician Lou Landau, helped toset up the WA Research Institute forChild Health; that institute grew tobecome the world-leading Telethon KidsInstitute. While Stanley retired as directorat the end of 2011, she remains patronand the chief investigator on a number ofresearch projects. She has publishedmore than 300 papers and made vitaldiscoveries, including the link between alack of folate in a mother’s diet andneural tube defects such as spina bifida inunborn babies A passionate advocate forchildren Stanley was named Australian ofthe Year in 2003 and a National LivingTreasure in 2004. She is a director of theGurrumul Yunupingu Foundation, aUNICEF Australia ambassador and adistinguished research professor at UWA.


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KERRY STOKESAND CHRISTINESIMPSONSTOKESThe billionairebusinessman andphilanthropist runsa media empireand has interests inresources, energy,agriculture,property andindustrial servicesthrough his roles asexecutive chairmanof Seven GroupHoldings, WestTracand SevenNetwork andchairman of SevenWest Media andAustralian CapitalEquity. Stokes, aformer chair of theNational Gallery ofAustralia, is also asupporter of thearts; the KerryStokes Collection,described as one ofthe most importantprivate collectionsin Australia,contains objectsspanning 800years, includingpaintings,sculpture, booksand maps. Stokes isalso a militaryhistory enthusiast,who is an honorarylife member of the RSL and chair of theAustralian War Memorial, having bought anddonated Victoria Crosses and numerous othermedals. Stokes, who is a trustee and previouschairman of Telethon, was made a Companion ofthe Order of Australia in 2008. Simpson Stokes,who is also a director at ACE and has abackground in media, was made a Member of theOrder of Australia early this year for hercommitment to philanthropy. She is on the boardof the Australia Council for the Arts, a Telethontrustee, an ambassador for Legacy Australia and apatron of the Ian Potter Museum of Art. SimpsonStokes has previously been patron of KimberleyGirl, a leadership program for young Indigenouswomen.

PHIL THICKAfter graduating as a civil engineer, Thick workedfor Alcoa’s Kwinana refinery before joining Shell,where he spent 20 years with postings all overthe country and overseas, as well as a seat on theboard. He is now head of Tianqi Lithium but hasalso moved into supporting the arts, becomingchair of the Perth Symphony Orchestra in 2018and chair of the Chamber of Arts and Culture lastyear.

JOHN VAN DER WIELENThe head of WA’s biggest health fund helps guidedecisions that impact on thousands of customersaround the State — including the recent move,unanimously approved by the HBF board, tocancel premium increases this year due toCOVID-19. Van der Weilen took the job in May2017, after working in Europe and Australia in avariety of finance and insurance roles. He is alsoon the board of the RFDS WA.

RORY VASSALLOThe Kwinana Senior High School dropout turnedyoung businessman founded VassalloCorporation at age 20, after sitting next to hisgirlfriend’s boss at the Christmas party andhearing all about the childcare industry. Hebought a centre, eventually building up aportfolio of 22 Great Beginnings centres, whichhe sold in 2014 for a rumoured $65 million. Afterthe sale Vassallo, who is an avid boat owner,

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RICHARD WALLEYAn acclaimed Aboriginal performer and writer, Walley is responsible for thecontemporary Welcome to Country; in 1976, he and Ernie Dingo drew on tradition tocome up with the now-familiar ceremony when visiting Polynesian dancers refused toperform without a proper Indigenous reception. Walley, who is the founding patron ofthe Yirra Yaakin theatre group, is known for his advocacy for Indigenous culture and at23, was chairing the Aboriginal Advisory Board. He was actively involved in the formationof the Aboriginal Housing Board, the Aboriginal Medical Service and the AboriginalLegal Service. He is director of his family company, Aboriginal Productions andPromotions, which delivers cultural awareness programs and in 2016, was named thenumber one ticketholder at the Fremantle Dockers. In 1978, Walley and three friendsfrom basketball, including Dingo, put together the Middar Aboriginal Theatre, whichtoured the world showcasing Noongar culture. Walley was named a State LivingTreasure in 2015.


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added Perth’s R Marine dealership, which sellsRiviera and Belize luxury power boats, to hiscorporation, which also has a property portfolio.He has been a director of the South FremantleFootball Club since 2014, and in 2018 Vassallowas part of a consortium, which included EileenBond, that bought the Perth Heat baseball team,where he is now chairman.

ROY HILL: TAD WATROBA AND BARRYFITZGERALD As the executive director and chief executive ofthe massive Roy Hill mine, Watroba andFitzgerald are close confidants of mining magnateGina Rinehart. Watroba, in particular, is describedas her right-hand man. Also executive director atHancock Prospecting, he has more than 50 yearsexperience in mines of many types, from iron oreto manganese, coal, copper, zinc and gold.Watroba has been described as friendly,approachable and fiercely loyal to Rinehart.Fitzgerald was hired from his role as CEO of CiticPacific Mining to oversee Roy Hill in 2010.

CLARE WATSONThe arrival of Black Swan State TheatreCompany’s new artistic director in 2017 washeralded as a new era for the group; now shefaces the unprecedented challenge of leading itsre-emergence as coronavirus lockdowns subside.

TIM WINTON The acclaimed author’s books are so belovedmany of them have sparked theatre productionsand feature length movies. The writer of 29books, Winton has four Miles Franklin Awards(for Cloudstreet, Dirt Music, Breath, Shallows) andis renowned for his evocative Australian stories;he has been declared a Living Treasure by theNational Trust. He is also a passionateenvironmentalist, acting as patron of theAustralian Marine Conservation Society andcampaigning against developments near WA’sNingaloo Reef.

FIONA WOOD AND TONY KIERATH Wood, the 2005 Australia of the Year, is one ofthe country’s most respected surgeons andresearchers; her innovations with spray-on skinfor treating burns are world leading. She has beenthe forefront of major global disasters, includingthe Bali bombings in 2002, when sheco-ordinated a major response including fouroperating theatres, 19 surgeons and 130 medicalstaff who worked around the clock. Wood, thedirector of the Burns Service of Western Australiaand a consultant plastic surgeon at Fiona StanleyHospital and Perth Children’s Hospital, hasrepeatedly been voted Australia’s most trustedperson. Kierath is a specialist weight loss surgeon.

BEN WYATTWhen WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt announced inFebruary he was quitting politics to spend moretime with his young family, many were aghastthat the talented operator would be lost topolitics. But COVID-19 had other ideas; by March24, the man Mark McGowan touts as a futurepremier reversed his decision, saying he wasdetermined to help WA recover.

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VIVIEN YAPThe director of Ray WhiteDalkeith-Claremont, Yapdescribes her focus as “like alaser beam”. She speaks fivelanguages, making her a go-toagent for overseas investors,and is now so successful thatshe was invited to Ferrariheadquarters in Italy topurchase the latestlimited-edition sportscar — hersixth since2008.

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RHONDA WYLLIE AND JEFFREYBROWNEWhen businessman Bill Wyllie died in 2006, hiswidow Rhonda was determined to uphold hislegacy, both in his investment company, WyllieGroup, and his community work. Today, thegroup, which has investments including SorrentoQuay and the 1526ha Murray River Farm inCoolup, retains that family connection; Wyllieand daughter Melissa Karlson are executivedirectors, son Luke is a non-executive directorand in 2010, her brother Wayne McGrath wasappointed executive chairman. Wyllie is along-time philanthropist and established theRhonda Wyllie Foundation to contribute to childhealth causes including Telethon and BethesdaFoundation, among others. It has also workedclosely with organisation Hagar to help womenand children who have suffered extreme abuse.In 2018, Wyllie married former Nine managingdirector Jeffrey Browne in a star-studdedwedding at the Coolup property, after they meton a blind date at the 2013 Logies. Close friendNeale Fong was the celebrant and Browne’s bestmate, Eddie McGuire, flew in from Melbourneto be MC.

MEGAN WYNNE AND BRUCEBELLINGEWynne is the founder of rehabilitationservices group APM and Bellinge, a pioneer inreproductive technology, owns ConceptFertility. Wynne, who set up APM 25 yearsago, sold a large stake in 2017 for a reported$400 million. She remains managing directorof the company, which doubled in size lastyear when it bought the global operationsof Ingeus. Bellinge has been involved in IVFsince its early days; his Subiaco-basedConcept Fertility started as an IVF lab in1982. He is also chairman of sterilisationservice provider Sterequip.

BASIL AND AMY ZEMPILASBasil is a ubiquitous personality in WAmedia, with roles on 7NEWS, 6PR radioand a newspaper column in The West,but he may become even more highprofile if his bid to become the Perth LordMayor is successful. Amy, a mother ofthree, runs lifestyle blog Absolute Amy.

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en who have suffered extreme abuse.yllie married former Nine managingffrey Browne in a star-studdedt the Coolup property, after they metdate at the 2013 Logies. Close friend

g was the celebrant and Browne’s beste McGuire, flew in from Melbourne

WYNNE AND BRUCEEhe founder of rehabilitationoup APM and Bellinge, a pioneer inve technology, owns Concept

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on. She remains managing directorpany, which doubled in size lastit bought the global operations

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also chairman of sterilisationovider Sterequip.

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