Olivia commenced her current role as CEO at Tennis West in February 2024. Having previously been the Head of Operations at Tennis West, starting in early 2020, just as COVID hit the industry and forced lockdowns. During this time, Olivia engaged heavily with the IAVM and VMA webinars and had calls with people in the USA and Australia, to support each other. Olivia comes from a small venue environment, where she has had to ‘wear a lot of hats’ and manage a range of issues. Olivia is now well versed in biosecurity and COVID Safety Plans, as much as emergency response plans, bookings systems, asset registers and staff management. Oliva brought this diverse range of skills and knowledge together as she completed her Accredited Venue Manager accreditation in 2020. Olivia joined the Venue Management Association Board in 2021 and she looks forward to seeing the industry grow and embrace a diverse range of venues and members.

Stuart is the Director Strategy and Partnership at VenuesWest, who operate sports, entertainment, and cultural venues in Perth, Australia.

Stuart has been involved in the event and venue management industry for 18 years, working for various venue management organisations in both Perth and Auckland. Stuart has a broad range of experience in venue types from community sporting facilities, major stadium to performing arts and conference centres.

Stuart has either secured or delivered a broad range of event content from FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, stadium concerts, international sporting tests, major music festivals, international conferences to the performing arts theatrical seasons and festivals.

Having held both senior level operational and commercial roles during his career, Stuart’s brings a unique insight into the value chain for venue management organisations securing and delivering events.

Stuart has a strong background in venue and event operations with a key interest in patron safety, risk management and emergency response.

Nadia has been the Head of Meetings & Special Events at Optus Stadium since 2017, overseeing significant department growth during this period and bringing a secondary revenue stream to the forefront of the business.

With a rich background spanning over two decades in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry across Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand, and a decade dedicated to stadiums, Nadia brings a wealth of experience to her role. She is a passionate advocate for the year-round utilisation of mega venues, leveraging her extensive knowledge to engage audiences and elevate the success of diverse revenue streams.

Nadia is widely recognised for her commitment to industry leadership and is a mentor to several women in corporate Perth. Beyond her professional accomplishments Nadia has cultivated a recognisable personal brand on LinkedIn.

A practised business professional with 21 years’ experience in the performing arts; event and hospitality management; quality and change management and customer relationship management.

Lorraine is a highly experienced Manager and has been recognised by the Venue Management Association for her professional achievement and accomplishment in the management of venues, and achieved the designation of Accredited Venue Manager.

Lorraine is also an accredited Quality Manager and, in this role, she achieved ISO certification for the venues previously managed by AEG Ogden (Perth) Pty Ltd and consulted for Perth Arena in the development of their certification.

Her role at WAVE encompasses the management of venue operations; front of house staff; ticketing staff; customer relationship management; food and beverage; project and facilities management; security, risk and emergency management.

This role also includes dealing with a range of stakeholders who include Government representatives, promoters and suppliers.

Lorraine also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Counselling from the University of Notre Dame and is an avid traveller and history buff.

Bourby Webster is a rule breaker, game changer and advocate for women. She is also an experienced CEO, concert promoter, creative director, professional musician, entrepreneur, mentor and consultant. Bourby founded the ground-breaking Perth Symphony Orchestra, and, at the point of her departure in December 2022 is one of WA’s largest and fastest growing arts companies. Bourby is Director of North Street Music and is also a successful business consultant through North Street Consulting, specialising in strategic business development. She is currently setting up a regional arts and events company, a corporate consulting firm, and is expanding North Street Music into a new major events and concerts production company in development with a global music entity.

An inspirational speaker, Bourby is in demand as a keynote and motivational speaker and panellist . Bourby has an MBA from UWA, an MA in music from Oxford University, and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. In 2022 she was named in Business News’ Power 500 list and has been a winner of a Business News 40 Under 40 award for Entrepreneurs and a finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Awards (WA).

In 2019 she was named Western Australian of the Year (Arts & Culture).

She was a founding member of the UK-based electric string quartet ‘bond’ signed to Decca Records. She is a medal-winning, international-level coxswain and was the first female coxswain in 106 years of the WA Kings Cup State Rowing Crew in 2002.