City of Melville Leadership Team
The City of Melville organisation is headed by Chief Executive Officer, Gail Bowman, and divided into four main operational areas of Corporate Services, Urban Planning, Community Development and Environment and Infrastructure.
Each service area has a director and supporting management team.
- Chief Executive Officer
- Corporate Services
- Planning
- Community Development
- Environment and Infrastructure

Gail Bowman, CEO
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Meriel Pickering, Director Community Development
Gary Tuffin, Director Corporate Services
Jim Coten, Director Environment and Infrastructure
Peter Varelis, Director Planning
Gary Tuffin, Director Corporate Services
Llewellyn Rogers, Executive Manager People and Culture
Dorian Hughes, Manager Sustainability and Climate Action
Deepti Heera, Chief Information Officer
Alida Ferreira, Chief Financial Officer
Corrine Newman, Head of Governance
Peter Varelis, Director Planning
Gavin Ponton, Manager Strategic Planning
Kate Bainbridge, Manager Development Approvals
Andrew Melville, Manager Health and Compliance

Meriel Pickering, Director Community Development
Dean Burton, Manager Healthy Melville
Leeann Reid, Manager Cultural Services
Mike Emery, Head Community Safety
Jim Coten, Director Environment and Infrastructure
Jeff Bird, Manager Natural Areas and Parks
Kimberly Brosztl, Manager Engineering
Paul Molony, Manager Resource Recovery and Fleet
Rachael Ward, Manager City Buildings and Projects