Directors

Sherif is an experienced corporate leader and is the immediate past Chairman of accounting firm BDO (WA) and the Global Natural Resources Leader for BDO.

Sherif grew up in Scotland graduating from Glasgow University before coming a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Sherif’s love for the game commenced at a young age and follows all levels of the game both locally and internationally.

Sherif has a long-time involvement with football as a former President and Life Member of East Fremantle SC, Committee Member of Perth SC as well as coach and player at several clubs.

Joining the Football West board in 2012, Sherif was elected chair in 2019 and has enjoyed being a part of football’s increased engagement over the years.

Ivy has been involved in the minerals industry for over 30 years in geology, mining and resource estimation, and management. Her operational experience in the mining industry in Australia and China as a geologist includes open pit and underground mines for gold, manganese and chromite.

Ivy has also held senior corporate management roles. Currently Ivy is the Principal Consultant at CSA Global Pty Ltd where her areas of specialty include corporate governance, due diligence, mining studies and disclosure. Ivy is also the founder and Director of GeoReg Mining & Governance, a boutique corporate advisory service specialising in corporate governance and reviews of mining industry related corporate governance and public disclosure.

Ivy’s passion for football was developed at a young age through growing up in Malysia and being exposed to many international competitions. Ivy is now involved with the Multicultural Futures which provides support to migrants for the first five years in Australia, where English and living can be challenging, but football provides a great way for community integration.

Chris was elected to the Football West Board for the first time in May 2023.

He is a legal associate, currently practising in personal injury litigation at WA insurance law firm McCabes. Having retired from professional football in 2020 at the age of 28, Mr Harold was promoted to the position of Associate in June 2022, less than 18 months after being admitted.

Prior to starting at McCabes, he completed his College of Law as well as assisting the PFA in negotiating the players’ Collective Bargaining Agreement during the pandemic and working to ensure players’ contracts were honoured during that time. He has served on the Disciplinary & Ethics Tribunal for Football West and is currently a panel member for the A-League Disciplinary and Ethics Committee.

Richard has extensive experience over 25 years as a Chief Financial Officer including several listed companies and most recently with the WA Cricket Association. He has also served as Company Secretary with a number of different entities.

Richard has been a member of the Football West Finance and Audit Committee since its establishment in 2014, prior to becoming Chair in 2020 and was elected to the Board at the 2019 AGM.

Richard has a life-long interest in football having played from an early age and coached after the end of his playing days. Richard is often seen at all levels of football matches around Perth from grassroots to Hyundai A-League.

Annette is an experienced executive director, corporate advisor and board member who is fluent in risk management, strategy oversight, governance and crisis communication. She is a believer in the power of inclusive corporate culture as the driver of sustainable high performance. 

She joined Purple, Western Australia’s premier PR firm, in 2008 shortly after immigrating to Australia from South Africa. Annette went on to lead the firm as its first female CEO from 2017, and as Managing Director from 2021 to 2024, before stepping aside to once again work directly in the gold sector where her career started and where she feels most at home. Annette remains a non-executive director on Purple’s board.

She brings a long and successful track record in the establishment, governance, and sustainable growth of a number of member-based organisations, including as provincial Chair of the Businesswomen’s Association of Southern Africa; and advising a number of Purple’s member-based clients during her time with the firm, including the Gold Industry Group, the Australia-Africa Mining and Energy Group and the Domestic Gas Alliance.

David is an experienced corporate leader with over thirty years of global executive experience in multiple regulatory jurisdictions in the rapidly growing and changing sectors of telecommunications, media, technology, IT and Education.

David’s was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Navitas, a global education provider with 120 campuses across 31 countries. Prior to his position at Navitas, David was the Chief Executive Officer at iiNet. David was previously based in the United Kingdom where he held senior financial positions at organisations including Virgin Media, Telewest Global Inc. and Price Water House Coopers.

David has been involved in Western Australian Football with Wembley Downs Football Club and the involvement of his three children playing grassroots football. David is excited about playing a role on the Football West board to showcase the range of activities that Football West deliver.

Greg Sleigh has over 15 years’ experience in Senior Executive positions in the venue management industry, most recently as the General Manager Commercial at Optus Stadium since 2018. He also has 10 years’ experience working in the business of a State Sports Organisation, as Manager of Tennis at Tennis NSW.

He is experienced in international event procurement and has been responsible for the delivery of the Optus Stadium Event Calendar since opening. This includes negotiation and delivery of the 2021 AFL Grand Final at Optus Stadium and promotion and delivery of AC Mila-AS Roma international friendly in 2024

He works closely with Government Agencies, VenuesWest and Tourism WA as well as their ministerial colleagues across the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Tourism.

Greg has involvement at grassroots sport, originally through tennis NSW and additionally having children of his own participating in football in WA.

Jade Concei has over 14 years’ experience in corporate and commercial law.

She has provided advice on a broad range of commercial and corporate advisory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, schemes of arrangement, business sales and acquisitions, capital raisings, Australian Securities Exchange compliance and corporate governance.

She is currently the Managing Counsel and Deputy Company Secretary for Synergy, a government trading enterprise and WA’s largest integrated electricity generator and energy retailer, providing strategic legal and governance advice. She recently graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently completing Deloitte’s Pinnacle Leadership Program for aspiring C-suite females in the energy industry.

Sport has played a pivotal role in shaping Jade. Her grandfather played semi-professionally in Italy and then for Perth Azzurri after he migrated. She has been a member of Royal Fremantle Golf Club for over 30 years.

Nadia van Dommelen is a professionally qualified civil and structural engineer with 25 years of industry experience focused predominantly in project management of building and infrastructure projects.

She has five years of experience in structural design, and a further five years of experience working as a project manager for a pre-eminent global construction contractor.

Nadia is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Committee Advisor, with extended tenure as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arts & Culture Trust (and formerly the Perth Theatre Trust), and the Chair of the Arts & Culture Trust’s Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. Additionally, she is a long-term member of the Consultative Committee for Project Management, Business Analytics, Management Information Systems and Supply Chain & Logistics Management at ECU’s School of Business and Law. She also brings non-for-profit sector experience through committee appointments and volunteering with HeartKids Australia.

Nadia is Perth born and raised and a self-professed lover of sport, particularly, football and basketball.