Council of Owners candidates

I have been an owner in the Precinct for the past six years. For four of those years, l served as a member of the Precinct Sub-Committee, supporting the Council of Owners on matters relating to the residential operations of Stage 2.

Over the past year, l have continued this commitment as a member of the Council of Owners, working on behalf of all residents

I bring strong experience in financial control, which directly supports the effective management of the strata. During my time on the council, I have applied these skills to review the strata budget prepared by the strata Manager; to ensure that there is a clear and sustainable plan for income and expenditure, assess the realism of financial forecasts to guide decision-making, monitor monthly income and expenditure against budget, identify issues early, and discuss them with the COO and strata manager, and ensure that they are resolved

My focus has been on maintaining financial transparency, strengthening oversight and ensuring that the strata company is positioned for stable and long-term managment.

I'm an owner-resident here, recently retired, a RAAF veteran and an active member of the RSL (WA). I've lived in The Precinct for five years, long enough to take a keen interest in how the building runs and how it's managed, and these days I'm also a qualified Rottnest Island volunteer guide. I'd describe myself as straightforward, methodical and service-minded.

For most of my working life I was a triple-licensed avionics engineer, consulting to international airlines as a complex defect troubleshooter and, in later years, training Qantas and Virgin apprentices through their five-year diploma. It's work that rewards calm diagnosis under pressure and getting to the real cause of a problem rather than the symptom, which is a fair bit of what a Council role needs.

I'm not new to strata, either. I've served on the Council and as Strata Chairman of three separate complexes, including a large apartment complex in Fremantle. What I learnt is that a building only runs well when communication and collaboration come first: the difference between a property that's managed properly and one that drifts comes down to whether owners, the Council and the strata manager are genuinely working together. I've also become quite familiar with the Strata Titles Act 1985 and the requirements that sit under it and the by-laws.

More recently I've been working with another candidate, Chris Wilkie, on the community projects you may know: the resident chat group, the Precinct Hub (theprecinct.co) and the monthly Noticeboard newsletter. Chris has done amazing work on these. These have given owners a way to talk to each other and stay across what's happening, something that simply wasn't there before.

I see a lot of purpose in this role and I have the time to do it properly. My emphasis rests on three things: honesty, communication and transparency. I'd also like to establish an active sub-committee, so owners can get involved to whatever level suits them, with regular meetings with the Council.

Should I not be elected to the Council this time, I would have no hesitation whatsoever in endorsing fellow candidate Chris Wilkie. I have not met a more intelligent, able and suitable person, one who would fully commit himself to improving life in The Precinct for all of us.

I look forward to the possibility of being of service to all of you. Happy to chat with any owner before the AGM, or after.

I've been a Stage 2 residential owner since October 2024. I'm putting my hand up because I believe my experience in business and accounting processes would benefit the role of COO and contribute to the continued betterment of the operations of the Precinct for everyone.

I've been a small business owner and operator for over 35 years, with extensive experience understanding the operations of large commercial shopping centres and buildings with variable outgoings budgets – which in principle are very similar to strata operations. I also have an extensive accounting background, having been financial controller for a large IT company for over seven years.

I am happy for anyone to contact me directly to ask any questions: ‪+61 409 992 806‬.

I'm an owner-resident here, a husband and uncle, and health-and-fitness focused. In the last 20 years of my work life I've grown and sold several of my own companies, as well as holding C-suite positions in mulitple geographies, so my days are largely spent doing the things a Council role actually needs: listening, bringing people together, and turning ideas into action. I'd describe myself as calm, organised and collaborative.

I'm also a contributing member of the group behind a lot of the community projects, such as the Precinct Hub site you're reading on now, the Noticeboard newsletter, and the resident WhatsApp community. The aim with all of it has been simple: get the right information into people's hands and make living here a bit easier. Along the way I've spent a fair bit of time in the weeds of how this building actually runs, from inductions to how levies, utilities and strata processes fit together.

I don't see this role as volunteering. I see it as taking on an unpaid job with a clear purpose: to work for the benefit of the whole building and community. That will sometimes mean making difficult decisions for long-term positive outcomes, and for that I'll need owners' input and their trust.

My approach is straightforward: structured decision-making, consultative but decisive communication, transparency as the default, and a community-first mindset. I believe in doing things properly and openly – owners deserve to understand what's being decided on their behalf and why (before it is decided), and to feel genuinely heard when they raise something. One of my aims is to keep pushing towards a genuinely inclusive community that leans into the collective knowledge of residents, ideally through an active subcommittee, so anyone who wants to contribute has a clear way in and the Council can draw on the experience already sitting in the building.

Happy to chat with any owner before the AGM – you can reach me via WhatsApp.