Our Current Board Members
Marcus Pobjoy – President
Marcus Pobjoy is the founding Director of MP Insurance Services Pty Ltd.
Marcus has been in the Insurance Industry for 30 years and has experience working in the London and European markets as well as extensive experience across all aspects of insurance. He has been involved with the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) for over 15 years and is a past Chairman of the WA NIBA Divisional Committee
Marcus is a Qualified Practicing Insurance Broker, a Senior Associate of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and also has a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking) and a Diploma of Financial Services (General Insurance).
Marcus enjoys spending time with his three children Blake, Tara and Dyson and his wife Ell. He is actively involved in his children’s sporting activities and also enjoys taekwondo, playing golf, boating, watching AFL and cricket.
Marcus has been President of Business Armadale since 2017.
Vicki Clarkson – Vice President and Justice of the Peace
Diploma Sales & Marketing Diploma Business Marketing & Management Cert 3 Bookkeeping Cert 2 Hospitality Operations Business Owner/Administrator Business Structure Consultant Administration & Business Management Experience Vicki was on the original steering committee of Business Armadale (ARBA) and was a committee member for 6 years and then was appointed to the Board in 2017. Vicki has owned a number of businesses in the area including a Child Care centre, Restaurant and consulting and bookkeeping business. Vicki is a Director and Life Skills Consultant with Skilled4life where she, and her business partner, teach life skills to young and older adults.
Skilled4life also run Resume Building, Retirement Ready, Personal Organisational and Wills and Power of Attorney workshops.
Joanna Minney – Treasurer – First Class Accounts Gosnells
Bernadette O’Connor – Secretary – ANZ Bank
Bernadette is the Bank Manager at ANZ Armadale and has worked for ANZ for 32 years.
She holds a Certificate 4 in Business Front line Management
What she most enjoys about her role is the many customers she meets from all walks of life and she really enjoys working in the City of Armadale, and loves the community spirit.
Bernadette has many hobbies and you might meet her out wandering through the beautiful hills on the weekends enjoying running, hiking and taking time to read and she also does some voluntary work.
Joanna Minney – Treasurer
My clients have the benefit of my extensive experience in administration and accounts management and tax preparation. Prior to becoming a bookkeeper and operating her own small business at First Class Accounts Gosnells, she worked for close to a decade for a large Australian transport and vehicle processing company in the role of State Administration/Accounts Manager. I also have an excellent understanding of the tax environment, having worked as a tax preparation officer and in customer service at the ATO.
She considers herself to be an all-rounder, with particular expertise in the analysis of financial results and reporting and improving business processes and procedures. While she is am able to work across a variety of industries, she does have extensive experience within the transport, motor vehicle and sport and leisure industries. She likes to build long-term relationships with her clients, however, her experience also means that she is the perfect fit to assist with one-off set ups and special projects
Craig Renshaw – Simplicity Funerals
Kim Power – Examiner News
Kristie Bell – Membership Manager
Natalie Crosswell – Future Steps Financial Planning
Guenter Best – Master Clock & Watchmakers of Western Australia
Lynda Rose – Administrator Business Armadale
Lynda has lived and worked in the Armadale for over 40 years. Her passion is her family and community spirit. She enjoys meeting and greeting new people and excels in providing a high level of customer service. She holds a Diploma of Property, and has worked in the local area as a Licensed Real Estate Agent, She attended Armadale Senior High School and has completed many external studies completing a Cert 4 in Fitness, Certification in Nutrition and is currently studying a Bachelor of Health Science at Endeavor College of Natural Health. Hiking and cycling are her go to activities and she enjoys great conversation, philosophy, history and natural health.