About Us

Board

John Poynton AM CitWA

Chairman

John is a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Azure Capital.

John is the Deputy Chairman of Austal Limited and is a Non-Executive Director of Burswood Ltd.  In the not-for-profit arena, he chairs Giving West and the Board of Celebrate WA.  John is a member of Social Ventures Australia, Curtin Foundation and Board of the Business School at the University of Western Australia where he also serves as Adjunct Professor of Financial Services.

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Darren Beazley

Board Member

Darren is an experienced senior executive with over 19 years of involvement in sport and related fields. He has worked in various states of Australia and countries around the world.

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Barry Felstead

Board Member

Barry Felstead is Chief Executive Officer of Burswood Entertainment Complex, WA’s largest single site employer with more than 4,600 staff. 

Appointed CEO in March 2007, he previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer – Gaming at Burswood since his arrival from Crown Casino in 2005. 

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Colleen Hayward

Board Member

Professor Colleen Hayward is a senior Noongar woman with extensive family links throughout the south-west of WA. She comes from a teaching family with both her parents and two siblings having been teachers.

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John McGlue

Board Member

John McGlue is a Director of FD Third Person, a Perth-based corporate communications firm that is part of the global FD group. John was born and educated in Ireland before moving to live in Australia in 1987.

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Kate O'Hara

Board Member

Kate O'Hara's marketing career began in the late 1980's and expands across many sectors including retail, tourism, construction, mining and finance. After starting with JMG Marketing, and then spending four years in Singapore, Kate returned to Perth as Group Account Director and a Senior Manager with The Shorter Group.

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Ray Wardrop

Board Member

Ray Wardrop is the General Manager Marketing for Seven West Media in WA and also holds the position of Program and Communications Manager for Channel Seven Perth. Prior to taking on this new role, from 2008 Ray was the General Manager of Channel Seven Perth.

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Wayne Zekulich

Board Member

Wayne Zekulich joined Oakajee Port & Rail in February 2011, and as Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the financial management of the development of the Oakajee deepwater port and heavy haulage rail line.

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