LIWA Board Director Announcement: Fiona Grieves and Trent Prior

We’re delighted to welcome Fiona Grieves and Trent Prior to the LIWA Board as voluntary Directors.

The Board recently reviewed its skills and experience to see where additional capability could help strengthen governance and support LIWA’s strategic direction. The review highlighted areas including finance, audit and risk; government relationships and advocacy; recreation and community infrastructure planning; and compliance, human resources and technology.

We were pleased to receive a strong field of applications. Fiona and Trent received the highest overall scores in the Board’s assessment, and their experience brings a valuable mix of skills to the Board.

Fiona Grieves has more than 20 years’ experience across aquatics, recreation, community services and local government. She is Director City Life at the City of Kwinana, where she leads a broad portfolio covering community development, recreation, culture, tourism and place-based services. Earlier in her career, she held roles with the City of Joondalup, the City of Melville and the City of Armadale.

Fiona holds a Bachelor of Science in Sport and has led aquatic and recreation facilities, community infrastructure projects and multidisciplinary teams. She brings strong experience in developing business cases, advocating for government funding, building partnerships and working with members and communities. The Board’s assessment recognised her strengths in government relationships, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, risk and financial literacy.

Trent Prior has 15 years’ management experience in local government, leisure facilities and strategic planning. He is Manager Place Planning – Strategic Planning and Economic Development at the Town of Victoria Park. Before moving into strategic planning, Trent was Leisure Facilities Program Manager, overseeing business planning, finances and operations across Aqualife and Leisurelife. He has also acted as Chief Financial Officer, managing budget development and financial statements and working with audit findings, elected members and Council policies.

Trent holds a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Management, and a Diploma in Facility Management. The Board’s assessment recognised his strengths in financial literacy, long-term financial planning, audit and risk, governance reporting, compliance and controls. His background in strategic and asset planning, business improvement and aquatic and recreation operations brings a practical understanding of what helps community services remain sustainable.

Fiona and Trent bring complementary experience and a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our sector. We look forward to working with them and welcome the contribution they’ll make to LIWA and the Western Australian aquatic and recreation industry.