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, interiors and urban design practice Rothelowman and a former founder and Director of WA architecture practice Fratelle.

Kylee has the ability to positively impact communities through design and has been at the forefront of some of Australia's most reputable architecture projects across a range of sectors.

Kylee has held non-executive director roles in government bodies including DevelopmentWA (DWA), LandCorp and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. Her committee experience includes having chaired the DWA Statutory Planning Committee and the Scarborough and Midland Redevelopment Committees.

Kylee's vast experience across WA's property and development industry adds a valuable perspective to Landgate’s Board.

• Principal at national architecture, interior and urban design practice, Rothelowman.
• Member of Residential Property Committee of the Property Council of Australia (WA).
• Active on several boards, as Chair of Bethanie Housing Limited and a Non-Executive Director for The Bethanie Group and Geniux, a cleantech infrastructure company.

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 being 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. 

Appointed
27 March 2023

Simon te Brinke is a digital media and communications specialist with over 25 years' 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.

A graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Simon’s passion for emerging technologies and innovative thinking will contribute to Landgate's future-focus and help steer the organisation through the tech-disrupted business and governance terrain.

• Director / Digital Director of Gramercy Park Consulting.
• Deputy Chair of PeopleKind Group; Non-executive director, CCIWA.
• Co-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 a non-executive director and lawyer, with experience 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.  Rebecca sits on the WA member company of a national not-for profit housing provider and was previously a member of the Executive, Finance and Property Committee of the Western Australian Planning Commission.

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

• Deputy Chair of North Metropolitan Health Service, including Audit and Risk Committee Chair.
• Non-Executive Director of WA Housing Choices Australia.

Since March 2019

Graeme Gammie is an experienced leader and strategist in WA’s public sector. His most recent roles include serving as the executive director of the State Heritage Office, assistant director general at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, and leading significant reforms in historic and Aboriginal heritage regulation and the Government’s response to an independent review of Western Australia’s planning system in 2018.

Graeme brings to the board proven success in engaging stakeholders and the community to achieve challenging business goals and organisational transformation.

• Chief executive officer of Landgate (since March 2019).
• Also serves as deputy chair of charity, Fairbridge Western Australia.

• 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

• Financial planning and advisory
• Financial performance and outcomes
• Procurement and sourcing

• Strategic communications
• Ministerial and parliamentary liaison
• Landgate Board and Corporate Executive support

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.
• Provides legal advice.
• 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.