Shore: board of trustees chaired by collar-bomb hoax victim dad and IT honcho Bill Pulver
Sydney Grammar School: trustees chaired by former Fairfax CEO (nowTrade Me chair) David Kirk and included Federal Court judge Arthur Emmett and QC Mark Tedeschi
The King’s School: run by church worthies
The Scots College: chaired by TressCox Lawyers partner Philip Mitchell
Tudor House: supported by ex-school captain and cricketer James Packer; overseen by the King’s board
Wenona School: deputy chair is Family Court judge Ann Ainslie-Wallace
Victoria
Brighton Grammar: Guy Rundle and Warwick Capper went there but they’re probably not feted by the dynamic board duo of PriceWaterhouseCoopers partners John Yeoman and Ian Paroissien and Corrs, Chambers Westgarth partner Peter Ickeringill.
Camberwell Grammar: chaired by Fair Work Australia deputy president Greg Smith
Carey Baptist Grammar School: heaving 11-strong board includes Carin Kloppers (Marius’ wife), ex-Orica CEO Graeme Liebelt, triumphant Bruce Guthrie unfair dismissal barrister Norman O’Bryan SC and the Grattan Insititute’s Ben Jensen
Caulfield Grammar School: chaired by super fund supremo and Grand Master Mason John Evans. Boardroom seat presumably kept warm for old boy Nick Cave but not killer Matthew Wales.
Fintona Girls School: finance committee convener is Victorian Funds Management Corporation client services tsar Malcolm Ashbolt
Firbank Grammar School: chaired by real estate identity Peter Trumble
Geelong College: board stacked full of G-town players including Michael Betts and hardware notable Barry Fagg
Geelong Grammar: Rupert Murdoch’s alma mater chaired by high-powered investment banker and former Alan Stockdale CoS Jeremy Kirkwood. Directors include former ASIC deputy chair and super review specialist Jeremy Cooper, Tabcorp (and Leighton and ANZ and Lion) director Paula Dwyer and Rupert’s nephew Paddy Handbury.
Haileybury College: chaired by former Allens Arthur Robinson managing partner Tom Poulton
Ivanhoe Grammar School: Stephen Mayne and Harry Jenkins alma mater chaired by Pro Medicus director and former Patties, Danks Holdings Limited and Ernst & Young Corporate Finance managing partner Peter Kempen
Kilvington Baptist Girls’ Grammar School: health sector heavy board including psychiatry Professor Jayashri Kulkarni and Eastern Health director Stuart Alford
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School: council members include former Channel Nine and Herald & Weekly Times journo and CoS-turned beak Sally Gluyas
Lauriston Girls’ School: chaired by Ashurst partner (former BDW) Elspeth Arnold. Where’s Healthy, Wealth and Wise’s former roving ambassador and old girl Felicity Kennett?
Melbourne Girls’ Grammar: Mallesons’ partner Michael Clough looks after governance while ex-beef industry figure and former AWB director Fred Grimwade chairs the finance committee
Melbourne Grammar School: chaired by former Monash Uni VC Peter Larkins with Jim Cousins AO also on the board.
Mentone Girls’ Grammar: former La Trobe Uni chancellor Sylvia Walton (current St Catherine’s principal) and multicultural guru Hass Dellal OAM
Mentone Grammar: chaired by pharma identity Simon Appel OAM. Needs to get old boy Shane Warne back.
Methodist Ladies’ College: hallowed Hawthorn power-nexus starring Louise Adler, Ahmed Fahour, Bernard Salt, Belinda Probert, Brendan Fleiter, PwC managing partner (and Melbourne Uni Student Union services arm chair) Tony Peake, Patrick Ng and Julie Landvogt. Board was previously chaired by former Qantas chair Margaret Jackson.
Peninsula School: led by foundation chair and company director around town Ron Zammit
Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC): property and planning sub-committee chaired by Supreme Court justice and VCAT president Greg Garde QC
Ruyton Girls’ School: high-powered fund manager general counsel Kathryn Watt nicely complemented by former Crikey editor turned smooth-talking ABC Radio National host Jonathan Green. Need to get old girl Michelle Grattan on when she leaves Capital Hill.
Scotch College: uber-director David Crawford (BHP Billiton, Lend Lease, ex-Foster’s, Westpac and National Foods) headed up a coterie of blue-chippers before his resignation earlier this month. Luckily, former federal Liberal minister and state Liberal president David Kemp was on hand to step up. BoA Merrill Lynch local chieftain Craig Drummond, PwC partner Michael Happell and Bell Potter stock picker Michael Sim round out the clique, which is relentlessly promoted on the school’s website.
St Catherine’s School: Toorak accent-warp specialists boast Ashurst partner and Qantas foundation chair John Field as deputy chair and capital markets gatekeeper Allan Holmes as treasurer
St Michael’s Grammar School: Your Rights at Work mastermind and Asher’s uncle Richard Keddie (Little Fish) toils alongside Federal Court Judge Michelle Gordon and ANZ global finance go-to man Paul Orton
Trinity Grammar School: chair is Garry Ringwood, ex-RMIT deputy chancellor and former Amcor board member; no sign yet of balaclava-wearing AMWU run-through specialist Craig Johnston (who also went to Carey).
Wesley College: stable operation with chair Peter Harrison serving for 20 years. The only private school to protest at S11 also boasts PwC partner and board member Peter Le Huray and Linfox executive Andrew Nicholls.
Xavier College: board features priests, 3AW general manager Shane Healey and serial director and ex-Foster’s Asia MD Jim King. Beer connection confirmed with former Foster’s CFO Tony Reeves also saddling up. Some of the sponsor’s product was no doubt central to some of these well-documented incidents.
South Australia
Scotch College Adelaide: plenty of SA notables including former Ernst & Young partner and founding Ferrier Hodgson partner Ross Haslam
St Peter’s College: board includes SA Labor’s “chairman of choice” and Olympic Dam adviser Bruce Carter. The Ferrier Hodgson partner/superdirector is also on Julia Gillard’s GST review panel
Queensland
Anglican Church Grammar School: mostly old boys and mid-tier directors at ‘Churchie’, although Sally Pitkin is a former Clutz partner, deputy chairman of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation and a member of the Queensland Competition Authority
Brisbane Boys’ College, Clayfield College, Somerville House and Sunshine Coast Grammar are all overseen by the Prebyterian and Methodist Schools Association dominated by church leaders. Federal Court judge Andrew Greenwood is on the BBC council though.
Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School: chaired by Elizabeth Jameson, director of Tarong Energy, RACQ and MAP Funds Management Ltd; treasurer is Tony Youn
St Margaret’s: big pro-director chair in Annabelle Chaplain who helps run PanAus, the Board of Taxation, Downer edi, Canstar and Honeycombes Property Group. Risk Management Committee chair Glenys Hodges is special counsel at Allens Arthur Robinson.
The Southport School: chaired by former rugby union champion Fraser Perrin; deputy chair is local KPMG point man Paul Steer.
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Grammar: chaired by senior John Howard cabinet office operative and Westpac lobbyist Mark Baker with veteran former Mallesons’ partner Ian Johnson as vice.
Canberra Church of England Girls’ Grammar School: chaired by former APS assistant secretary Robyn McKay. McKay was on the independent panel advising the Productivity Commission on its study into the feasibility of a disability insurance scheme.
Western Australia
St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School: resource-sector central board with representatives of Illuka and BHP Billiton holding forth
Hale School: mostly mid-ranking old boys with the important exception of LotteryWest CEO Jan Stewart and Woodside Energy VP Mary Hackett
St Hilda’s: deputy chair is current Fortescue spinner and ex-Colin Barnett chief-of-staff Deidre Willmott; chair is WA Senior Women Lawyer of the Year Karen Farley
PLC Perth: Tracey Horton, director of Skilled Group, is chair while Takeovers Panel member Robin Ahearn on the business and finance committee
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