Board Members

Dr Storer is a Consultant Anaesthetist and long-term member of the Autism Association. He has been actively involved in leading the Board at a time of major strategic development, maintaining a keen interest in the field of disability as well as Autism. Dr Storer is also a Committee Member of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and of the Anaesthetic Departments of both St John of God Subiaco and Murdoch.

Geoff is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and has over 40 years experience in professional practice as an accountant and business adviser to a wide range of clients.

Until his retirement in 2015, he was the managing partner and chief executive of the Perth office and a member of the national executive of large multinational firm Crowe Horwath.

Geoff has been a former State Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has been a member of a number of not for profit boards, including ten years as a board member of Lifeline WA.

Mrs Rank is a senior international training specialist in industrial software. She has been a Family Member of the Autism Association for more than 21 years and is married with two children. Mrs Rank has been an active member of the Autism Association for more than two decades and has supported the association in public education, fundraising and other projects throughout the years.

Dr Monro has over 30 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant and Business Advisor in Australia and internationally. He recently retired as a Principal in the Corporate Finance division of RSM Australia Pty Ltd. He previously worked for the large accounting firms KPMG and Crowe Horwath. He has also worked as the Chief Financial Officer for a listed company, APA Financial Services in Australia.

Dr Monro currently serves on the Boards of other not-for-profit organisations, including Central Desert Native Title Services Limited and South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc.

Dr Monro has worked in a diverse selection of industries with a particular focus in mining, manufacturing, government, not-for-profit, property, transport, retail and primary producer sectors. His experience covers a wide range of areas, including business valuations, due diligence, business planning, financial mentoring and advisory services for Indigenous entities and general financial consulting.

Mrs Brownhill has been actively involved in the field of disability over many years. Prior to returning to Western Australia from Melbourne where she and her family lived, Mrs Brownhill represented Mansfield Autistic Services on the Victorian State Council for Autism. On returning to Perth in late 1999, Mrs Brownhill resumed her involvement with the worldwide Special Olympics movement and was a Director of Special Olympics Western Australia up until 2004. Mrs Brownhill is a Family Member of the Autism Association of Western Australia.

During his professional career, Mr Altus held a number of positions in the WA Department of Treasury, including as Director of Revenue and Intergovernmental Relations. He also completed a short secondment to the University of Western Australia as its Chief Financial Officer and continued as a member of the University’s Senate Strategic Resources Committee until 2015.

Mr Altus previously also chaired the Curtin Business School Advisory Board for the School of Economics and Finance (2012-2013) and was a Director of LLL Australia Ltd (2010-2021) — an APRA-regulated Authorised Deposit Taking Institution. This included sitting on the LLL Board’s Risk and Governance and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Altus joined the Board of the Autism Association in 2010 and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He currently chairs Lutheran Homes Foundation (WA) Inc.