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The School is operated by Melbourne Anglican Diocesan Schools Commission Ltd (MADSC), a not-for-profit company established, under the auspices of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.

THE BOARD

The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance of the School. The Board appoints the Principal to manage the School on its behalf and holds him or her accountable. The Board in turn is accountable to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne for the performance of the School in carrying out its mission and its wellbeing.

The role of the Board includes:

  • setting strategic objectives
  • approving objectives and policies
  • reviewing the effectiveness of governance arrangements
  • overseeing performance against targets and objectives
  • reporting on the direction, governance and performance of the School.
     

Directors are appointed by Archbishop-in-Council and in some instances by the Board. The current members of the Board are: 

Naomi N Nayagam, MSc Public Policy and Management; BSc (Hons) Information Systems and Management; Diploma Economics; PRINCE 2 Practitioner
Chair of the Board

Experience:

  • Chairperson, MADSC (2026-); Board Director, MADSC (2025); Member of the Finance Committee, MADSC (2024)
  • Project Management Advisor (Infrastructure and Project Management Group, HQ), United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) – ( 2011-)
  • Lay Canon, Member of Chapter and Member of Property and Buildings Committee, St Paul’s Cathedral (2019-)
  • Executive Director, OzCey – Tea Spin of Life (2016-)
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, The World Bank (focused on Africa and the Middle East, including Palestine) – (2020-2024)
  • Principal Strategist, tripleNconsulting (2014-2019)
  • Lecturer, Master of Project Management, RMIT (2019)
  • Director of Business Services, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne (2015-2016)
  • Board Director, Anglican Overseas Aid (2015-2017)
  • Technical Advisor Economic Policy Advocacy and Reform, The Asia Foundation (2004-2011)
  • Melbourne of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Matthew Flowers BSc (Hons) QS (1st Class)
Chair of Property & Projects Committee

Experience:

  • Parent
  • Branch Manager for Johnson Controls
  • Previous Southern Commercial Manager at Honeywell
  • Level 4 BTEC Professional Award in Construction Dispute Avoidance
  • PRINCE2 Project Management
  • Level 5 BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC) Construction

The Reverend Kirsty Leanne Ross BTheol (MCD), PGCE Religious Education (Oxon), GradCertCounselling (MON)

Experience: 

  • Senior Chaplain, Melbourne Girls Grammar (2019- )
  • Area Dean of Stonnington (2022- )
  • Member of the Diocese of Melbourne's Steering Committee for Children's and Young People's Ministry (2023- )
  • Executive Member of the Chaplains in Anglican Schools Network (2022- )
  • Previous Chaplain, Trinity College (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • Foundation Governor, St Luke's Primary School (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • School Governor, The Thomas Alleyene Academy (Stevenage, United Kingdom)
  • Vocations Advisor, Diocese of Ely

Sandra Costanzo, Admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria, MconstrLaw, LLB

Experience: 

  • Construction Lawyer
  • General Counsel, Symal Group of Companies

Trent Rhodes BAppSc - Geomatics, Advanced Diploma - Project Management,
Advanced Diploma - Spatial Information 

Experience: 

  • Parent
  • Director, Road Safety, Department of Justice and Community Safety
  • Program Manager, Road Policing Command, Victoria Police

Linden David Hearn OAM Dip T (Prim) - Grad Dip (Special Ed) - Grad Dip (Education Admin) - MACE - FACEL

Experience: 

  • Previous Principal, Rossbourne School, Hawthorn
  • Previous Classroom Teacher, Rossbourne School, Hawthorn
  • Previous Member, Special Education Commission ISV
  • Previous Panel Member, Riding for the Disabled
  • Previous Dressage Selector, Equestrian Victoria

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