College Council

The College Council is responsible for the governance oversight of Wesley College. There are two student councilors (including the Senior Student) and clerical members nominated by the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church. The balance is elected by the Old Collegians. The Master is also a member of the Council.

Council members

Name	Position
Neil Gibson	Chair / Independent Council Appointee
Lisa Sutherland	Master / CEO
Fiona Nash	Old Collegian Elected Member
Ineke Williams	Old Collegian Elected Member
Sally Kay	Old Collegian Elected Member / Council Secretary
Richard Cross	Uniting Church Appointee
Catherine Hallgath	Uniting Church Appointee
Trevor Robertson	Uniting Church Appointee
David Pigott	Uniting Church Appointee
Andrew Stigter	Uniting Church Appointee / Old Collegian Elected Member
TBC	UC Synod Appointee
Charlie Daniell	Senior Student
Hayley Binnekamp	Student Representative

Neil Gibson

Chair of Council

Neil Gibson (fr 82) was appointed as Chairman of the Wesley Council at the AGM held on May 2022, having previously been a Council Member for the prior two years.

Neil is an Old Collegian (1982 to 1985) and was Senior Student in his last year. He achieved another successful “Wesley marriage” when he married Suzie Carlon (who attended Wesley during the same years) in 1993. Neil has maintained close links to Wesley in recent years as his three children, Jack, Harry and Lily all attended Wesley, whilst Suzie has been actively involved in the Wesley Foundation.

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