New president, board at Mid West Chamber

The Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a new board after its AGM last week. Banking industry veteran Paul Pollard is the new president after five years service as an ordinary member. He said the new board’s priority would be to help businesses affected by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think some businesses have done quite well out of it, but some are going to be struggling so we’ll see what we can do to help,” Mr Pollard said. He said he also looked forward to continuing the chamber’s work with the City of Greater Geraldton and Progress Midwest to help build the relationships and networks needed to improve the region. “It’s really just reinforcing what we have done in the past, working on our strategic priorities and continuing to advocate and promote the Mid West business community,” Mr Pollard said. “One of our priorities this year will be to look to the likes of Kalbarri, Mullewa and Dongara, and having a chat with the Gascoyne areas to see if we can provide any support there.” David Boyes has been re-elected vice-president, as has ordinary member Haley Morris. Newly elected ordinary members are Rohan Warr and Wayne Harris. Treasurer Kara Golding remains along with ordinary member Michael Librizzi who were not up for election this time.