OUR BOARD
Dr JIM GIUMELLI
DIRECTOR / BOARD CHAIR
Jim Giumelli is a retired civil engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia. Jim founded the civil construction company Ertech in 1981 and remains a non-executive Director.
Since retiring, Jim has become involved with boards and committees of several not-for-profit organizations.
Jim is passionate about education having benefitted from a Commonwealth Scholarship which enabled him to complete his civil engineering studies at the UWA. His engineering degree led him to work in the construction industry before starting his own company.
In ‘giving back’ something to the community Jim has provided rural scholarships to UWA and foundation funding for the E-Zone project as well as setting up the Ertech Construction Academy which has seen 140 students graduate with their WA Certificate of Education (WACE) and with a Certificate II in Civil Construction as well as competency certificates to operate earthmoving equipment.
In recognising his contribution to education and the civil construction industry the University of Western Australia conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering to Jim in 2017.
Jim’s other interests include farming with 120 Angus breeders at Dardanup, and with his wife Wilma owning several harness racing horses and he is a keen supporter of the West Coast Eagles.
GAVIN MILLER
SECRETARY
Gavin is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Certified Practicing Accountant, and a Chartered Secretary with over 20 years of governance, financial, and commercial management experience in diverse industries including building materials manufacturing, water and civil construction.
His roles have included corporate governance, financial, and risk management in ASX-listed companies, government-owned corporations, and private companies. Gavin has been the Executive Chairman of Ertech Holdings since 2016.
Jarvas Croome
DIRECTOR
Jarvas Croome has been the Chief Executive Officer of WesTrac Australia since March 2014. Jarvas is a member of the WesTrac Board of Directors.
Jarvas joined WesTrac from Woodside Energy USA where he was the president of the Houston-based organization. Before this, he held various executive management roles at Woodside Energy in Australia, including Vice President Australian Business Unit and Vice President of Technical Services. He has also worked for Shell Australia as a global product and sales manager and as a subsea engineer with Kvaerner RJ Brown.
Jarvas holds Chartered Professional Engineering status with Engineers Australia and has previously been registered on the National Professional Engineers Register. Jarvas plays an active role in his local community and chairs the board for Sorrento Primary School.
Rhonda Parker
DIRECTOR
Rhonda Parker has been a leading contributor to policy, program, community, and organisational development in Australia for more than twenty years, with senior roles in both state and federal governments and the NFP sector. Rhonda brings high-level expertise and experience to project leadership and organizational renewal.
Her special areas of expertise include:
- strategic planning and positioning;
- public presence and stakeholder engagement;
- working with the government and its departments;
- policy,
- advocacy, and
- good governance.
Rhonda’s enduring passion is to strengthen the potential and grow the shared benefit of our society through responsive, in-touch government, responsible corporate citizens, a healthy charitable sector, and empowered individual citizens.
CLAIRE GIUMELLI
DIRECTOR
Claire has 15 years experience in the construction industry in roles from project administration through to the board level. More recently she has been increasingly active in charitable and philanthropic activities.
Claire has been associated with Motivation Investments and Ertech Construction Academy since their inception and is a director of Australian Training Management.
She is a graduate of the Curtin Graduate School of Business and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds postgraduate qualifications in philanthropy from Cass Business School, University of London.
Claire balances her professional commitments with her role as mother of two beautiful young girls.
MICHAEL MCLEAN
DIRECTOR
Michael McLean was born in Perth & graduated from UWA with an Economics Degree with Honours in Industrial Relations. After 2 years of employment with the WA state government and over 3 years with Mount Newman Mining in Port Hedland, Michael continued to pursue his industrial relations career with the Master Builders Association in August 1983 by taking on the role of Industrial Relations Manager.
From September 1996 until January 2019 Michael was the Executive Director of the MBA. During this time he was appointed to a range of Boards such as the MyLeave (Construction Industry Portable Long Service Leave Payments) Board, the Reddifund (Construction Industry Redundancy Fund) Board & the Construction Industry Training Fund Board.
Although Michael is now semi-retired, he is still actively involved in several Boards & committees, including the Perron Institute fundraising committee, raising funds for neurological research, the Construction Industry Reference Committee, developing training packages for the building & construction industry, the Hensman Park Tennis Club and Master Builders Bowling Club.
Michael is a former AFL football umpire, having umpired 525 games around WA. He is married with 2 adult sons.
PETER ROWLES
DIRECTOR
Peter is a self-motivated person passionate about leadership, safety, and team development. He started a civil excavation business in 1983 installing gas mains which developed over time to become a very successful organisation which he later sold to the CFC group and left in 2010. Peter continues to work in the civil and mining space in Western Australia. Peter believes that great organizations are made up of people that care about what they do and how they go about it. He is passionate about helping people obtain the necessary skills to assist them with their work and life. Peter fundamentally believes that the knowledge and skills obtained from training allow people to carry out their work safely to a higher standard, more efficiently, and with more personal satisfaction.
Peter previously served as the:
- President of the Western Australian Civil Contractors Federation
- Chair of the Governing Council for the Kimberley TAFE
- Deputy Chair of the North Metropolitan TAFE
- DBYD Western Australian Board
MARK BLAYNEY
DIRECTOR
Mark is currently the Managing Director of Geraldton Brick and also a Director of WA Fuel Supplies. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from UWA and an MBA from Deakin University. Mark has also completed the Owner President Management program at Harvard University.
After an “apprenticeship” in the civil contracting industry, including time spent with the Australian Army, Charles Hull Contracting, and Ertech, Mark founded and grew a successful civil contracting company that was primarily based in the Pilbara, with operations across WA.
Mark later sold this company and purchased Geraldton Brick, a manufacturing business.
More recently Mark became a founding shareholder of WA Fuel Supplies, which has grown to become the largest independently owned fuel distributorship in WA.
Whilst family is, and always will be, his #1 priority, Mark’s passion lies in business. More specifically, this passion is underpinned by the desire to be involved with the development and growth of people (at all levels) within these businesses. Consequently, when offered the opportunity to join the Board of Motivation Foundation, Mark saw the work of the Foundation in training youth in life-ready skills, which provided him the opportunity to give back at the ground level to an industry in which he has been involved for a significant portion of his career.
TIMOTHY HUNTER
CEO
Tim believes in sharing in a positive culture, working with people to achieve life and workplace learning outcomes, and at the same time delivering results for the Foundation and the Community.
A Not-for-Profit and Educational Leadership professional with 20 years of expertise in Workplace Learning & Development, Vocational Education & Training, and proven experience in leading and growing teams and educational organizations, working in close relationships with corporate and enterprise, secondary schools, community, and Government alike.
He has led countless corporate and community programs and demonstrates himself as a highly motivated business manager with strong knowledge of Vocational Education and Training and achievement in all aspects of workplace learning across multiple industry sectors.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Training and Development, Diploma of Management, TAE, and LAT(TRBWA).