Board of Directors

Nick Stagg is a partner in a leading Perth law firm, with 20 years’ experience working in general and commercial litigation. He is actively involved in several other community-based organisations.

Dr Vince Hughes has held senior public sector roles at the Public Sector Commission, WA Police, Corruption and Crime Commission and the National Crime Authority. Prior to this he was a police officer in the Republic of Ireland.
Vince has published papers in the area of knowledge management and intelligence.

Kim Harrison has broad experience in senior corporate and government public affairs management and consulting roles in Perth and Melbourne. He was a member of the Crime Stoppers Australia Board of Directors, chair of the national communication committee and former CEO of Crime Stoppers WA. Kim is also former WA President and National Board Member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia. He is Principal of Cutting Edge PR.

Associate Professor Pamela Henry is Director of the Sellenger Centre for research in Law, Justice and Social Change at Edith Cowan University. She is a member of several university committees and has completed a range of projects in crime and policing-related research.

Michael Beach is Deputy Editor of The West Australian. He had an extensive career as a journalist in major news organisations in Sydney, New York and London before coming to Perth in 2010. He is a past winner of a Walkley Award for Excellence in Australian Journalism and is on the Board of the Walkley Foundation.

Peter Harris has more than 30 years’ experience in media, government and corporate communications. He was Managing Director and Executive Director of PPR WA for more than a decade, having grown the agency to be WA’s largest public relations consultancy.

He now serves as Chief Executive Officer of The 500 Club and is a member of the WA branch of the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games fundraising committee.

Paul Steel APM is Assistant Commissioner of WA Police, responsible for the Police Intelligence portfolio.

Liam Roche is an experienced business leader with a career spanning 40 years in the media industry, retiring from the role of Chief Operating Officer of Seven West Media (WA) in 2015.

Liam serves as a Non Executive Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Western Australia and sits on a number of Board committees.

Liam is recognised as an exceptional mentor with the skills and experience to lead, influence and motivate individuals and teams to perform at their peak.

Jarrod has over 25 years experience in the marketing and communications industry. He spent 13 years as part of the WA Police Media & Public Affairs Directorate and since 2005 has worked in the private sector.

He is currently a Director at adzoo consultancy specialising in brand, media, digital and communications and also the Director/Executive Producer at Nocturnal House Productions.

Jarrod has also been a board member of Neighbourhood Watch WA since 2013.