Troy is the Mayor of the City of Joondalup and has been part of the team behind creating Australia’s smartest park. Troy Pickard has been involved in Local Government since 2001, making significant contributions in two of WA’s largest Local Government Authorities - the City of Stirling, as a Councillor and Deputy Mayor, and then the City of Joondalup where he was first elected to the Officer of Mayor in 2006 and then re-elected as Mayor in 2009 and 2013.
Mayor Pickard served on the international organisation ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Global Executive Board from 2012 to 2015, holding the global portfolio of biodiversity and ecosystems as well as Chairman of the International BiodiverCities Advisory Committee.