State Records Commission

Caroline Spencer began her 10-year term as Western Australia’s 19th Auditor General in May 2018.

Caroline has extensive experience in state and federal public sector financial and performance audit. Prior to commencing as Auditor General, Caroline was Managing Partner and co-founder of a Canberra-based professional services firm where she led a team of financial and performance audit professionals, specialising in public sector audit and governance. In 2015, Caroline was appointed by the Parliament of Western Australia to lead the first statutory review of the performance of the Office of the Auditor General.

Having worked with public sector entities, audit offices and regulated entities across Australia and the Pacific, Caroline has a passion for promoting accountability and continuous improvement across the public sector and the audit profession – to enhance trust and performance for the benefit of the communities they serve.

Caroline has held a number of predominantly public sector appointments on boards and committees in multiple jurisdictions.

Having also worked for a ‘Big 4’ and a smaller Chartered firm, Caroline has audited publicly listed companies and some of Australia’s largest utilities. She is a Fellow and non-executive Director of CPA Australia, Chartered Accountant and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Governance Institute of Australia. She has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney.

Annelies Moens commenced as the inaugural Information Commissioner of Western Australia under the Information Commissioner Act 2024 (WA) on 28 July 2025. In that role she has oversight of the new Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA) (PRIS Act) and the existing Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA). The PRIS Act will commence on 1 July 2026, with the notifiable information breach scheme commencing on 1 January 2027.

Prior to commencing her role, Annelies was the Managing Director of Privcore, a profit-for-purpose privacy, AI and cyber risk management company. In that role she worked with government agencies and private sector organisations in Australia and overseas to uplift data handling practices.

​Annelies is the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Vanguard Oceania 2023 Award recipient for demonstrating exceptional leadership, expertise and creativity in privacy and data protection. Annelies is also one of Australia's Superstars of STEM, selected in 2021-2022 for her widely recognised privacy expertise.

Annelies co-founded the IAPP in Australia and New Zealand in 2008. She was elected its President in 2011-2012. She also led audit and investigation teams at the federal privacy regulator, privacy consulting teams at IIS, external engagement at AustLII and the education and government account teams at the Copyright Agency Limited.

​​With an MBA in general international management (distinction) from the Vlerick Business School in Belgium, Annelies also has a first class honours Law, Arts (majoring in computer science) and Science degrees from The University of Queensland. 

Bevan was appointed Ombudsman in June 2025. Bevan was Managing Director of Victoria Legal Aid from 2008 to 2018 and before that General Manager Legal Aid WA for 11 years.  

Prior to being appointed Ombudsman, he was Chief Executive Officer of Launch Housing in Melbourne – a community housing organisation dedicated to ending homelessness

Alan Ralph was first appointed to the State Records Commission in January 2019 and was re-appointed for a further three-year term in November 2021.

Alan currently has his own Consultancy Services company specialising in Archive analysis and advice, and was the State Director, National Archives of Australia (NAA) Western Australia (WA) from 2003-2018, leading and managing the performance and delivery of NAA archive and recordkeeping services to the public and government agencies in WA.

Alan has over 34 years’ experience in the National Archives working as a leader and manager of teams in both the NAA WA and Canberra (National) offices, focused on the development and delivery of archive and recordkeeping programs.

This experience also includes managing the performance, improvement and effectiveness of a unique multi-story 5500sqm archival facility in Perth.

Throughout his career Alan has held numerous voluntary roles on archive, records management and public sector boards and committees including Curtin University of Technology, Department of Information Studies, Edith Cowan University, School of Computer and Security Science, Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA), Australian Government, Public Sector Leadership (WA) Executive committee. He was the Convener of Australian Society of Archivists, WA Branch for over 10 years.

Alan has been an active participant in several amateur sports including Australian Rules Football, as a player, official for over 35 years and President of 13 years for a Perth based amateur football club. In 2014 he was awarded Life Membership of the Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL) for his extensive commitments, efforts and involvement in amateur football. Currently based in Sydney, Alan continues his commitment and involvement in AFL. He regularly assists at the Sydney Swans AFL Academy.