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Profiles of board members
- Rev Dr Keith Garner Mth (Oxon), Hon DD (Yangon), Superintendent, CEO, Chair, Board (For biographical information, see About Keith Garner)
- Mr Matthew Chee, MDiv, MBA, BAcc. - Principal Consultant of Verrivine Australia. He was previously a Group Manager with Allianz Australia responsible for major group projects like Financial Services Reform, GST and Privacy. An active Elder of the Wesley International Congregation, Matthew has been a member of the Wesley Mission Board since 2000. He has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and is currently on the Finance Committee as well as the Care Advisory Committee for Aged Care. He has extensive experience in Insurance, Accountancy and Business consultancy.
- John Christison - Management Course, Mt. Eliza - Intermediate Accounting Diploma, 30 years General Insurance Industry - Assistant General Manager for Aust and NZ for major insurance company. 3 years Wesley Mission Director of Administration and Acting Executive Director, Lifeline, Sydney. Elder with 6.00 pm Wesley Congregation, Secretary Elders Council, Lay Preacher and Lifeline Counsellor.
- David Greatorex AO, BA Hons, MComm and Admin, FCA, PhD, FAIM, FAICD - Previously Chairman of Westmead Millennium Research Institute, State Bank of NSW, IBM NZ, Securenet Limited, Computer Austlimited, First State Computing Pty Ltd, Centennial Park Trust, and a director of AWA Limited, IBM Australia Limited, NSW Cancer Council, TAFE NSW, Sydney Dance Company and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
- Sarah White - BA, University of NSW (1993); Grad Dip. Ed, Australian Catholic University (1994), School of Colour and Design (2001-02). Since 2003, project manager Lent Event, Uniting Church of Australia. Designer, lead lights projects for Uniting Care including Wesley Mission’s Lottie Stewart Hospital. Co-founder, Amazing Space, a women’s alternative church initiative.
- Nick-Farr Jones AM - famous sporting personality; formerly director NRMA, Councillor of the city of Sydney, and currently director International Investment Manager Bank Socieite Generale - extensive investment and banking experience.
- David Lewinsohn - Tertiary qualifications in Applied Chemistry, Logistics Management and Data Processing (IT). Worked as an Analytical Chemist for the Federal Government: Consulted in logistics to both Government and Industry including CSR & Alcoa; Owned a computer animation company; Extensive experience in IT. Currently the Database Manager with AMPCo - a medical publishing and direct marketing company. Councillor of International Congregation of Wesley Mission and Sydney Presbytery member.
- Robert McSkimming - Project Manager with Advantra, part of Telstra. As part of his work he project manages the computer and invoice networks for large corporate and government organisations. He has spent 9 years working within the NRMA and the Computer Network Planning Area. Previously he was a technical officer within Telstra working within Computer Networking. He has a telecommunications certificate from Telstra, an Electronics Engineering Certificate from TAFE, an Advanced Certificate of Management from TAFE and has participated in short courses relating to Computer Networking and Project Management, Elder of 7pm Sunday Night Live Congregation, Member of Lifeline Advisory Board.
- Elizabeth McQueen - Elizabeth McQueen - Member of the Wesley Mission 6pm Praise Prayer and Preaching Congregation and Wesley Mission Care Advisory Committee (previously Wesley Mission Aged Care Board) for approximately six years. Qualified as a nurse and a pharmacist, is still practicing as a pharmacist with experience in London, Bougainville (PNG), Sydney and country NSW. A conscientious and committed Christian her history includes involvement in Blakehurst and Peakhurst Methodist Churches, Crusader Camps and the Crusader Choir, and a volunteer at the Wayside Chapel in the 1960's. Elizabeth initially became a member of the Central Methodist Mission in 1975 under the Rev Dr Sir Alan Walker, then returned after her years in PNG, spending ten years as a Life Line counsellor and has served her fourteen years as an elder of the 6pm PPP Congregation. She has been involved in fundraising for Wesley Mission since 2000 (7pm candidate for Wesley Spring Fair in 2002) and is still active in this role.
- Mark Scott - Mark Scott is the Managing Director of the ABC since July 2006. For the previous 12 years he worked at John Fairfax Publications. First appointed as Education Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, he filled a number of senior roles at the Herald including Saturday Editor and Deputy Editor before moving into senior executive positions with Fairfax. He was Director of Organisation Development and then appointed Editor-in-Chief of Metropolitan Newspapers. Immediately prior to moving to the ABC he was Fairfax's Editorial Director. Mark has post-graduate degrees from Sydney and Harvard Universities in Government and Public Administration.
- Beverly Smith - previously consultant to Burroughs Computing Systems, Secretary Presbytery of Sydney for 10 years, previously Treasurer of the Maroubra Uniting Church, extensive knowledge of the Uniting Church Administration.
- Dr Keith Suter - first joined Wesley Mission in 1976 and has been involved with the Uniting Church since its creation in 1977. His most recent deployment at Wesley Mission was 1991-2008. He is now doing a PhD on the Uniting Church’s future. He is also a company director, conference speaker, broadcaster, writer and he teaches at both Macquarie University and Boston University (Sydney campus). He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was for many years chair of its Environment Committee.
- Mr Johnny Teong MBA, FCMA, ACIS, ASA, AIMM - Held senior regional and national roles in financial and administrative management in Multinational Corporations, SMEs and NFP organisations in a career spanning nearly 30 years. Elder of International Congregation of Wesley Mission and Sydney Presbytery member. Presently, a staff of the Uniting Church NSW Synod Board of Mission.
- Edmund Wilfred Trafford Walker - Previously General Secretary Board of Finance and Property Uniting Church in Australia 13 years, Financial Manager BP Australia Limited (17 Years). Trained in Industrial Law at Law School of Sydney University, Uniting Ministry for the Ageing 16 years, Board Member Nareen Gardens Retirement Village; Chairman Sydney North Regional Aged Care Board.
Staff members in attendance
- Mr Graham Harris
- Ms Elizabeth Orr, MBA, BA, Dip Ed
- Mr Graham Want, B Eng, Dip Min, B Min, MA (Theol)
- Mr Andrew Watson, BBus, FCPA, FFin, JP
Wesley Mission management committee
- Rev Dr Keith Garner, Chair
- Dr David Greatorex, Hon Secretary
- Mr Graham Harris
- Ms Elizabeth Orr
- Mr Mark Scott, Hon Treasurer
- Mr Andrew Watson
- Mr Graham Want
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