Other Senior Staff
As at 25 March 2009
CHIEF OF STAFF AND CABINET SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE PREMIER
MS DEIDRE WILLMOTT B Laws, M Laws
Ms Willmott was appointed Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary in September 2008 by the Hon Colin Barnett Premier of Western Australia. Previously she was Executive Director Policy at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia from May 2006. In this role, she coordinated policy development and advocacy on behalf of CCI’s 5,500 members. From 2003 - 2006 Ms Willmott was General Manager at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She is a lawyer and worked in private practice in Perth and London before joining the Ministry of Premier & Cabinet as General Counsel in 1994. In 1999 Ms Willmott was appointed Chief of Staff to then Premier Hon Richard Court. She studied law at the University of Western Australia and has a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, CABINET AND POLICY DIVISION
MR DAVID SMITH B Econ (Hons)
Mr Smith was appointed to this position for a six month period in August 2008. Prior to this appointment Mr Smith was member of the corporate executive of the Department of Treasury and Finance, with responsibility for economic policy. Mr Smith had been in the Treasury Department in a variety of positions for 12 years. Prior to this he had over 20 years experience in the Commonwealth public service, including in the Prime Minister’s department and overseas posting with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has also worked with a private economic consultancy in London.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL, STATE ADMINISTRATION AND CORPORATE SUPPORT
MR GREG MOORE B Bus, Grad Dip Bus Admin
Mr Moore was appointed to the position of Assistant Director General, State Administration and Corporate Support on 22 June 2007. Prior to this appointment, Mr Moore was the Director State Administration in the State Administration and Corporate Support Division. Mr Moore has over 40 years experience in the public sector and prior to joining the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in 1987, held positions in the Public Service Commission, Office of Industrial Relations and the Department of Labour and Industry.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL, STATE SECURITY AND EMERGENCY COORDINATION
MR GEOFF HAY B Com (Hons)
Mr Hay was appointed to the position of Assistant Director General, Security Planning and Coordination in July 2005 following periods in the positions of Assistant Director General, State Administration, and Assistant Director General, Public Sector Management. Prior to that Mr Hay held the position of Assistant Under Treasurer at the Treasury Department. Mr Hay has over 25 years of experience in the public sector and in addition to the Treasury Department, he has been employed by the Department of Corrective Services and the Fremantle Port Authority.
MANAGER, STATE LAW PUBLISHER AND GOVERNMENT PRINTER
MR JOHN STRIJK
Mr Strijk was appointed to the position of Manager, State Law Publisher and Government Printer in June 1996 having previously acted in the position of Director, State Print. Mr Strijk has over 37 years public sector experience and occupied various positions in the Department of State Services and State Print.
DIRECTOR, CONSTITUTIONAL CENTRE
MS BETTY O'ROURKE BEd
Ms O'Rourke was appointed as Director of the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia in February 2000. Ms O'Rourke had 15 years experience as a teacher before spending the following 6 years as Head of Public Programs at the Western Australian Museum.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ROAD SAFETY
MR IAIN CAMERON BPE, Dip Ed, Post Grad Dip Health Prom, MPH
Mr Cameron was appointed to this position in October 2000 in the Department of Transport and joined the Department on 1 July 2002 with the transfer of the Office. Mr Cameron started his public service as a teacher in 1984 and has had public service roles in education, health and drug strategy. He has worked for a professional teaching association, lectured and written university health promotion courses and curriculum materials for the Curriculum Council. He is a member of the Road Safety Council, the National Road Safety Strategy Panel, the Board of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program, the National Advisory Group on Novice Driver Safety, chair of the National Automotive Advertising Monitoring Group and an Australian member of the OECD Working Groups on Achieving Ambitious Road Safety Targets and Novice Driver Safety.