Michael Wilkinson
Peter Wilkinson & Co
Chairman

Basil Scagliotta
Gino's Car Craft
Vice Chairman

Michael is Managing Director of prestige repairer Peter Wilkinson & Co Pty Ltd. The business is a long standing member of the Car Craft Group and Michael has been a Director for 13 years and became Chair in 2006. His other contributions to motor industry development include membership of the Board of the Motor Industry Training Association (MITA) and the committee of the Body Repair Division of the Motor Trade Association of WA.

Basil has been a Director of Car Craft for 18 years. He also has a long involvement in other motor industry bodies including directorships of the Motor Trade Association of WA (President from 2006 - 2008) and the Motor Industry Training Association. Basil is the owner of both Gino’s Car Craft and Gino’s Rapid Car Craft.

Wayne Phipps
Wayne Phipps Car Craft

Viv Ellis
Meltham Motors

Wayne joined the Board of Car Craft in 1989 and was Chair from 1998 until 2006. He is also Chairman of the Body Repair Division of the Motor Trade Association of WA, a member of the Motor Vehicle Industry Board (managing the implementation of the industry registration process), a board member of Automotive Training Australia, chairs Australian Motor Body Repair Association and a Director of the Motor Industry Foundation.

Viv joined the Board of Car Craft in 2008 and has been a member of Car Craft Panel & Paint since 1994, when she purchased Meltham Motors.

Ashley Jardine
Port Kennedy Car Craft

Michael O'Leary
Balcatta Panel and Paint

Ashley joined the Board of Car Craft in 2006 but has been a member of Car Craft Panel & Paint since 1995, initially as owner of Rockingham Car Craft and currently as owner/operator Port Kennedy Car Craft and Cockburn Car Craft.

Michael spent 22 years with RAC in various roles.  He commenced his working life as a mechanic before moving to RAC Insurance in 1994 and eventually becoming Assessing Manager. He left RAC in 2006, entered the collision repair industry and purchased Balcatta Panel & Paint with his partners in 2007.

He has certification in business management and brings a wealth of knowledge to the Car Craft Group Board.  Michael joined the Board in 2009.

Mark Brady
Mandurah Panel and Paint

Mark was born in Durban, South Africa and came to Australia in 1986 aged 21. He worked for several collision repair businesses in WA before buying a small smash repair business in Mandurah in 1999.  He and his wife have concentrated all their efforts into building that business to the extent that they now operate from a large new state of the art workshop in Mandurah. Mark joined the Board in 2009.

The Staff

Noelle Simons
General Manager

Jason Hamling
Business_Development Manager

Noelle spent 15 years with the Motor Trade Association as Divisional Manager of various sectors of the motor industry and joined Car Craft in 2006. Noelle was promoted to General Manager in late 2008.

Jason spent 11 years in the cleaning industry with involvement in franchising, business development and management roles before joining Car Craft in 2009.