Emma White is a principal at Nous Group. She is an experienced social worker and executive leader in the community services and government sectors. Ms White worked extensively in the areas of child protection, family support, family and domestic violence, homelessness, and in remote and regional areas of Western Australia. She is also experienced in leading large and complex organisations, service delivery operations, policy and strategic reform, significant stakeholder engagement and co-design agendas. Ms White was director general of the Western Australian Department for Child Protection and Family Support from August 2014 to July 2017, and is the legal guardian of over 4,500 children and young people in care in Western Australia. She began her child protection service in 2003, working in the West and East Kimberley regions of Western Australia before transferring to the role of district director within the Fremantle District in 2010, then as executive director of country services in 2012, before becoming director general in 2014. She is a Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers, and has a long history and commitment of working alongside the Indigenous community and supporting their aspirations for the benefit of all.
