Special Reports

Kevin Gallagher is responsible for planning offshore well operations throughout Australia.

Andrea Pearson discovered the beauty and value of freshwater pearls in China where she lived for four years.

Russell Barnett has worked for some of WA’s most renowned broking houses.

In three years Anthony Hasluck has created a number of PR and design-based consultancies that have made Clarity Communications one of the fastest growing consultancies in WA.

At 29 years of age, and with a newborn baby and a two-year old, Dr Neda Meshgin Varan decided she wanted to run her own medical practice.

At 33, Mark Da Silva has formed two marketing companies operating in two very different industries.

Lynette Margolius left a solid reputation and client list in the South African fitness industry to embark on a new journey in Perth.

This year’s 40under40 winners are testimony to the diverse nature that is business in WA.

Neil Hancock founded Portacom in his family garage in 1984 while just 21 years of age.

With around 15 years of accountancy experience under his belt, Vincent Smith is a specialist in the field of insolvency and corporate reconstruction.

Martin Cebis is responsible for commercialising outcomes developed at The Australian Telecommunications CRC (ATcrc).

Kuppa2 in Claremont has become one of Perth’s favourite dining spots and its contemporary food, wine and style have its roots in Tom Lapping’s Kuppa restaurant, located in Bangkok.

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Overcoming hurdles, striving for excellence, and sheer determination are attributes that resonate from Mr Buzza’s persona.

Nikki Griffiths has experienced the hardship of business early in her career and, at 26, has over-come adversity to create a successful graphic design operation.

Success as a chartered accountant can be measured many ways.

Must Winebar founder, director and executive chef, Russell Blaikie, is a leader in the hospitality arena.

Beacon Technology is a software development company that develops custom software to individual clients.

Dr Paul Watt’s research discoveries at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research laboratories have resulted in the formation of the institute’s first spin-off company, Phylog

OVER the past two years, Western Australian companies have been awarded contracts worth more than $1.7 billion on big mining and resource processing projects.

Sean Gavin has taken the acclaimed family-operated construction business, Gavin Construction in a new direction.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra’s top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship a

Matt Birney, 33, is the youngest shadow minister in any State or Federal parliament in mainland Australia.

Since losing his mother and sister in a car accident at just seven years of age, Paul Hennessy has developed a desire to live life to its full and a tenacity to overcome adversity.

For the past 15 years Professor Duane Varan has balanced a lecturing career in both Perth and the US with consultancy work for the A-list in world commerce.

In 1985 Andrew Ford and his business partner, Kyle Doonan, decided to open a small air-conditioning business. The pair used second-hand vans and second-hand tools.

The Zimbabwe World Cup Rugby squad member immigrated to Australia and began a new life on an extremely modest budget.

THE $437 million railcar contract for the planned Mandurah railway highlights the wide gap between rhetoric and reality that sometimes muddies the local content deb

THE centrepiece of the new local content incentive scheme, which formally commenced on January 1, is Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.

A new scheme to maximise local content on major projects formally took effect on January 1. Mark Beyer takes a close look at how major Western Australian projects are performing.

WA’S sole private electricity retailer says onerous regulations and charges are preventing more players from entering the State’s electricity market.

IF there was an award for companies achieving high local content on Western Australian projects, BHP Billiton would take line honours, while Woodside would be a con