Dan Perkins (Chairperson)
Dan is Principal and Managing Director of Perkins Builders, President of the Master Builders Association of WA and a Master Builders Association of Australia Board Director.   Appointed on 1 October 1997, Dan is a founding member and Chair of the Governing Council.  As an employer of building trades apprentices, Dan is actively involved in the process of bringing industry closer to training providers and determining the strategic direction of construction training.

Rosanne Pimm (Deputy Chairperson)
Roseanne is a Collie Shire Councillor and a high profile community leader and is a founding member of the Governing Council. She is a keen supporter of the importance of the regional campuses of the South West Institute of Technology and is often involved in Collie Campus activities.

Mike Fagan
Dealer Principal of Bunbury Holden, Mike has over 28 years experience in the automotive industry and is an employer of apprentices and trainees in the local community.  Appointed to the Governing Council in March 2002, he is a past Australian Holden Dealers Association member and past President of the Country Holden Dealers Association.  Mike is a Director of Sanctuary Golf Resort and a Bunbury Turf Club Committee member.

Ian Pigott
Ian is the Manager Business Performance for the Griffin Coal Mining Company in Collie.  Appointed to the Governing Council in May 1999, Ian is involved in the selection process of the Australian Coal Association Research Program and is very active in various government, industry and community committees.

Don Punch
Don is the Chief Executive of the South West Development Commission and has been a career public servant in Western Australia for 25 years.  He has worked throughout regional Western Australia on many infrastructure projects and has special expertise in both community and economic planning.  In his position Don has responsibility to facilitate the planning and coordination of Government services and funded infrastructure throughout the South West and in that role regularly briefs Ministers, both Commonwealth and State, as well as investors, trade delegations and representatives of overseas governments with an interest in the region.  He holds a Masters of Business Administration and primary qualifications in Psychology and Community Planning.  Don was appointed to the Governing Council in May 1999.

Guy Truss
Guy has extensive industry contact through his position as a Fitting and Machining Lecturer with the Automotive, Metals and Engineering Portfolio of the South West Institute of Technology.   Appointed to the Governing Council in March 2002, Guy has also been the Institute’s delegate for the State School Teachers Union.

David Trench
David is the Director of Sales Asia and Oceania for a Singapore based multinational company, CSE-Semaphore.  With a strong background in Industry and Technology, David has worked in various capacities providing business integration and management advice to many varied organizations. Whilst living in the UK David consulted to organizations from Cape Town to Moscow and as such is well versed and experienced in the many facets of business.
David is an active contributor to the South West community and is currently:

• Val Lishman Health Research Foundation Chairman
• Manea Senior College Board Chairman
• Australian Defence Reserves Support Council, Liaison Officer
• South West Development Commission Board Member
• Bunbury Wellington Economic Alliance Board Member
• Edith Cowan University South West Advisory Board Member.

Kevin O'Connell
Kevin became a Business Consultant after recently selling Total Telephone, a company he established over 20 years ago. During that time he was closely associated with training and development of young employees in the company. He is a Director of Group Training South West, on the committee rebuilding the Cathedral and is involved in mentoring young business people in the Bunbury District.

Wendy Burns
Managing Director of the South West Institute of Technology, Wendy was appointed for a second, five-year term in January 2008.  Wendy has extensive experience in the delivery of vocational training in regional areas.  She is the regional Managing Director representative on the Department of Education and Training Business Needs Group, the TAFEWA Quality Committee, and the TAFEWA Academic network.