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Thierry Tedeschi - Chair

Director - Focus Management & Business Solutions Pty Ltd

Mr. Thierry Tedeschi is Director and founder of Focus Management & Business Solutions Pty Ltd. possessing over 17 years of executive Management in Administration and Logistics, gives Thierry Tedeschi the depth of knowledge and practical application of sound management principals needed for management consulting.

His consulting experience includes working with large and small companies, including, manufacturing, health care, retail, logistics, transport and warehousing. 

Thierry Tedeschi is highly respected in professional and educational circles. He holds formal qualifications in Logistics including a Masters in Business Logistics Management, a Graduate Diploma in Transport & Distribution Management, a Bachelor of Business in Accounting & Information Systems and a Bec MBA ASA ACIS from the University of Brussels.

He has instructed courses on management and supervision for the European Institute of Management and was selected as a speaker for the Asia Pacific Logistics Conference.

Jim Kelly - Vice Chair

State Manager - Australian Wool Handlers

Jim Kelly is the State Manager of AWH in Western Australia, in charge of both the Spearwood operation and the Fremantle site. With regard to training, Jim says that “personal development adds value to a business”.
Jim is living proof of the value of training and personal development, having completed qualifications in Logistics Management and an Advanced Diploma in Management. Jim has spent all of his working life in the warehousing industry, which he is passionate about.

He began as a forklift operator in Ireland and continued the same work after immigrating to Australia in his 20’s. At 24 Jim became the Warehouse Manager in a paper company and has worked his way up from there. Prior to joining AWH two years’ ago Jim was State Manager for P & O Ports (now Dubai Ports) and previously the Senior Operations Manager at Linfox. 

Mick Knowles

Organiser - Transport Workers Union

Michael has been employed in the transport industry for most of his working life. He has been an organiser with Transport Workers Union for the past 14 years. He is dedicated to improving the industry and encouraging more young people to pursue careers in transport.

His experience prior to joining the union ranged from operating most types of heavy vehicles up to and including, road trains. He was also a fleet controller with one of WA’s major trucking firms. 

For a period of eight years Michael was responsible for representing the interests of bus operators employed on our metropolitan bus network.

Michael’s hands on involvement in both private and public transport, together with his industrial relations background, make him a valuable member of our Board

Peter Griffin

Director - Peter Griffin & Associates

Over a career of more than fifty years, Peter has flown with the RAAF as a fighter pilot and advanced instructor, with the Department of Civil Aviation as an Examiner of Airmen and with Bond Corporation and the Qatar Amiri Flight as an international corporate pilot.

For the past 14 years Peter has operated his own business in Western Australia as an aviation consultant, a CASA approved flight test officer and a contract training and checking pilot for a number of West Australian aviation organisations including the RFDS and the WA Police Air Wing.

Michael Llewellyn

Industrial Relations and Business Development Manager - Total Marine Services

Michael represents employers from the Australian Offshore vessels operators group on the Industry Training Board. Total Marine Services in one of the largest Marine companies operating in the Offshore Marine sector and has an extensive training program for Mariners.

Michael is also a member of the Industry Board for the Challenger Institute and brings a wealth of experience having also been a founding member of the Metalliferous Mining Industry Training Board and the Hydrocarbons Industry Training Board in the late.

Michael Llewellyn is a highly respected professional in Industrial Relations and training circles. He has some 23 years in industrial relations including 14 years as an industrial advocate. He was also one of the members of the accreditation panels for the metalliferous and hydrocarbons training packages and training providers for the delivery of the packages in the 90s. 

Brian Appleby

Executive Director/People & Organisation Development - Public Transport Authority

Brian has more than 20 years experience in labour relations, human resource management, workforce services issues and learning and development. After starting his career in the private sector, he has undertaken a range of roles as an operative, consultant, operational manager and director in key public sector agencies and central government departments.

Brian’s work experience encompasses involvement in maritime, transport, health, education and justice sectors, with extensive exposure to labour relations at both state and federal levels.

He was a former officer in the Australian Army Reserve, holds a post-graduate qualification in Industrial Relations and is currently a Member of the Rail Workforce Development Committee.

He joined the Public Transport Authority (PTA) in February 2008 as Executive Director, People and Organisational Development. In this role, he has responsibility for strategic people management and oversees the delivery of functional human resource services for the PTA’s people.

Audrey Jackson - Ex Officio

State Training Board

Audrey moved to Western Australia in January 1983 to take up the position of Principal of St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School. St Mary’s is a K-12 day and boarding school located in Karrinyup. She resigned from the position of Principal in April 2007 to take up the role of Executive Director of the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, (AISWA).

She retired as Executive Director in mid 2008. Following her retirement Audrey continued her involvement in education through membership of the State Training Board and through her work as a Registration consultant for the Western Australian Department of Education Services. 

Audrey has been active in not for profit governance as both a member of governing bodies and as a Chair. These governing bodies range from those of independent schools such as Perth College of which she was Chair for 5 years; Curtin University of Technology where she was pro-Chancellor; the Council of the Anglican Schools Commission and the Scitech Discovery Centre of which she was Chair for 3 years. All of these positions were voluntary.

She is often asked by school governing bodies to advise them on matters of governance. She has also been invited to assist a number of governing bodies by serving on the selection panel for the appointment of the Principal of the school. This assistance has been provided on a voluntary basis. In 2009 and 2010 she served on the panel to select those government schools which would be given Independent Public School status.