Our Board

Liam is a Non-Executive Director, the Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and sits on the Finance Audit and Risk Committee and Governance Committee, He first joined the Recfishwest Board in November 2020.

Liam is a passionate fresh and saltwater fisherman and an active member of the Saltwater Flyrodders of Western Australia of which he is the Treasurer. He is also the treasurer and one of the founding members of the West Australian chapter of the Australian Trout Foundation and a member of the WA Trout and Freshwater Angling Association.

When not fishing, Liam occupies a role in senior management (CFO & Company Secretary) in a commercial property development firm. Liam has a passion for recreational fishing, particularly fresh and saltwater fly-fishing and lure fishing. He is strongly committed to see this important recreational activity sustainably developed.

As a qualified chartered accountant and member of various committees, Liam has strong financial and management expertise and experience with incorporated associations. He is also skilled at negotiating and reaching outcomes favourable to all stakeholders.

Liam has a broad-based experience and a solid track record of involvement within the recreational fishing industry and is enthusiastic to further Recfishwest’s goals.

Matt is a company director, passionate conservator of marine habitats and avid fisherman.  He holds an MBA, bachelors degrees in engineering and technology and marine engineering tickets.

Matt founded marine services company Subcon in 2011.  The business designed and installed over 40 artificial reefs internationally for tourism, aquaculture, fisheries enhancement, decommissioning and coastal erosion.  The business was acquired by MMA Offshore in 2022 and subsequently by Cyan renewables in 2024.

Matt is now a non executive director at WaveX and Recfishwest.  He is a member of the risk and audit committee and chairs the major projects committee where he continues his involvement in creating novel marine habitats that enable communities above and below the water line to thrive.

Geoff is an independent, non-executive Director of Recfishwest. Geoff is also the Deputy Chair of the Board and represents Recfishwest on the Recreational Boating Facilities Scheme.

Currently semi-retired, Geoff is a Director of Super Nova Motor Yachts trading as Offshore Marine and has been for the past 25 years. He has also managed several retail boat and caravan sales businesses in WA.

Geoff has held the following positions; President/Finance Director of Boating Industry Association WA, member of Caravan Industry Association WA, member of the Motor Trade Association, licensed motor vehicle dealer and licenced second hand dealer.

Geoff was elected to the Recfishwest Board at the 2017 AGM for a two-year term and subsequently re-appointed to the Board at the 2019 AGM.

Audrey recently retired from Woodside Energy Pty Ltd after working as a Risk and Compliance manager for three years and as an Australia Exploration Manager for 18 years. She has more than 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry in various technical operational and senior management positions. Her most recent experience was as an operations focused governance, risk and compliance manager embedding risk as a budget and work prioritisation tool.

Audrey is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a fisher all her life, with a love of all aquatic environments within fresh and saltwater systems. She has fished, snorkelled and dived all over Australia and internationally.

Audrey’s key qualification to support Recfishwest is the exposure and hands-on experience she has had with many countries’ regulations, governance, and implementation of responsible fishing practices, as well as the education process to ensure fishers are aware and adhering to good techniques.

Her expertise adds a unique perspective to the Recfishwest Board, supporting a long-term vision for a thriving recreational fishing future.

Terry has 30 years’ experience with the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Parks and Wildlife Service involved in all aspects of terrestrial and marine park management including field operations, volunteer, visitor risk and project management. Over this period, he also acted as Community Involvement Coordinator promoting and coordinating the State’s community involvement program. This included all recruitment, training, external relationships and funding, sponsorship programs and maintenance of the volunteer database.

He has a Bachelor of Commerce Management (Double Major in Tourism) and qualifications in photography, scuba diving, marine operations (coxswain Grade 1), fisheries compliance and law enforcement.

Terry is currently the vice president of the Australian Trout Foundation (ATF) WA Branch which has been actively protecting, building and promoting the trout fishery in the South-West of WA. He is also a foundation member (52 years) of the Western Australian Trout and Freshwater Angler Association (WATFAA).

A keen boat fisher on the South Coast and Capes, he has been actively involved with the Mangles Bay Fishing Club and Recfishwest for over a decade. Terry brings extensive experience in marine and terrestrial park management, research collaboration, and community engagement.

As Recfishwest’s Communications Committee Chair with a long and illustrious career in public relations, Carla is well placed to provide authoritative strategic communications counsel and feedback to the Recfishwest Board and Communications Lead.

Her expert input helps ensure Recfishwest maintains a meticulous, methodical and multi-faceted communications approach in advocating for WA fishers’ interests and in ensuring Recfishwest’s members are kept well-informed, engaged and represented in all WA fishing-related activities and movements.

As Managing Director of her own agency, The PR Collaborative, Carla is a dynamic and astute advisor to business, government and the non-profit sector and can draw on a rich background in print and radio journalism, which also gives her the ability to develop superlative media relationships.

A Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia, Carla is helping to develop the next generation of PR professionals as a lecturer at Edith Cowan University.

Growing up as the daughter of a passionate recreational fisher, Carla has precious childhood memories of crabbing under the Mandurah traffic bridge, family days at the Marmion Angling and Aquatic Club and helping her dad clean the boat after his Sunday fishing trips.

While society’s focus on sustainability has seen recreational fishing change since she was a child, Carla believes fishing is a quintessential part of life in Western Australia that must be protected and nurtured for future generations.

Christine is a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. An experienced mining lawyer Christine specialises in the native title and Aboriginal heritage aspects of project development in Western Australia.

Christine graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in law, and a bachelor of law (BA Mod and LLB).

She has climbed the WA legal ranks to join West Perth firm Hewett and Lovitt as special counsel in 2014, managing her own native title practice and has negotiated native title agreements with various native title claim groups in Western Australia.

She is a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and Recfishwest was pleased to welcome her as a Board Member in March, 2022.