Aaron Rayner
Managing Partner at AHA Logic
Dr Kathryn Przywolnik
Managing Partner at AHA Logic
Aaron’s expertise of the WA Aboriginal heritage system and its processes is unrivalled. He has an excellent track record of designing solutions and strategies for the resources sector, Aboriginal organisatons, and government agencies to successfully navigate this increasingly complex regulatory environment and secure desired outcomes.
Aaron works with Aboriginal organisations to design and execute strategies that aim to preserve important cultural heritage areas under pressure from land developments. Aaron specialises in the evaluation of heritage agreements and assists Aboriginal organisations to maximise the utility of these agreements.
Prior to forming AHA Logic Aaron was the senior executive responsible for administering the State’s Aboriginal heritage laws. In the roles of Chief Heritage Officer and Deputy Director General, Aaron led the significant process improvements to the heritage system and improved stakeholder relationships.
Notably, he led the review of the legislation and the development of the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Bill 2014, and was appointed to lead the government’s response to the Supreme Court decision in Robinson v Fielding.
Aaron was educated at the London School of Economics where he received both Bachelor and Master degrees in Social Sciences – economics, anthropology and public policy.
Kathryn has worked in Aboriginal heritage for more than twenty years, in both Western Australia and New South Wales. She holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of Western Australia, and is a technical specialist in Aboriginal archaeology.
Before starting AHA Logic, Kathryn worked in Aboriginal heritage management and administration within the public sector. Since 2001 she has worked with land users and Aboriginal organisations in urban and remote areas, assisting stakeholders in finding practical and reasonable approaches to Aboriginal heritage information gathering, management and approvals.
As Registrar of Aboriginal Sites and then Chief Heritage Officer, Kathryn has been responsible for administration of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. She has extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of the Aboriginal heritage regulatory system. Kathryn is known for her pragmatism, her strategic thinking, and her exceptional knowledge of the Aboriginal heritage legislation.
Working with Aboriginal people to prepare cultural evaluations of sites and culturally important places is her particular interest and specialty, assisting Aboriginal organisations develop systems and approaches that maximise protection of heritage and longterm management of cultural knowledge and places.
