Dean Mathews is a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley region of North West Australia. Dean works at Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd (NBY) and is the Assistant Manager of Environmental Service Unit. He has 25yrs of experience in government, NGO’s and private industry sectors in advocacy of the rights and interests of Indigenous people through cultural natural resource management and community development. Dean is a Director on the Yawuru PBC Board, representing the Native Title Holders for Broome and the surrounding area. He is currently Co - Chairperson on the Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Advisory Group (ISWAG), Chair of the Roebuck Bay Marine Park Body and member of Parks Australia Northwest Marine Park Advisory Committee.