HON WAYNE MARTIN AC KC - Chair

Elected to WAFC Board 2019-2021, 2022-2024. Elected Chair 2020

Mr Martin has served the State and people of Western Australia in a variety of roles, most recently as Chief Justice of Western Australia, a position which he held from May 1, 2006 until his retirement from judicial office in July, 2018.
He is a former Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia and has served as Chair and Board member of numerous professional, not-for-profit and government organisations during his lengthy legal career.
He has passionately followed football in Western Australia throughout his life and is the proud father of five children who have all participated in a wide-range of community based sports. 

DIXIE MARSHALL- Deputy Chair

Elected to WAFC Board 2021-2023, 2024-2026

Dixie comes from a football family with intergenerational involvement in the game. She was the first woman AFL commentator on Australian television.

In career spanning more than 40 years, Dixie has held senior roles in media, government, sport and advertising.

Dixie brings contemporary marketing, media, data, digital and communication expertise to the Commission, along with a sound understanding of Australian/WA Government structure and policy, crisis management skills, and extensive traditional media knowledge and relationships.

Dixie is chair of leading government relations company, GRA Partners, a board director and chief growth officer of the Marketforce Group, a commissioner of the Australian Sports Commission, a Non-Executive Director of Frontier Energy Limited (ASX:FHE) and Lotus Resources (ASX:LOT).

AMBER BANFIELD

Elected to WAFC Board 2020-2022, 2023-2025

Amber is the Chair of the Women in Football Advisory Committee and the Football Facilities Fund as well as a member of the Football Affairs Committee. She is also a member of the AFL National Women & Girls Game Development Committee designed to grow the participation of females across all areas of football. As a mother of four children who play community football, Amber has a deep understanding of the complexities and requirements of the game at grassroots level. 

Amber's corporate industry experience spans 30 years in the resource and energy sectors covering operations, management, advisory and governance, serving several ASX-listed entities, including Perseus Mining, SRG Global, Leo Lithium, Fortescue Energy and Worley.  Her skillset relates to strategy, commercial, sustainability, mergers and acquisitions, servicing the sectors of mining, renewable power, gas and infrastructure. More recently, Amber has supported companies relating to ESG, decarbonisation and sustainable investments.

IAN CALLAHAN

Elected to WAFC Board 2021-2023, 2024-2026

Ian brings considerable commercial and financial experience to his role as WAFC Commissioner, this is complimented by an understanding of football gained through, playing and umpiring in several of the football competitions in Western Australia. Ian has recently retired after 11 years as the Chief Operating Officer of Curtin University and is the Deputy Chair of Landgate.  Ian has a broad commercial knowledge, skill base and experience gained from CEO, COO and CFO roles across a variety of industries. As a Chartered Accountant and drawing on experience from his executive and Board roles, Ian brings to the Commission sound financial, commercial and strategy skills with a significant people and culture, health and safety, audit, risk management, digital innovation and governance background upon which to draw.

MARTINA CROWLEY

Elected to WAFC Board 2024 – 2025

Martina is a Partner at PwC where she holds a leadership position as the National People and Quality Partner for Financial Advisory, which comprises four businesses: Tax, Deals, PwC Private and Energy Transition. Martina is currently Board member of Scotch College Council and a member of the Property Council WA Board. She also maintains membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Tax Institute of Australia. Martina’s son has grown up playing football from Auskick through to senior community football, which has provided her with an insight to the grassroots of football. 
 

PHIL LAMB

Elected to WAFC Board 2021-2023, 2024-2026

Phil has been involved in WA football 48 years, including as a player of 227 WAFL league games for Subiaco Football Club, and being vice-captain of the Lions’ 1986 Premiership. He was also a selector at WAFL club and interstate level. Upon retirement from playing, Phil commenced a career in the media which spanned 30 years, as a radio and television commentator of WAFL and AFL matches. He was also a member of, and for some time, Chair of the WAFL Match Review Panel for 14 years. Phil possesses a combination of knowledge and experience across the various aspects of the game, an affinity with the clubs, club personnel, as well as many of the important stakeholders in WA football. Phil has been self-employed for over 37 years, as Managing Director of Bay Financial Services, a finance broking company specialising exclusively in negotiating and arranging the financing of vehicles, plant and equipment for businesses. He was also the Founder and Managing Director of White Line Management, formed in 1995, which managed and supported listed AFL and aspiring AFL Footballers, as well as athletes from various disciplines, until 2020