Our Staff
Our Staff
Our dedicated Staff are the foundation of our reputation as a safe and supportive space for children and young people.
With a strong focus on creating safer, more inclusive communities, our staff bring extensive experience in youth engagement, community outreach, and leadership. Together, we strive to provide meaningful opportunities that inspire and support young people to reach their full potential.
Peter Tranter
Peter Tranter
Peter has led WA PCYC as Chief Executive Officer since November 2022, bringing to the role a career that has spanned international finance, government and the tertiary education sector. Originally qualifying as a lawyer in WA, he began as a banking and finance lawyer at Freshfields in London, specialising in securitisation and structured finance, before taking on roles in asylum and humanitarian protection with the United Kingdom government.
In Australia, Peter spent more than a decade at the University of Notre Dame Australia, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice Chancellor Corporate.
Today, his focus is WA PCYC’s work with young Western Australians. The organisation delivers youth services across 16 centres in metropolitan and regional WA, built on its longstanding partnership with the Western Australia Police Force, and Peter is committed to strengthening its services for vulnerable and at-risk young people, securing its long-term future, and ensuring its programmes reach the communities that need them most. He also chairs the Council of St Thomas More College, the University of Western Australia’s residential college.
Jeanette Halford
Jeanette Halford
As Chief Financial Officer at WA PCYC, Jeanette brings 30 years of financial experience across not-for-profit, healthcare, biotechnology, manufacturing, and community services organisations. She holds CPA qualification, giving her a strong technical foundation across financial management, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Jeanette has extensive expertise in financial strategy, business transformation, grants management, corporate governance and technology-enabled process improvement. Jeanette’s depth of experience in the not-for-profit sector gives her a clear understanding of what responsible financial management looks like for community organisations. At PCYC, Jeanette’s focus is on sound financial management that supports the organisation’s ability to deliver quality programs and services across Western Australia.
Laura Dunlop
Laura Dunlop
Sibel Ricca
Sibel Ricca
Sibel brings over 10 years of experience in HR and workplace relations to her role as Head of Human Resources at WA PCYC. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Psychology, a combination that informs her people-centred approach to leadership and workplace culture.
Sibel joined PCYC with a genuine belief in the organisation’s mission and a personal connection to the role community programs play in the lives of young people. In her role, she focuses on building a workplace culture where staff are set up to do their best work – and in turn, make a meaningful difference in the communities they serve.
Kristel Tatana
Alana Wigmore
Charlotte Packer
Andrea Musulin
Sam King
Josh Gardner
