Dean Wood is Principal Architect in Buildings and Contacts, a division of the Department of Finance, Western Australia. His role is primarily an advisory one, focussing on the quality of design and construction of government’s non-residential buildings, regulatory processes (permits and approvals) and building information management. Dean completed his post-graduate studies (Architecture) and worked as an architect in London before returning to WA. For almost all his 35 years in practice, Dean worked in private sector architectural firms, managing teams in a range of non-residential building types including projects for government.

Dean’s current role at Finance touches multiple aspects of non-residential buildings, their design and construction across a significant range of climate types and sites, from remote regions to suburban and CBD. The range of building types is equally diverse, each with specific requirements, providing many challenges when aiming to achieve long-term value for money in a time of environmental and technological change.

Richard Kilbane joined Hawaiian in 2005 where he has worked in a variety of roles before securing his current position of General Manager, Office Buildings.

Richard has been involved in the management of infrastructure and building projects, together with their asset management, for more than 20 years. During this time, he has been responsible for the development and operation of notable Perth assets such as Claremont Quarter, Parmelia Hilton and Bishops See.

Richard is currently the Vice President of the Property Council of Australia (WA). He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons), is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and in 2014 completed the General Management Programme at Harvard.

David McLoughlin is Design Manager at Development WA, and was previously Principal Architect at the Department of Communities (Housing).

David has been responsible for the development of architectural briefs for production housing processes as well as bespoke high rise and medium density, multiple dwelling developments, and a range of other architectural and infrastructure projects. In addition, his role has encompassed internal design review of complex and high-risk housing projects, and client-side design management of major housing and development projects.

Prior to Communities (Housing), David was an Architect in private commercial practice, with his roles including managing architectural projects as well as building client relationships, tendering for work, and responding to many, many RFPs.