Meet our CEO and executive team, including the CEO, Director Urban Living, Director Community Support, Director Customer and Transformation, Director Places and Spaces and Executive Manager People Culture and Development.

Chief Executive Officer

Phillip Storer

Phone: (03) 9278 4457

Areas of responsibility: 

  • Governance and Legal
  • Chief Financial Office
  • People, Culture and Development.
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Phillip Storer
Chief Executive Officer

Director Urban Living

Scott Walker

Phone: (03) 9278 4800

Areas of responsibility:

  • Civic services, including local laws, animal management, asset protection, parking enforcement and environmental health
  • Building services
  • Strategic planning: sets the strategic direction for future development, land uses and the protection of heritage and the environment
  • Statutory planning: assessing applications for new developments and changes to how land is used
  • Placemaking: plan, activate and renew important places.
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Scott Walker
Director Urban Living

Director Community Support

Kate McCaughey

Phone: (03) 9278 4600

Areas of responsibility:

  • Arts and culture
  • Health and wellbeing services
  • Community planning and development
  • Library services
  • Liveable communities including development and support for local businesses and emergency management. 
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Kate McCaughey
Director Community Support

Director Places and Spaces

Daniel Freer

Phone: (03) 9278 4500

Areas of responsibility:

  • Designing and delivering community facilities, from roads to playgrounds
  • Maintaining waste services, roads and paths, drains, parks and Council-owned facilities
  • Asset and capital planning
  • Environmental sustainability and open spaces
  • Traffic and transport.
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Daniel Freer
Director Places and Spaces

Executive Manager People Culture and Development

Mary-Anne Palatsides

Phone: (03) 9278 4410

Areas of responsibility:

  • Change management
  • Employee relations
  • Health, safety and wellbeing
  • Organisational development
  • Workforce planning and recruitment.
Mary-Anne Palatsides Executive Manager People, Culture and Development

Mary-Anne Palatsides
Executive Manager People, Culture and Development
 

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Manager Governance and Legal

Bryan Wee

Phone: (03) 9278 4470

Areas of responsibility:

  • Governance
  • Risk, assurance and fraud control
  • Privacy and freedom of information
  • Legal services
  • Regulator inquiries.
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Brian Wee
Manager Governance and Legal

Chief Financial Officer

Amy Montalti

Phone: (03) 9278 4621

Areas of responsibility:

  • Budgets and financial reporting
  • Long-term financial strategy
  • Financial services
  • Procurement
  • Property and revenue.
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Amy Montalti
Chief Financial Officer


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