Jim Aitken

Cr Jim Aitken OAM was elected to Penrith City Council in 1995 and was re-elected in 1999, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021. Cr Aitken has provided years of continual service to the community, including a term as Mayor in 2008-09 and Deputy Mayor in 2010-11 and 2013-14.

He has lived in the local area for over 50 years and is a patron of many sporting and other organisations.

He is also a successful businessman, operating his own group of companies named the Jim Aitken Group, which includes 8 real estate offices and 3 restaurants, employing over 200 people through the Jim Aitken Group, which includes eight real estate offices and three restaurants. He represents Council on a range of boards and committees including the Major Projects Working Party, the Floodplain Risk Management Committee and the Floodplain Management Working Party. He is also a Floodplain Management Australia committee member.

Cr Aitken is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1998 for "service to the community of the Penrith district, particularly through youth welfare and service organisations and to local government".