EVENT: Friends of the UWA Library Speaker

The Victim Support Service is a section of the Department of the Attorney General dedicated solely to assisting victims of serious crime. John will explain the various ways the Department and its volunteers assist victims as well as touching on the impact of crime in general and the workings of the law as far as victims are concerned.

About the Speaker

John O'Mahony was born and educated in the UK. He spent his working life in various sectors of the food industry finally running his own frozen food company in the UK for 14 years. Prior to that he worked in West Africa for 4 years and in Germany for 2 1/2 years. His last employment was a short stint with the Perth Market Authority when he emigrated to Perth in 1987. He was Project Manager responsible for transferring the existing tenants at the old wholesale market in Wellington Steet out to the new site at Canning Vale. He retired in 1990 but has since then engaged in a number of volunteer missions to help companies in the food industry in Asia.