Bob Searle
Bob Searle is a Chartered Accountant with more than 50 years' experience in the Private and Public Sectors.
He has over 20 years' experience in Local Government in roles that have included Finance Manager, Corporate Services Director and CEO. He has wide experience, good knowledge and a practical approach.
Bob has been trying to retire since 2008 and has undertaken consulting tasks assisting a range of local governments. He is also involved with LG Professionals WA's Induction to Local Government initiative, wrote and presented a one-day 'Finance for the non-financial' seminar for LG Professionals WA and is involved with both the National and Regional Management Challenges.
Steven Tweedie
Steven Tweedie has almost 40 years' experience in and around local government, which is some feat given he claims to be in his early 40s...
He started with Darwin City Council where he worked for five years, then joined LGA/WALGA as Director Policy for eight years until being lured by incoming Local Government Minister Paul Omodei to be his Principal Advisor for the next eight years.
Since that time Steven has been active working with LG in WA and the T and has also tested his notions of good governance in post conflict countries with multiple missions to Kosovo, Bosnia and South Africa, as well as in developing countries such as Bhutan, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Turkey and Jordan.
Like most LG CEOs, Steven has been mugged (in South Africa), had to bribe public servants (to get out of Lesotho), had a death threat (for suggesting the CEO should not be giving contracts to friends and family) and has been criticised by MPs (in Bosnia) for developing a training day with not enough free time for shopping.
In recent times he has also been a consultant at the WA Public Sector Commission.