Board of Trustees - Chilton Saint James School

Chair

The Venerable Archdeacon Judith Hardie
Dip Tchg, LTh
also Chair of the Human Resources Committee

Secretary to the Board

Mrs Rosemary Humphrey
BBS, CA

Board members      

The Chilton Board of Trustees

Duncan Fraser
B Eng(Hons), Dip Mgment
Managing Director of Acme Engineering Limited in Petone and director of
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) in the Whakapapa and Turoa ski areas on Mt Ruapehu, Duncan is a former Trustee and Chair of the Wellesley College Board of Trustees. During his seven year experience with the Finance, Property and Remuneration committees, he managed the school's building $5.5m redevelopment program to upgrade the Wellesley teaching and administration spaces.
 
A former Chairman of HERA (Heavy Engineering Research Association of New Zealand), Duncan remains a member of the HERA Executive Board directing education, research and the promotion of steel within the wider New Zealand construction and manufacturing industries.


Elizabeth Friend
RN, RNM

Elizabeth joined the Board in 2005.   She has had a long association with Chilton Saint James School, having been a student herself in the Primary School for six years, followed by her daughters Kate, Rebekah and Sarah all as students.  While her daughters were at Chilton, Elizabeth was very closely involved with both the Waterpolo and Life Saving programmes and served on the Old Girls' committee.

Currently the Vicar's Warden in the Parish of St James, Elizabeth is a Trustee of the St James Trust Board and the Suzanne Duncan Educational Trust.  As a Trustee of the Suzanne Duncan Trust, she has an added link with Chilton Saint James School.

Sue Guppy
Dip Pharm, MPS

Sue was born and raised in Putaruru, in the Waikato.  She is married to Wayne and they have two children, Sarita and Madison, both of whom have attended Chilton Saint James School.  Madison is completing Year 13 in 2009.  Sue qualified as a pharmacist in 1976 and bought a pharmacy in Upper Hutt in 1982.  She was in charge of the business for the first ten years after which Wayne (also a pharmacist) took over when they started their family.  Sue and Wayne sold the pharmacy in 1999.  Since then Sue has continued to work part time as a Pharmacist.  As Wayne is now in his second term as the Mayor of Upper Hutt, she has numerous other community commitments as well.

Sue has been heavily involved with Chilton netball for the past few years and her commitment has certainly been appreciated as a selector and coach.

The Venerable Archdeacon Judith Hardie
Dip Tchg, LTh

Judy's early professional years were spent teaching at primary schools before she began working for the Church as a lay woman, then subsequently as an ordained Anglican priest.  In this capacity Judy served at St James Church in Lower Hutt before being made Archdeacon and Vicar of Avalon. After almost thirteen years of ministry there, Judy was called to become Canon in Residence at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul from where she undertakes her ministry each day.

Judy accepted a position on the Chilton Saint James Board of Trustees eight years ago and had the privilege to be appointed as Chair person in 2001.  The years working for this school have been challenging and exciting as the Board has explored and nurtured young women and girls to the highest standards of all round education.  The future continues to be challenging and exciting and Judy is convinced the current Board will work with the Principal to help the school continue in the vanguard of quality education for girls.

Michelle Luping
LLB, BA

The Strategic Partnership Manager with Contact Energy's ICT business unit, Michelle joined the Chilton Board in September 2008.  With Contact Energy Michelle has had experience in the areas of Project Management and Project Services Management also.  Formerly Legal Counsel and Assistant Company Secretary for the Westpac Banking Corporation, she has skills which span the corporate, finance and legal domains.

Married to Patrick Quirke and mother of two current Chilton girls, Michelle is a past Chilton scholar herself and former Head Girl. Currently also President of the Old Girls' Association, she enjoys red wine, good books, chocolate and spending time with her family.

Tony Mc Neil

Tony is a 35-year veteran of the Australasian supermarket and liquor sectors and has been Managing Director of Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Limited since January 1998.  Foodstuffs more successful brands include New World, Pak'nSave and the iconic brand Four Square.

After commencing his career with Coles Myer in management and buying roles, he went on to hold senior management positions with publicly-listed Australian company David Holdings Limited (now Metcash).  His current directorships within Wellington and across the wider Foodstuffs group span a number of related industry sectors including retail, wholesale, food manufacturing, property development, transportation and distribution.

Tony recently joined the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisory board Beachheads, which connects participating Kiwi companies to a network of advisors in selected international markets.

He and Janet reside in Paremata and have one son who attends HIBS and two daughters at Chilton.

Sue Mills
NZRN, NZRMN, SRN(UK)

A long time resident of the Hutt Valley, Sue has had a career as a Nurse.  After retiring Sue has subsequently worked as Office Manager in the family businesses.  She has extensive leadership experience within the Rotary Club and in a range of community based service organisations.

Sue's daughter Belinda attended Chilton, being a Senior Prefect in 1987.  Sue's two grandaughters are enrolled to attend Chilton in the future.

Jason Wong

BSc(Hons)

Jason Wong is Head of Investment Strategy at AMP Capital Investors which manages over $1 billion in New Zealand. Jason has accountability for managing the asset allocation of AMP Capital’s diversified funds and for the delivery of superior performance from the AMP Capital diversified funds and multi-manager funds to the New Zealand market.  Prior to joining AMP in November 2008, Jason was Director of Economics and Strategy at First NZ Capital (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston) for over 13 years and this followed a three year tenure at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Jason is married with two young daughters and lives in central Lower Hutt.