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Chairman
ROSS BOWE BEc
Ross Bowe is currently Chairman of Racing and Wagering Western Australia. From 1988 to 1994 Mr Bowe was Under Treasurer of Western Australia and Chairman of the Western Australian Treasury Corporation.
Directors
RAY BENNETT MAICD
Ray Bennett has had an extensive background in finance and banking with over 25 years experience in the banking industry. Mr Bennett was the General Manager Retail Banking for Challenge Bank immediately prior to leaving the banking industry.
Mr Bennett was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the then Western Australian Totalisator Agency Board in 1995. He remained as Chief Executive until the Totalisator Agency Board was abolished in 2003, and Racing and Wagering Western Australia established to continue the operations of the Totalisator Agency Board and take control of the integrity and management of the racing industry, including allocation of funds across the three racing codes. Mr Bennett was appointed Chief Executive of the new organisation, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.
Mr Bennett is a Commissioner with the Western Australian Lotteries Commission and is a member of a project committee investigating development options for Gloucester Park Raceway.
RON EDWARDS BEc (WA), MEd (Hons) (Syd), EdD (WA)
Ron Edwards is Chairman of Seafood Experience Australia, the promotion arm of the Australian seafood industry. He also is a founding member of the Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation committed to providing opportunities for Indigenous youth; he is a Council Member of the Anglican Schools Commission; is a member of the Australian Governments Social Inclusion Board and chairs The Third Sector Compact Working Group for the Australian Government.
In 2006 Dr Edwards was awarded a Doctorate in Education from the University of Western Australia; his topic was social inclusion in the low fee Anglican School system in Western Australia. Formerly Dr Edwards was the Member for Stirling in the Federal Parliament and was Chairman of the Economics Committee for the Federal Government. Recently he has worked on European trade matters for the Australian seafood industry and provides strategic advice on various projects.
GAYE McMATH BCom MBA (Melb) FCPA, FAICD
Gaye McMath is the Executive Director, Finance and Resources at the University of Western Australia. Ms McMath previously held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Resource Management) and Chief Financial Officer at Murdoch University. Ms McMath was employed with BHP Billiton for 23 years in a wide range of senior financial, strategic planning and commercial management positions in the steel, mining and treasury divisions. She was a BHP Billiton nominated director on various domestic and international Boards.
Ms McMath is currently a Director of the Silver Chain Nursing Association, Western Australian Treasury Corporation and Verve Energy.
JOHN MURPHY BCom, MCom
John Murphy represents the Western Australian Under Treasurer, Mr Timothy Marney. He is currently the acting Director of the Infrastructure Division in the Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance. In this role Mr Murphy heads a team that provides advice to the government on the major Government owned infrastructure and commercial agencies.
Mr Murphy has worked within the State Public Service for over twenty years in a variety of financial, economic and policy roles. As well as working in the Department of Treasury and Finance he has worked in agencies dealing with the resources and transport sectors.
CHRIS WHARTON
Chris Wharton is Chief Executive Officer of West Australian Newspaper Holdings Ltd, a position he has held since December 2008.
Prior to that, Mr Wharton was Managing Director of Channel Seven Perth Pty Ltd for nine years. His newspaper career began as a journalist and he worked in every area of newspaper management in Sydney before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Perth’s Community Newspaper Group in 1995.
Mr Wharton is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Telethon Trust, a member of the WA Olympic Council, the Committee for Perth, the Australian Business Arts Foundation and the State Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention.
M EDWARD HARBUZ, BSC (Eng), MBL
Ed Harbuz was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Gold Corporation on 1 July 2003. Mr Harbuz was Managing Director of the South African Mint Company Pty Ltd for almost seven years until 2001 and Group Managing Director of Cullinan Holdings Ltd, one of South Africa’s oldest industrial companies prior to that. Preceding this, he was Chief Executive of Cullinan Refractories and Managing Director of Steetley Refractories in the United Kingdom. Mr Harbuz holds a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa and a BSc (Engineering Electrical) from the University of Natal.
RICHARD HAYES, BComm, MBA, CPA, ACIS
Richard Hayes was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Gold Corporation in March 2003. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer and an executive Director of AGR Matthey from October 2002 to March 2003 and prior to that he was Director, Finance and Deputy Managing Director of AGR Joint Venture from December 1998 to October 2002. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Golden West Refining Corporation Ltd, an ASX-listed company controlled by N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd which, in December 1998, merged with Gold Corporation’s refining and jewellery manufacturing business to become the AGR Joint Venture. Mr Hayes came to Australia from Zimbabwe in 1987 and held a number of financial management positions with Boral Ltd prior to joining Golden West.