Biographies of PMSA Councillors



Mr Des Robinson, B.Com (Hons), FCPA, ACA, AAUQ - Council Member since 1990

  • Chairman - PMSA,
  • Chairman - Appointments & Remuneration Committee, Member - Audit & Finance Committee
  • Director - Grammar Early Learning Limited
  • Company Director, Retired accountant & registered company auditor; former Director - Mission Australia; Investor with business interests

 

Rev Guido Kettniss, BA, BD – Council Member since 1987

  • Deputy Chairman - PMSA,
  • Chaplain To The Chaplains, Member - Sunshine Coast Grammar School Council, Appointments and Remuneration Committee, Education and Pastoral Care Committee
  • Presbyterian Church Minister; Clerk of Presbytery of Brisbane; Business Convenor of the Assembly, Presbyterian Church of Australia; former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Qld; Owner/manager of the Christian Reformed Bookshop; Member, Emmanuel College Council, Qld University; Former PMSA Chairman


Mrs Linda Costello, BHealthSc - Council Member since 2005

  • Councillor
  • Member - Somerville House Council
  • Member - PMSA Education and Pastoral Care Committee
  • Medical Administrator, Accredited Workplace Health and Safety Officer  


Rt Rev John Gilmour – Council Member since 1999

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Clayfield College Council, Member - Appointments and Remuneration Committee, Abuse Reference Committee
  • Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Qld 2008-09; Minister of Peace Presbyterian Church, Deception Bay; has an extensive business management and financial services background

 

Mr Peter Henderson FCPA, FFin, MAICD (BBus,GDMgmt,G Dip Finance & Investment) - Council Member since 2009

  • Councillor
  • Accountant; director of Drug Arm Australasia; director of IOR Group Ltd; member of St David's Uniting Church; Rotarian; former director of the Wesley Hospital and Uniting HealthCare

         

Mr Geoffrey Hines, MA(Oxon), DipEd, FAIM, FAICD, FAHRI, FIPD(UK) - Council Member since 2005

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Brisbane Boys' College Council
  • Member -  PMSA Audit and Finance Committee; PMSA Appointments and Remuneration Committee
  • Executive Chairman of Hines Management Consultants Pty Ltd, an executive search and selection firm; Director of Blocksidge and Ferguson Limited; Past President of the Australian Institute of Management; former Chairman, Lyric Opera of Queensland; Past President of the Brisbane Arts Theatre, and former Councillor of both the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and the Brisbane College of Education.   

Mr Stephen Howell, FCPA - Council Member since 2009

  • Councillor
  • Member - PMSA Audit and Finance Committee
  • Executive Manager Corporate Services, Qld Police Credit Union
  • Director, Emmanuel College, Univeristy of Queensland
  • former corporate regulator 

 

Dr Wendy Jeays, MBBS, A.Mus.A - Council Member since 1995

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Somerville House Council, Member - Appointments & Remuneration Committee, Abuse Reference Committee
  • Medical Practitioner, Principal of Ashgrove Avenue Family Practice.

 

Mr Robert McCall, BA, MA - Council Member since 2002

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Education & Pastoral Care Committee, Deputy Chairman - Somerville House Council
  • Inspector in the Queensland Police Service; various leadership positions with the Presbyterian Church, including Committee of Management


Mrs Jacqueline McPherson, LLB - Council Member since 1992

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Abuse Reference Committee, Member - Brisbane Boys’ College Council, Honorary Equal Opportunity Officer
  • Solicitor; former solicitor with the Brisbane City Solicitor’s Office

 

Mr Bernie Stein, BA, DipPubAdmin, FRIPA, FAICD - Council Member since 1977

  • Councillor
  • Chairman - Sunshine Coast Grammar School Council; Chairman - Grammar Early Learning Limited; Member - Appointments & Remuneration Committee
  • Company Director; Former Assistant Under Secretary of Queensland Treasury and former Chairman of Stanwell Electricity Authority; PMSA Nominee on the AISQ Block Grant Authority; Former Chairman of PMSA

 

Mr Richard Wilkinson, (B.Ed., Cert. Ed.) - Council Member since 2007

  • Councillor
  • Member - Education & Pastoral Care Committee, Sunshine Coast Grammar School Council 
  • Former primary school principal, Quality Assurance Officer (Curriculum), Education Consultant in schools & cultural change, various leadership positions in local Presbyterian churches

 

Mr Michael Willis, PMSA Executive Manager