Interview with Debra Rule – Community Banker

Key points

• Debra Rule is well known in Fremantle for her work in establishing and running the Fremantle Community Bank. She arrived in the city from Tasmania at age five, attended local primary and high schools, and later returned to South Fremantle Senior High School as a teacher librarian.
• She then built a career in strategic information and change management.
• Before that, she held a range of jobs in old Fremantle and was a member of the South Freo Bulldogs Cheer Squad.