LINKWEST BOARD 2023–2024

Chairperson: Annika Htun

(she/her/hers)

Individual Associate

Annika is a Finance & Business Professional at WA Health, and has worked across various industries and sectors. She is also a board director, an executive, a social entrepreneur and an advocate addressing various social issues and is involved with many not-for-profit organisations.

Born and raised in Myanmar, Annika completed her MBA, Master of Professional Accounting, B.Com(Fin&Mngt), Diploma in Leadership, and Diploma in Business Management from Curtin University, Murdoch Universities and other Australian Institutes. During her university years, Annika served as the President of Curtin Volunteers! and led diverse multicultural teams on various programs and projects to help indigenous, local and rural communities of Western Australia. She was also an advocate for teenage suicide prevention through John Curtin Leadership Academy. Annika was awarded a Demonstrated Exceptional Leadership Award by Curtin's Pro Vice-Chancellor and became a nominated semi-finalist for the Western Australian Young Achiever Awards for her impactful leadership and outstanding community services. Annika later became the founding Executive Board Member and the Vice-President of Curtin Young Alumni Advisory Board, and the Vice-President of JCLA Alumni Committee. 

Currently, she's serving as a Board Director at Linkwest, and as a President and Executive on the Management Committee of The Burmese Association of WA. Striving to establish and enable opportunities on enterprising, small businesses development, trade and investments for Australia, Myanmar and ASEAN Nations, Annika sits on the ASEAN Business Alliance Council.

Vice Chairperson: Gaelle Gouillou

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Individual Associate

Gaelle is currently the CEO of Midland Information Debt and Legal Advocacy Service Inc (MIDLAS) and is highly experienced in establishing strategic and operational optimisation across diverse service areas in the not-for-profit and community sector.

Gaelle is an experienced executive with high level, multidisciplinary knowledge and proficiency who is currently supporting several not-for-profit organisations at a board level. Committed to good governance, Gaelle has contributed to the strategic goals of the organisations throughout the challenges in the sector to support organisations to achieve financial sustainability, high level compliance and social outcomes.

Gaelle was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2012 and holds several tertiary qualifications including Law and Commerce. She also holds professional membership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Institute of Community Directors Australia.

Treasurer: Amanda Ong

(she/her/hers)

Individual Associate

Amanda began her career in audit and assurance, delivering services across a large range of industries in WA, followed by working overseas as a Project Consultant at Google and Silicon Valley Bank. She now works as a Business Analyst for a large health care provider. Amanda currently volunteers as a Street Team Member at the Salvation Army.

Amanda is a Chartered Accountant, graduate of the Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community Boards and a Leading Age Services Australia Next Gen Ambassador.

Amanda is a strong advocate for the community to have accessibility to learning and connection. She is committed to applying her experience and brings a positive impact to the not-for-profit space.

Secretary: Sylvia Winkler

(she/her/hers)

Centre: The Nintirri Centre

Originally from Germany, Sylvia arrived in Australia in January 2009. What was planned as an eight-month adventurous working holiday, turned into an adventure of a different kind - a life of community spirit and service, continuous learning and teamwork all the while embracing diversity and change in the Pilbara's red dirt.

13 years with the Nintirri Centre, Tom Price's Community Hub, has provided Sylvia with the platform to learn from passionate, visionary, quirky, versatile and simply inspiring colleagues and community members.

Tim McInnes

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Centre: The Nintirri Centre

Prior to moving to Western Australia in 2018, Tim and his family resided in NSW. Some of his family remain in NSW and others have come to join Tim and his wife Fay in Tom Price. Whilst it’s the mining industry that drew him to the town, Tim is also invested in the community and has contributed to that personal pursuit in some small way through his involvement on the board of the Nintirri Centre, where he currently holds the position of treasurer and previously the position of Chair.

A qualified business executive specialising in business improvement, Tim calls his greatest successes as those where he has been able to help people unlock their best selves. He is passionate about driving good change and believes that good governance provides the platform for sustainable change. Every job he’s worked, town he’s lived in, or person he’s engaged with has presented him an opportunity to learn and grow. Tim is excited by the new learnings the Linkwest board and it’s members are likely to provide.

Jodi Nield

(she/her/hers)

Centre: Boyup Brook Community Resource Centre

Jodi has been employed by the Boyup Brook Community Resource Centre since 2007 in a variety of roles and the Manager since 2011. She is a strong believer in positive communication and the development of community partnerships and working together to achieve outcomes for the benefit of everyone.

Jodi is a 2018 graduate of Leadership WA's Signature Program and having been a member of the AWACRC Board and Linkwest CRC Sub-committee since 2015, she has an excellent understanding of the important role that Linkwest has in supporting its members across the State.

Ghylène Palmer

(she/her/hers)

Centre: The Spiers Centre

Ghylène works for The Spiers Centre, a not-for-profit organisation which provides support, information and empowerment of individuals, families and communities. Ghylène resides on the land of the Whadjuk Nyoongar people in Perth, Western Australia.

Ghylène has extensive experience in leadership roles and is an experienced Board Director. She has been involved with Linkwest since 2021, both as a staff member and as an organisational member. She has witnessed the growth and impact of Linkwest as the peak body for the sector, and has contributed to its strategic direction, governance, advocacy, and capacity building. Ghylène has also participated in many training workshops, forums, conferences, and projects that Linkwest has organised or facilitated.

With skills, knowledge, and experience in community development, financial management, human resources management, and stakeholder engagement, she is committed to the principles of community participation and local decision making that underpin Linkwest’s work.  

Jasmin Paunic

(she/her/hers)

Individual Associate

Jasmin is a marketing professional of 20 years with a passion for all things Customer.

Jasmin is currently Marketing Manager at APM, a multi-national human services provider focused on enhancing an individual's employability, health and wellbeing, and social and economic participation in their community. She has worked in for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, in the Aged Care, Disability, and Human Services sectors, and made volunteering contributions including Marketing Director at TEDxPerth. Jasmin is driven to aid for-purpose organisations in employing sustainable marketing strategies and tactics which achieve outcomes that improve the lives of individuals and communities.

Lyn-Lee Teh

(she/her/hers)

Individual Associate

Originally practicing as an insurance and employment lawyer, in 2013, Lyn-Lee moved in-house to provide strategic and practical advice in the areas of business strategy, employee relations and work health and safety. She made a conscious decision to move away from commercial for-profit organisations to for-purpose organisations as she was keen to utilise her skills, technical and lived experience to make a change and difference to the community.

Lyn-Lee understands the need for organisations to be both commercial and empathetic in its approach to its workforce and develops strategies for organisations which balance the two, creating pragmatic, practical and realistic solutions with a people focus. She strives to build strong relationships between the community sector and the private sector.