Rosie Sandover, Director

Rosie has managed RPM for the last 21 years and her award winning air tourism business Kingfisher Tours for the last 7 years. Rosie has a wealth of experience in managing highly experienced and professional project teams. She has an extensive network through out Australia to draw on for expertise for any of the RPM projects. Rosie has lived in the Kimberley for the last 25 years. She has Hons ED, MHR, Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and sits on the Eco Tourism Australia Board.

Maryanne Kelly

Maryanne has worked in senior executive roles for the past twenty years. As General Manager for Rio Tinto’s Argyle Diamond Mine Maryanne achieved outstanding safety, production and community engagement, preparing for the closure of the open cut pit and entering the underground mining phase.  More recently Maryanne has been the General Manager of Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak Iron Ore Mine, and Group Manager of Community and Government.  She has worked and lived in North-Western Australia for over twenty years and has formed strong and lasting relationships with these communities.  Maryanne has a Bachelor of Commerce (Acc), CPA, MBA, Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and sits as an Independent Director on the Gelganyem Trust. Maryanne has been honoured with WA Business News 40/40 Award, Telstra Business Woman of the year  - Corporate, Chamber of Commerce and Industries Most Outstanding – Technical.

Rebecca Sampi

Rebecca is a Gija woman and has worked in community development for 20 years. Rebecca started her career as a teacher on Doon Doon community. She then moved into administration work and tourism working with a number of local companies developing tour products. Rebecca works as our lead female consultant for any of our contracts with Aboriginal communities and projects. She has a wealth of experience in designing and running workshops in planning and development of our projects with the various communities. Rebecca also has her own company, Garingbarr products, developing bush medicine products and sits on the Board of the Gelganyem Trust. Rebecca has a Dip Ed and is a fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.

Steve Davies

Steve has practiced as a landscape architect and environmental consultant for over thirty years. His work has taken him into some of the world’s most remote landscapes, including extensive tracts of Australia’s pristine interior and coastal wilderness. He garnered broad experience in the early part of his career in WA from conservation projects in National Parks and wildlife reserves, to large scale projects in the mining sector; civic and urban design projects in many municipalities; recreation reserve design; and rural strategies. His specialist knowledge of integrating sustainable development within natural environments makes him uniquely attuned to design ecotourism and cultural facilities. Steve has been privileged to work with Aboriginal Boards and Elders Groups across Australia to design and help bring community led development projects to showcase aboriginal culture into fruition. Steve is a Masters graduate of Landscape Architecture; a BSc (Honors) graduate in Natural Environmental Science and holds AILA professional practice qualifications. His home is the Nightcap Range in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW. 

Neville Poelina

Neville is a Nyikina man from the West Kimberley. Neville has lived all of his life in the Kimberley and has traditional ties through family connections right throughout the region; Aboriginal culture and society is his life. Neville holds a wealth of knowledge of the region, including the history, topography, flora and fauna and first hand knowledge of the rich and varied Indigenous cultures of the area. As a young man Neville worked for 20 years as a Pearl Diver and his knowledge of the Kimberley Coast is unsurpassed. He has been operating his own tourism business in the Kimberley for the last 20 years. Neville has sat on the WA tourism Board, was Australian Commissioner for tourism and chaired the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Board. Neville has been working with the United Nations developing the silk road route and the tourism product in each of the villages. Neville has also lectured at the Kimberley college of TAFE in tourism, and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Iolanthe Fitzgerald

Ioli has worked for RPM for over 10 years. She started as a project assistant working on the Martu School Holiday Program and Kuruma Marthudunera Aboriginal Corporation setup. Ioli has also worked on the Murchison Radio Astronomy Agreement, Martu Mobility Study for BHP and ran a probono Malya Yuturringu Film Festival on Martu land. Ioli has worked in RPM’s core team as administrative and executive assistant across all major projects. Ioli is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering Honors (Elec.) at the University of Queensland while still continuing to do project work for RPM. Ioli’s area of interest is in renewable energy and sustainable community structures, which she brings into all of RPM’s projects providing leading and cutting edge advice from UQ. Ioli is currently working with Rosie on developing a new sustainable project model that will be utilised in all RPM Projects going forward.