Tracey Horton

WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.

As WA returns to boom conditions, attracting and retaining female talent may be critical.

New faces at CCI

The significant issue of female representation in the boards of Australia’s companies has been pushed to the background amid the rhetoric of the gender wars being waged in Canberra.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has appointed former University of Western Australia Business School dean Tracey Horton as president of its general council.

Former CCIWA president and current director Peter Hood has been elected president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Prominent Perth company director Tracey Horton is among a group of business leaders appointed to a new federal Treasury advisory council designed to replicate the discipline provided by a private sector governance board.

SPECIAL REPORT: CCI has a new president and chief executive, both with a long involvement in the lobby group’s policies.

SPECIAL REPORT: A complementary skill set and vast experience put CCI’s leadership team on the right track.

Gender is a perennial issue because progress comes in fits and starts.

SPECIAL REPORT: Power and influence in WA is adjusting to a new order after the boom.

Independent schools across the state are benefiting from the experience some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders have brought to their boards, providing greater diversity and structure to the decision-making process.

Perth has hosted a UK-based incubator’s first pitch night for social entrepreneurs in Australia.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth’s fashion sector is gradually making its mark by developing niche opportunities, despite growing international competition.

Top Western Australian publicly listed companies with fewer women on boards than the national average may get the boost they need following the launch of a new club.

Three new members have been appointed to the board of Tourism WA. The new appointees include Elizabeth Gaines, Tracey Horton and Ian Thubron.

Former Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA president Tracey Horton has been appointed to the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ms Horton is a non-executive director of Navitas and a commissioner for Tourism WA.

Navitas managing director Rod Jones has described the company’s latest profit report as a good, solid set of results, despite being adversely affected by the closure of two colleges.

It’s been a great month for Perth-based women on ASX100 companies.

Educated in Rockingham, Vancouver and at UWA, and with a corporate career stretching between San Francisco and WA, Tracey Horton has some interesting perspectives on business and academia, as Business News discovered over lunch at Julio’s in West Perth.

WA pair joins International Education boardUniversity of Western Australia deputy vice-chancellor, community and engagement Kent Anderson (pictured) and incoming Navitas chair Tracey Horton are among the 11 members appointed to the Council for International Education.

Women account for just 8.7 per cent of board positions at the top 100 Western Australian companies listed on the ASX, a report by the Committee for Perth has found.

Having grown Perth-based Navitas from a start-up 23 years ago into a global education services provider and one of WA's top 10 listed companies, co-founder Rod Jones is handing the reins to former iiNet boss David Buckingham.

Our board moves wrap includes Alistair Vickery, Stewart Washer, Karen Smith, Tracey Horton, Peter Gundy, Clint Moxham, Carla Healy, Damon Fieldgate, Paul Farrell, and Andrew Brown.