Our leadership

Appointed Chair: 27 March 2023.
Appointed to Board: 1 January 2022.

Kylee Schoonens is a registered architect with over 20 years’ experience and is a Non-Executive board member for a number of public and private sector organisations. She is a Principal at leading architecture, interior and urban design practice Rothelowman and a former founder and Director of WA architecture practice Fratelle.

Kylee has held Non-Executive Director roles in government bodies including DevelopmentWA (DWA), LandCorp and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. Kylee's vast experience across WA's property and development industry adds a valuable perspective to Landgate’s Board.

Member of Residential Property Committee of the Property Council of Australia (WA).

Appointed Deputy Chair: 27 March 2023. 
Appointed to Board: 30 July 2018.

Ian Callahan is a chartered accountant who is active on multiple boards as a Non-Executive Director, following a multi-sector career in senior executive positions across education, healthcare, engineering and software development. 

Ian’s leadership roles most recently included 11 years as Chief Operating Officer at Curtin University.

Ian’s considerable strategic, commercial, and financial experience is a significant asset to Landgate’s Board.

• Commissioner on the board of the WA Football Commission.
• Board Member Keogh Institute for Medical Research. 

Appointed
27 March 2023

Simon te Brinke is a digital media and communications specialist with over 25 years of experience. His diverse client portfolio includes engagements with organisations across private, non-profit, and government sectors, as well as a decade-long involvement in Indigenous cultural heritage projects.

Simon’s passion for creativity, emerging technologies, and innovative thinking provides immense value to the Landgate Board. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

• Director / Digital Director of Gramercy Park Consulting.
• Deputy Chair of PeopleKind Group.
• Non-Executive Director of CCIWA.
• Chair, Risk and Clinical Governance Committee, PeopleKind Group; Member, People and Remunerations Committee, CCIWA.

Appointed
1 January 2020

Melissa Perry is a passionate advocate and leader of social and economic inclusion for vulnerable people and communities. Melissa has extensive leadership and advisory experience in WA’s community services sector, driving changes to social policy, organisational culture, strategic development and service delivery.

Melissa’s expertise as a leader of social and organisational change within complex environments is of great value to Landgate’s board.

• Chief executive officer of Communicare and White Ribbon Australia.
• Holds non-executive board positions for Community Employers WA and the Supporting Communities Forum.

Appointed
27 March 2023

Danielle is a highly qualified and experienced property, strategy and finance professional.

Danielle currently runs a consulting business, Davison Advisory Services, focusing on all facets of property development. Prior to this, Danielle has previously held executive roles with major property development groups including the Macquarie Bank, ABN Group and Frasers Property.

• Director of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA).
• Board member at aged care provider Curtin Heritage Aged Care, and private property developer Gold Estates Holdings.

Appointed
27 March 2023

Rebecca Strom is an experienced Non-Executive Director and lawyer, with expertise in the public, private and not-for profit sectors.  She is a former national law firm Partner, having worked across Australia in commercial real estate for over 20 years, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  

Rebecca’s involvement with a national community housing provider extends for over 10 years. She has also previously held roles on the Executive, Finance and Property Committee of the Western Australian Planning Commission; the Department of Planning Audit and Risk Committee; was a member of the WA Netball League Tribunal Panel and was Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at North Metropolitan Health Service.    

Rebecca brings significant commercial, governance and industry expertise to Landgate’s Board through her legal background and non-executive roles.

• Chair of North Metropolitan Health Service.
• Non-Executive Director of WA Housing Choices Australia.

Since September 2024

Trish Scully was appointed as Chief Executive in September 2024. 

Ms Scully has nearly 30 years of experience in auditing, finance, strategy, project and general management and was previously the General Manager Location Services at Landgate.

• Executive management 
• Ministerial and parliamentary liaison 
• Strategic communications 
• Audit, compliance, and governance
• Legislation and policy

• Data sharing and collaboration
• Aerial and satellite imagery; topography; names and addressing
• Geodetic and cadastral data and systems
• Geospatial and graphic services

• Land titles operations
• Land titles assurance
• Commissioner of Titles Office
• National e-conveyancing

• State-wide valuations and property analytics
• Rating and taxing
• Specialist valuations - government property assets

• Strategy development, business planning and innovation
• Risk management and business continuity 
• Finance, procurement and contract management
• Customer service
• People and culture and the workplace environment
• Legal services
• Information technology

• Employee Development and Engagement
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• Alignment of human resource processes with current and future organisational needs  

• Delivery of the Spatial WA Program for the State of Western Australia
• Implementation of relevant policy, strategy, and frameworks relevant to the Program  

• Championing the new valuation system project
• Key decision maker
• Stakeholder communication
• Business improvement and change leadership  

• Digital and data infrastructure
• Physical and virtual asset security practices.
• Governance of data, information and digital products.  

Bruce is WA’s 26th Registrar of Titles and the General Manager of Registration Services at Landgate. 

• Leadership of the WA Land Titles Register, its policies, functions, activities and continuous improvement. 
• Oversight of the day-to-day administration, management and statutory decision making for the Land Titles Register. 
• First person to serve as Registrar of Titles twice, since the role’s establishment in 1875.

Susan is WA's 16th* Commissioner of Titles.

• Holds a key role in the administration and protection of the integrity, accuracy and security of the WA Land Titles system.
• Makes statutory and policy decisions on the WA Land Titles Register under the Transfer of Land Act 1893.

* Estimated, with the first Commissioner of Titles appointed in 1875.

Carlo is WA’s 9^th Valuer-General.

• Administration of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 (the VLA) 
• Oversight of the rating and taxing valuation system to ensure its compliance with the VLA. 

Dione is WA’s 20^th Surveyor General and first woman to the role. She is an ex-officio member of the Land Surveyors Licensing Board of WA. 

• Oversight of the integrity of plans and surveys that underpin WA’s land and property information.