Who's who?

Members of the MPRA

There are seven members of the MPRA who are nominated by the Minister for the Environment and appointed by the Governor. The MPRA is a community-based body and members have a range of knowledge and experience or a particular function or vocational interest which is relevant to the functions of the MPRA.

Above: Members of the MPRA. From left: Dr Trevor Ward, Mr Chris Doepel (Deputy Chair), Mr Eric Streitberg (Chair), Mr Kim Colero, Mr Angus Horwood, Emeritus Professor John Penrose and Professor Diana Walker.

Eric Streitberg - Chair (appointed August 1999 )

Eric is the Managing Director of ARC Energy Limited. He has worked in the oil and gas sector both internationally and nationally for more than 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geophysics. Eric is a past member and Vice Chair of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Council (APPEA) and Chair of the APPEA Exploration Committee.

Christopher Doepel PSM - Deputy Chair (appointed July 2006)

Chris Doepel is Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Native Title Tribunal. He is based in the Tribunal's Principal Registry in Perth. He is responsible for decision making concerning the registration of native title applications and indigenous land use agreements and delivers public education and information about the native title system. Chris Doepel has a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws and is an Associate Member of the Law Society of Western Australia and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He was awarded a Public Service Medal (PSM) in the 2006 Australia Day Honours for his native title work.

Angus Horwood (appointed August 1997)

Angus is the owner/operator of Dress Circle Farm, a broiler growing operation in the City of Wanneroo. He is a current member of the Oceans Office Advisory Committee and has a history of affiliation with recreational fishing. He was Chair of the West Australian Recreation and Sport Fish Council (Recfishwest) for 10 years and President of the Australian Recreational and Sport Fishing Confederation Inc.

Professor Diana Walker (appointed August 1997)

Diana is a Professor at the School of Plant Biology (Botany) at the University of Western Australia. She has a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from the University of Liverpool, Isle of Mann and a PhD from the University of York, England. She has acted as a regular external examiner for Honours, Masters and PhD theses for a number of universities within and outside of Australia. Diana is Chair of the Shark Bay World Heritage Property Scientific Advisory Committee and member of the Shark Bay World Heritage Property Community Consultative Committee.

Kim Colero (appointed December 2002)

Mr Kim Colero is Managing Director of JK Colero Enterprises P/L, an Australian Fishing Company, focusing on the Western Rock Lobster Industry. Mr Colero was appointed to the MPRA in December 2002. Mr Colero has a history of involvement in the commercial fishing industry and is a past president of the Dongara Professional Fisherman's Association Inc., past member of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Rock Lobster Sub-committee and past committee member of the Fisheries Adjustment Scheme. Mr Colero is currently Manager Development of Australian Ethanol Limited which is a Perth based company developing an Ethanol Plant in Swan Hill Victoria and a Biodiesel Plant in Nebraska USA.

Emeritus Professor John Penrose (appointed January 2006)

John is the former Director of the Centre for Marine Technology at Curtin University and has been a member of the Department of Physics at the university since the 1970's, specialising in marine acoustics. John holds a PhD in Solid State Physics from the City University, London. He is currently Project Manager of the Coastal Water Habitat Mapping Project of the Cooperative Research Center for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management. He is a Council Member of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Dr Trevor Ward (appointed July 2006)

Trevor Ward is the Principal Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity Consultant for Greenward Consulting. He is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (Coast and Marine Programs) for the University of Western Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor for the University of the Sunshine Coast (Faculty of Science). Trevor's scientific expertise is in the fields of strategic policy and planning for ecological sustainable development, marine environmental management, design and implementation of marine parks, reserves and protected areas, assessment and management of tropical and temperate marine biodiversity, marine and estuarine pollution and community-based management of island and coastal natural resources.

Observers

The legislation requires that the Chief Executive Officers of other agencies with an interest in proceedings are notified of MPRA meetings. They (or their nominees) are entitled to attend meetings as observers. Representatives of the Departments of Fisheries, Industry and Resources, Planning and Infrastructure, Tourism WA and the Western Australian Museum regularly attend MPRA meetings.