Governance

Queen Margaret College is governed by an appointed Board, their vision for the future of the College is contained in the document, Momentum. The Board encourages open discussion and debate by ensuring information is available to the whole school community. This enables a diverse range of views to be heard.

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.

Current members are:

Chairman - Mr Nigel Bingham, BSc (Hons) First Class, MSc (Dist), Dip BS

  • Executive Director at Pencarrow Private Equity, a business that invests in high growth private New Zealand companies.
  • A former partner of Cameron Partners, an investment bank.
  • A background of nearly 20 years in commerce and finance in Wellington
  • A member of the Board's Finance Committee
  • A director of a number of private companies
  • Has a daughter who currently attends QMC.

Deputy Chair - 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 20+ years experience, he acts for companies in the financial services, manufacturing and energy fields, with significant involvement with major petroleum exploration and production companies. He became a director of the NIX listed New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited in 2000 and was recently appointed to the Board of the National Provident Fund.  
  • Has two daughters who have sttended 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 currently attends 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 sttended 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 V 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.

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
  • Actively involved with Heart Children New Zealand, Friends of the Malaghan Institute and the Wellington College Mothers' Executive
  • 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.

The Board of Governors provides a clear strategic vision for the college which is capably governed and managed.
2008 ERO Review

 

 

 

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