Education has opened many, many doors.
However, there are still innumerable doors shut tight – unopened yet.
These are the doors of the future.
We will help give her the key.

Chairman - Mr Paul Foley BCA, LLB

• Paul is a senior corporate/commercial lawyer based in Wellington, where he is a partner in Minter Ellison Rudd Watts.
• With 25+ years experience, he acts for companies in the financial services, manufacturing and energy fields.
• He is a director of NIX listed New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited, Grosvenor Financial Services Limited and Racing Integrity Unit Limited and is also a Board Member of the National Provident Fund.
• Has two daughters who have attended QMC.

Mrs Lilias Bell, BSc (Hons) Psychology

• Partner of Hendrick and Struggles, a leading international executive search consultancy.
• Established Graham, Bell & Associates to provide executive search and assessment services to Wellington clients.
• 1994 Immigrated to New Zealand. Took up full time parenting.
• 1983 - 1984 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Robert T Jones Memorial Scholar.
• Has a daughter who attended QMC.

Mr Murray Coppersmith BCA, CA

• Murray is a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, based in Wellington
• He has served the maximum term on the PricewaterhouseCoopers Board and has led the Corporate Finance group for the Firm
• In recent years Murray's focus has been on financial management in the public sector, with a particular involvement in the tertiary education sector
• He and Susan have been involved with the College since 1995
• Has two daughters who have attended QMC.

Mrs Georgia Dry, BA

• Representative of the Old Girls' Association
• Mother of two young children
• Business woman
• Georgia comes from a family with a long association with QMC. Her father, Mr Martyn Turner, was Chairman of the Board from 1995 - 2003.

Mr Vince Galvin, BSc (Hons), Dip Social Science (Dist)

• He is a deputy Government Statistician
• Representative of the Queen Margaret College Parents' Association
• Has one daughter who currently attends QMC
• Vince has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in mathematics and a diploma of social science (with distinction) in economics. He is a member of the New Zealand Statistical Association, the New Zealand Association of Economists, and the Leadership Development Centre's Executive Leadership Programme.

Mr Andrew Knight, BMS (Hons)

• Andrew Knight has been chief executive of New Zealand Oil & Gas since December 2011. He first joined the company as a director in early 2008.
• He is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of Waikato University with a BMS (Hons).
• He has previously held executive management roles with Vector and NGC and worked in the energy sector in New Zealand and Australia.
   

Rev. Sharon Ensor, B. Th

• Minister of Religion (Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand)
• Currently has a daughter at Queen Margaret
• A background in accountancy
• Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand since 1988.
• Has served as Chaplain at St Oran's College, Lower Hutt; Minister at St Ronan's Eastbourne and Somervell Presbyterian Remuera and is currently Minister at Wadestown Presbyterian Church.

Mrs Carol Weston BCA, ACA (Retired)

• Educated at Wellington Girls College
• Treasurer of the Queen Margaret College Parents' Association
• Currently on the Board of Trustees for Thorndon Primary School and
  the Wellington Early Intervention Trust
• Mother of two daughters
• Runs 'Beach Retreats' holiday houses.

Mrs Emma Lawler, BA

• President of Old Girls' Association
• Full time mother of five
• Graduated from Victoria University with BA in English Literature
• Chairperson, Wellington@Heart
• Long association with QMC as daughter of an Old Girl and now mother of a current student.

Mrs Kara Eglinton-Ryall, Diploma in Clothing & Textiles

• Previous independent school board experience
• A holder of a Diploma in Clothing and Textiles, she has 20 years work experience in the Textile Industry
• Had her own Tauranga-based business for five years
• Has a daughter at QMC and a son at Scots College.

Andi Shirtcliffe B.Pharm, FPS, PG Dip (Clin) Pharm

• President of the QMC Parents' Assocation
• Deputy Chair, New Zealand College of Pharmacists
• Director, Pharmac's Seminar Series
• Andi is a Pharmacist who provides clinical and advisory services, has previously owned
  her own Pharmacy for several years and has many years governance experience in
  small to medium sized organisations.
• Andi and her husband Geoff have one daughter at QMC, and a son at Wellesley.

Under our gracious old building the foundations which you do not see are there, solid and sound as ever. We build on the achievements of the past but we do not rest on them.

Nancy Black Headmistress 1966 - 1977