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The WA Branch endeavours to serve its members and others in the water industry of WA by being the leading provider of forums for education and debate of issues in the industry.  

The WA Branch holds events to provide networking opportunities; transfer knowledge to water professionals; promote water industry affairs; increase the water industry's profile in the community; provide specific niche market forums for the industry and members; and promote innovation. 

The WA Young Water Professional (YWP) network exists to engage, represent, serve and inspire young or new water professionals up to the age of 35 or with less than 10 year’s experience.

Branch Committee

President:   
Helen McGettigan

Vice President:   
Fabiana Tessele

Committee Members:  
Alan Toomey
Amir Vahdani
Andres Mansilla
Colin Haughton
Cristiano Carvalho

Daniel Ferguson
Daniel Visser  
David Hughes-Owen 

Garth Walter
Gerard Edwards
Jamie Porteous
Kathryn Heaton 
Medhi Khiadani  
Peter Moore PSM

Peter Spencer
Sock Hoon Koh
Soner Bekir
Steven Paradiss

Young Water Professionals Subcommittee

Chair:   
Leticia Marinho 

Vice Chair: 
TBC

Committee Members:  
Ali Kandi
Carlos Latandret
Greice Calloni
Griffin Mathias
Hoda Khoshvaght
Jake Faranda
James Glover
Javad Faranhbakhsh
Jeremy Duke
Kingsley John

Phillip Meng
Saeede Soltani
Sania Junejo
Tom Hughson
Vladimir Pavkov
Vuyiswa Dube
Zak Leonhard

 

GET INVOLVED

Become a mentor, project partner or contributor to our state newsletter to build relationships with members, industry leaders, key stakeholders and peers.

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ASK YOUR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Kyllie Whitehead  
kwhitehead@awa.asn.au  
02 9467 8420