Helen Anstis joined Baw Baw Shire Council as its first female CEO on 5 July 2010.
Prior to her commencement, Helen was the Director Organisational Development at Hobsons Bay City Council, a position she held for the previous six years.  Helen’s responsibilities in this role were broad and included the overall responsibility for customer service, governance, communications, human performance, and Mayor and Councillor support at Hobsons Bay.
Helen’s diverse career, spanning 30 years in the private sector and across all three tiers of government, provides for wide ranging experience and includes roles such as litigation officer, investment manager and investigator. She also held positions at both Geelong and Hume City Councils prior to her employment with Hobsons Bay City Council. 
Helen’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Management, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Master of Business Administration.
Helen is Review Chair of the West Gippsland Trade Training Alliance Project Management Group, Co-Chair of the Gippsland Integrated Land Use Plan (GILUP) and a member of the Latrobe Valley Roadmap Steering Committee.

Melissa has been Director Growth and Development since October 2010. Prior to this, she was Baw Baw Shire’s Manager Planning and Development. Her portfolio includes economic development, statutory planning, strategic planning and municipal building services.
Melissa has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Planning) and over 20 years planning and senior project management experience working in local and state government. She has previously worked at the Department of Planning and Community Development, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the City of Port Phillip.
Melissa played a key role working alongside the state government in the development of the Victorian Planning Provisions. Melissa worked with the state government on a range of large, complex projects designed to improve the planning process in Victoria; including the online adaptation of the planning and subdivision approval process, the introduction of statewide monitoring of planning permit activity for the Minister for Planning and the development of a range of tools designed to simplify access to planning and property information.

Simon Hill has worked in varying roles in local government over a 21 year career.
He has held coordinator positions at the City of St Kilda and later the City of Port Phillip in the parks and recreation department before being appointed to the position of Manager Urban Operations at Baw Baw Shire Council.
For a short time he held the position of Acting Manager Infrastructure Services and Growth, and was appointed to the position of Acting Director Community Assets on 12 September 2011.
Simon possesses a Bachelor of Applied Science, Advanced Certificate in Management and a Certificate in Workplace Leadership.

Before joining Baw Baw Shire Council in November 2010 as Director Community Care and Strengthening, Patti Wenn was Bass Coast Shire Council’s Director Community and Economic Development.
In all, Patti has spent over 16 years of her career working in senior local and state government roles in community, environment and economic policy; civic governance; corporate/community services planning and delivery.
She also worked for two years as Executive Director for the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI – Oceania), assisting local governments in Australia and New Zealand with building their capacity to address risks related to climate change.
Patti holds a Bachelor of Business Communication degree with Honours from Queensland University of Technology; Graduate Diploma in Local Government Management (Deakin University); and Graduate Diploma of Frontline Management (RMIT).