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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 (Incoming)
Amir Vahdani
Andres Mansilla (incoming)
Colin Haughton (incoming)
Cristiano Carvalho

Daniel Ferguson
Daniel Visser  
David Hughes-Owen 
Don
Crawford (Stepping down)
Garth Walter
Gerard Edwards (Incoming)
Jamie Porteous
Kathryn Heaton 
Medhi Khiadani  
Peter Moore PSM

Peter Spencer
Sock Hoon Koh (Incoming)
Soner Bekir
Steven Paradiss

Young Water Professionals Subcommittee

Chair:   
Ivonne Tshuma (stepping down)
Leticia Marinho (President Elect)

Vice Chair: 
Andres Mansilla (stepping down)

Committee Members:  
Ali Kandi (incoming)
Carlos Latandret (incoming)
Clint Jose (stepping down)
Greice Calloni (incoming)
Griffin Mathias
Hoda Khoshvaght (incoming)
Jake Faranda
James Glover
Javad Faranhbakhsh (incoming)
Jeremy Duke (incoming)
Kingsley John (incoming)
Lukas Wimmler (stepping down)
Peter Rice (stepping down)
Phillip Meng
Saeede Soltani (incoming)
Sania Junejo (incoming)
Tom Hughson
Vladimir Pavkov (incoming) 
Vuyiswa Dube (incoming)
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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Don Montgomery Award

WA Sponsorship Prospectus FY2026

ASK YOUR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

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