Board of Directors

Kimberley Ports Authority governing body is a board of five directors appointed by and responsible to the Minister for Ports.

The Board sets the strategic direction of KPA.

Mr Reece Waldock

Mr Reece Waldock

CHAIR

Mr Waldock was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2019 and his current term expires on 30 June 2024.

Mr Waldock has more than 35 years’ experience in strategic management with expertise in organisational reform. His appointment as Director General of Transport followed a 20 year career with various State Government transport agencies with 15 years as CEO. He was appointed the inaugural head of three Transport agencies in May 2010, Director General Transport, Commissioner Main Roads WA and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Transport Authority. Prior to his public sector career Reece held a number senior management roles with BHP.

Mr Waldock is currently Chair of the Planning and Research Centre (PATREC) and formerly a Commissioner of NTC and a Director of Infrastructure Australia.

He has a Master of Business and a Bachelor of Science (Metallurgy with distinction) is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Mr Paul Larsen

Mr Paul Larsen

Deputy Chair

Mr Larsen was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2019 and his current term expires on 31 December 2024.
 
Paul has experience as a senior executive in the transport and infrastructure industries having been the CEO and a director of Arc Infrastructure for 12 years between 2007 and 2019.

Paul is on the board of Centurion Transport, Perron Group, Qube Property and Zero2Hero, an independent West Australian not-for-profit working to reduce youth suicide.

Paul’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, CPA and GAICD accreditation.

Mr Magued Moftah

Mr Magued Moftah

Director

Mr Moftah was appointed to the Board on 28 January 2021 and his current term expires on 31 December 2024.

Magued brings a unique blend of business leadership, governance competencies and board experience that have been acquired in Australian and International civil engineering and multidisciplinary construction. With a proven track record in complex asset development spanning 40 years, managing delivery performance in major social and economic infrastructures, including ports, marine and mining infrastructure.

In these roles, Magued has contributed to the building of a positive, performance focused, one business culture.

Having operated in highly competitive engineering, mining, infrastructure environment, Magued has accumulated acute commercial and transactional experience, across all aspects of governance, finance, strategy, and risk.

Magued has an MBA from Deakin University - Technology Management, A Graduate Diploma in Management (AGSM). Diploma of Engineering (Structural), Certificate of Arbitration from the University of Adelaide and is GAICD accredited. 

Ms Kylie Bartle

Ms Kylie Bartle

Director

Ms Bartle was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2020 and her current term expires on 31 December 2025.

Ms Bartle is a resident of Broome who first came to the Kimberley 23 years ago chasing adventure and pioneering marine tourism in the region.

Kylie now leads two family owned remote marine tourism ventures and is a proactive supporter of tourism in the region. Kylie is a passionate advocate of Indigenous collaboration and is committed to improving opportunities and showcasing the Kimberley as a world-class tourism destination.

Ms Fiona Wee

Ms Fiona Wee

Director

Ms Wee was appointed to the Board on 15 May 2023 and her current term expires on 30 April 2026.

Ms Wee brings a wealth of maritime experience in bulk shipping, port operations including pilotage and harbour towage, offshore marine operations, ship chartering, and international trade and export operations. Fiona’s career has specialised in the marine industry, both offshore oil and gas, and bulk ore/mining industries, and most recently establishing her own marine consultancy company, with clients in numerous industries including marine pilotage, mining, transport, and oil and gas. 

Fiona is an experienced manager and company director. She is currently a joint CEO and Director of Laveer Maritime, and served as a Director on the former previous Dampier Port Authority.  Fiona is the current Chair of Just Peoples, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting local leaders in Asia, Africa and Mexico to create sustainable change to reduce poverty in their own communities.

Fiona has post graduate qualifications in Maritime Management and gained a GAICD qualification.

The Kimberley Ports Authority Board of Directors hold regular full board meetings with two reporting sub Committees being the:

  • Governance, Human Resources and Sustainability sub Committee, chaired by Reece Waldock, and
  • Audit and Risk sub Committee, chaired by Paul Larsen.