Wesley Mission Annual Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 57
Wesley Mission Board
Michael Anderson
Dr Keith Suter AM
Jill Pretty
Tracy Morgan
CEO/Superintendent
MTh (Oxon), DD (Hon)
Non-Executive Director and Chair
BEc, FIAA, Grad Dip (Christian Studies), MAICD
Non-Executive Director
BA (Hons), MA (Hons), PhD, FAICD, FRAI
Non-Executive Director
RN, MN, BN (Admin)
Non-Executive Director
MBA (Macq.). CAHRI, GAICD
Keith has marked out his life and work by commitment to
the wider community. His 40-year ministry, which has
spanned five continents, displays a deep compassion,
demonstrated in action, for people on the margins. Since
his appointment to Wesley Mission in 2006, Keith has led
2,500 staff, over 5,000 volunteers and congregations of
more than 1,500 strong.
Michael is also Chair of Uniting Mission and Education
NSW/ACT and is on the Board of Christian Super. He was
Chair of Uniting Financial Services (a $1.5 billion financial
services provider) and Ecclesia Housing (community
housing). Michael has other roles around strategy,
investments, ethics and leadership and is a member of the
AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Ethics Committee and
Westpac Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
Keith has been involved with the Uniting Church for over
40 years. His most recent PhD focused on the future of
the Uniting Church in Australia. Keith was awarded a
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019
Queen’s Birthday honours for significant service to
international relations and to the Uniting Church in
Australia.
Jill Pretty is a Registered Nurse, who holds a degree in
Nursing Management and a Master in Nursing majoring
in Aged and Palliative Care as well as a Certificate IV in
Training and Assessment. Jill was employed by Aged
and Community Services NSW and ACT (ACS) for 15
years and held the position of Manager of Policy and
Consultancy before being appointed as the Chief
Executive Officer in 2008. Before joining ACS, she was
the Director of Nursing at McQuoin Park, Mercy Family
Centre for 12 years.
Tracy has over 25 years’ executive and consulting
experience, including 10 years running her own
consulting practice, working with organisations
navigating change. Her career spans strategy
facilitation and development, change management,
financial management, executive search, human
resources consulting and organisational design.
Jill currently has her own consultancy where she
delivers training to staff in aged care and advises on
clinical and management issues. Jill is a Fellow of the
Australian College of Nursing and the Australian
Association of Gerontology and a Member of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Tracy is active in church life, currently serving as a
Service Leader, Parish councillor. She was appointed
to the Wesley Mission Board in December 2018.
Rev Keith V Garner AM
Calling on faith and business skills, Keith and his team
steered Wesley Mission through dramatic government
outsourcing and policy changes, the global financial
crisis, soaring numbers of vulnerable Australians, Royal
Commissions, and COVID-19, to build a resilient
organisation, both financially and culturally, serving more
Australians in need.
Keith was made a Member of the Order of Australia in
2015 and is a founding director of End Street Sleeping
Collaboration, partnering with the Institute of Global
Homelessness. His weekly television program, Wesley
Impact! is broadcast each week on the Nine Network
and Australian Christian Channel. His regular radio show
is broadcast internationally on UCB in the UK. Keith is
regularly sought for comment on social issues by a wide
range of media.
Keith was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester,
trained as a preacher and evangelist at Cliff College and
completed formation training at Wesley College, Bristol
before being ordained as a Methodist Minister in 1982.
He later gained a Master of Applied Theology through
the University of Oxford.
Before moving to Australia, Keith led some of Britain’s
largest Methodist churches as well as holding senior
responsibility in the wider church. Keith is married to
Carol and they became Australian citizens in 2008. They
will continue to reside in Sydney upon his retirement
from Wesley Mission at the end of 2020.
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Michael had a wide range of experience at AMP Capital
Investors which spanned a range of senior investment and
general management roles. These roles included Head of
Australian Equities, leader of Australia’s largest Sustainable
Investment Fund and being a company spokesperson on
corporate governance issues. Michael was appointed to
the Board in May 2017 and is a member of all Board
Committees.
Meredith Scott
Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair
BEc, FCA, GAICD
(retired from the Board June 2020)
Meredith is CEO of Opportunity International Australia, an
international aid agency that uses services centred around
microfinance to alleviate poverty in the developing world.
She has held that role since April 2018. Prior to that she
was a partner of Ernst & Young Australia, specialising in
Assurance Services, with 32 years’ experience providing
accounting, reporting and auditing advice to clients in
Australia, Canada and the United States.
Meredith also served as Deputy Chair of Pymble Ladies’
College (a Uniting Church School) and Chair of its Audit and
Risk Committee. Meredith is also an Elder, the Honorary
Treasurer and Outreach Coordinator at Turramurra Baptist
Church. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the Senate of
Sydney University in 2015 for services to the University
Audit and Risk Committee over 10 years. Meredith has
been a Board member for Wesley Mission since July 2014.
Keith is a company director, conference speaker,
broadcaster, writer and teacher at Boston University
(Sydney campus). He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors. He is a well-known contributor to
the media scene in Australia. Keith has been a Board
member since January 2009.
Bernard Boerma
Non-Executive Director
BA, B.Soc.Stud, (1st Class Hons), MBA, MAICD
Bernard has over 25 years of social work and senior
management experience, including over 12 years as CEO
of a large human service agency. He has worked in a wide
range of human service sector organisations – including
mental health, public housing, child protection, aged care,
disability services, juvenile justice and community-based
corrections, family support, homelessness, counselling
and community development. He is currently Secretary of
the Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research
Incorporated and teaches at the University of Sydney.
Bernard has served as an industry leader with community
organisations, for example, the Sydney Alliance, NSW
Council of Social Services, Catholic Social Services
Australia and the Association of Major Community
Organisations. He is committed to ensuring a just society
that promotes the dignity, equality and participation of all
people. He is a member of the Catholic community with
links to the Uniting Church. Bernard is married to Helen,
with two adult children and a grandson. Bernard was
appointed to the Board in May 2017.
Tracy’s board roles include Chair of The Housing
Connection, and Director roles at Sylvanvale Disability
Services and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
Mark Northern
Non-Executive Director
B.Comm, B.Acc, GAICD
Mark is an experienced property and finance executive
with a lengthy record of success in Australia, United
States of America and South Africa. Mark has 30 years
of experience gained at a high performing ASX top 20
global organisation.
Mark was Chair and now a board member of KYDS
Youth Development Service, providing adolescent
mental health services in Northern Sydney, Waterman
Business Centres and a past board member of Wesley
Gardens Aged Care.
Mark is a long-standing member of Roseville Uniting
Church and previously an Elder, Chair of the Church
Council, Treasurer and a member of various
committees. Mark joined the Wesley Mission Board in
July 2017 and is a member of the Finance and Audit
Committee.
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