School Council

The governing body of Guildford Grammar School, the School Council, is comprised of twelve Fellows. 

Five Fellows are nominated by the Perth Diocesan Council, one by the Archbishop of Perth, two by the Old Guildfordians Association, one by the Parents & Friends Society and three elected by the Fellows themselves.
 
The School Council’s role is to govern the School, while it is the function of the Principal and Senior Management to manage the organisation in accordance with the policies and directions of the School Council.  The School Council and the Principal work in partnership to achieve the purpose or mission of the School.
 
The School Council establishes the strategic settings for the School which state the Purpose of the School, its core values and its strategic direction.  Based on the strategic settings, the School Council approves the strategic plan developed in partnership with the Principal and staff.  The Principal and staff implement the strategic plan within a set of policies established by the School Council. 
 
Progress on the implementation of the strategic plan is monitored by the School Council through regular reports from the Principal.
 
The work of the School Council is carried out in accordance with the School Governance Charter.  The Charter, which is subsidiary to the School’s Constitution and Rules and relevant statutory regulations, acknowledges the interdependence of the members of the School family and the mutual accountability that accompanies working together for the common good.  It is based on transparent, responsible and regenerative processes for the good governance of the School.
 

FELLOWS OF COUNCIL

 
Name: Mr Roger Port
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Audit & Risk Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: BA, FCA, SF Fin, FAICD
 
Experience: Chartered accountant; former PwC partner; non-executive director of MG Kailis Holdings, Eagle Mountain Mining, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Guildford Grammar School Foundation; past Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Business, finance, risk and governance
 
 



Name: Peter McLachlan
 
Role: Fellow of Council (Deputy Chair), Audit & Risk Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: Adv Dip Fin Serv (Broking), GAICD
 
Experience: Executive General Manager – Strategy & Operations EBM Insurance Brokers; formerly Regional Manager QBE Insurance WA/SA/NT; current Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Business and sales management
 
 




Name: Monique Brown
 
Role: Fellow of Council
 
Qualifications and Memberships: BApSci. GradDipEd
 
Experience: Teacher; farmer; Chair of Hyden Community Resource Centre; Hyden Primary School Board Member; past Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Education, boarding, communication, well-being
 
 




Name: Michael Hillgrove
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Treasurer, Chair of Audit & Risk Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: Bachelor of Business, FCA
 
Experience: Chartered accountant, partner of Grant Thornton, past Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Accounting, auditing, finance




 
 
 
Name: Sean Johnstone
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Audit & Risk Committee, Chair of Boarding Redevelopment Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: Bachelor of Business (Economics & Financial Management), Master’s Degree (Leadership & Management), AAICD
 
Experience: Director of Oxygen Corporate, BullAnt Security, Swivelpole; past board member of Guildford Grammar School Foundation; past Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Strategy, business performance, project management, finance and risk



 
 
Name: Peter Kerr
 
Role: Fellow of Council
 
Qualifications and Memberships: Bachelor of Economics (Hons)
 
Experience: Executive Manager Strategy & Business Development at Western Power; former Reserve Bank Economist, Bureau Chief for the Australian Financial Review and Chef; Old Guildfordian
 
Areas of speciality: Communication and marketing, strategy, media, Government relations
 
 




Name: Paul Lampropoulos
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Boarding Redevelopment Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: LLB, BComm (Fin)
 
Experience: General Manager Aigle Royal Group; Old Guildfordian; past School Captain.
 
Areas of speciality: Property development, law
 
 





Name: Mr Russell Lester
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Audit & Risk Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: BEc, F Fin, GAICD
 
Experience: Immediate Past President of Guildford Grammar School Foundation and current board member; Executive Director of the Lester Group of Companies; Director of The Lester Prize; Old Guildfordian
 
Areas of speciality: Business, investment and finance
 
 




Name: Danielle Norrish
 
Role: Fellow of Council
 
Qualifications and Memberships: GAICD, Member of Chamber of Arts & Culture Western Australia, Member of the Perth Advertising and Design Club
 
Experience: Executive Director of Black Swan State Theatre Company; previously State Manager of The Communications Council; past P&F President and FOPS Secretary; current Guildford Grammar School parent.
 
Areas of speciality: Marketing, advertising, public relations, not-for-profit business management, advocacy
 
 



Name: Gregory Seach
 
Role: Fellow of Council (Archbishop’s Nominee)
 
Qualifications and Memberships: Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Dip. Ed (Syd.); B.D. (Hons.), Adv. Dip. Min (MCD); PhD (Cantab)
 
Experience: Warden, Wollaston Theological College; Adjunct Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, Murdoch University; Adjunct Fellow in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Philosophy and Theology, The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Fremantle Campus), Member, Board of the Anglican Schools Commission; previously Dean and Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge and Adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge and Boarding House Tutor, Melbourne Grammar School.
 
Areas of speciality: Education
 
   
Name: Mitchell Wells
 
Role: Fellow of Council, Audit & Risk Committee
 
Qualifications and Memberships: LLB, BComm
 
Experience: Director & Legal Counsel, Resonance Health Ltd; Board Member Old Guildfordians Association; past board member of Guildford Grammar School Foundation; Old Guildfordian.
 
Areas of speciality: Business, law and governance
 
 
 



Secretary to Council
Mr Tim Cocks CA, CTP Snr, CTA, FGIA, FCIS, B.Bus, Grad Dip (Accounting)