Bally Barker Blog

The diversity in careers and skills of or members can be gleaned from short talks covering the years until joining Rotary; together with their motivations for choosing Rotary as a means to support or serve the community,   or to make a difference and help to promote responsible and lasting change in other endeavours and vocations in the key avenues of service. Michael Brent Michael Brent gave a fascinating talk outline his family history and his education then interesting career in PNG and locally then the family passion with travelling and camping. He explained his paternal roots came from Normandy and the name ‘de Brente”. From there his ancestors went to UK, then generations later went to Tasmania as settlers. Michael’s father joined the Navy at age 13 and later met his mother in Sydney and they were married in 1954. A few years later, Michael was born in Perth, where his father was captain of a mine sweeper HMAS Karangi which spe...

Tonight, Michael Brent was inducted into the club. He was proposed as a member by Lindy Myers. Lindy presents Michael with a Rotary Pin Michael lives in Seaforth and his background is in finance, risk management and continuous improvement with over 35 years of experience both in Australia & overseas.   He has a finance degree from UNE, is a fellow of the Institute of Charted Accountants, and a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors. (So, all you people with self-managed super funds may get a head up!) While his preferred interests are Services and Communications, he is happy to contribute wherever he can be of use. Michael is a director of Sir Eric Woodward Memorial School Assn since 1995 (a special educational school for Children with disabilities and provides distance learning). Michael has also been a director of Sunnyfield since 2019. Members were present for Michael's induction at the club and via ZOOM All members present c...