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Board Members

WALSHtrust is governed by a board of seven Trustees, led by Chairperson Suzanne Sinclair. Board members come from various backgrounds, bringing diverse skills and valuable experience to the Trust.

 

Pictured: Back row (L to R): Ian MacClure, Madhavan Raman, Simon Bratley, Dr Bob Large. Seated (L to R): Dorothy McGray, Suzanne Sinclair, Andy Cawston.



Chairperson:
Suzanne Sinclair

 
  • Regional Relationship Manager (Family and Community Services, Ministry of Social Development)
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Ex MP for Titirangi
  • Former Auckland City Councillor

Finance Chair:
Madhavan Raman
  • Former Regional Manager, Housing New Zealand Corporation, South Auckland Region
  • Long serving member of WALSHtrust Board

Ian MacClure
  • Community Representative
  • NEC, Field Engineer, Managed Technology Services
  • Long serving member of WALSHtrust's Board

Dr Bob Large
  • Psychiatrist, Auckland Regional Pain Service, Auckland District Health Board

Dorothy McGray
  • Retired
  • Acting Chairperson of Whau Ward Adult & Community Education Centre
  • Previously employed as Manager of the Waitakere Workers' Education Association Inc.
  • Community Representative on Project Twin Streams Opanuku Stream Management/Advisory Group

Andy Cawston
  • Chairman and Chief Executive, International Alliance of Guardian Angels NZ Charitable Trust
  • Client, WALSHtrust
  • Trustee, Waitakere SDA School
  • Chairman, Finance Committee - Mangere East Family Services Centre Board of Governors
  • Ex-PricewaterhouseCoopers Senior Manager, Risk Management
  • Master Mason at large


Simon Bratley

 
  • Finance Committee Member
  • Director and Shareholder at Davenports West Lawyers Limited
  • Trustee of Henderson Rotary Charitable Trust

 

Board Members' Responsibilities

  • Planning
  • Financial stewardship
  • Human resources stewardship
  • Performance monitoring and accountability
  • Risk management
  • Community representation and advocacy
  • Management of critical transactional phases
  • Complaints review.

Board Decisions

Board decisions are made as a group at Board meetings at which a quorum of the Board is present. A quorum is required for the transaction of any business of the Trust.

Decisions are ideally made through a consensus development process leading to a formal vote to record the decision. This process is intended to encourage full discussion and development of a decision that all, or at least the largest possible majority of, Board Members can support prior to a vote.

Where disagreements continue to exist, dissenting members may request that their objections be recorded in the minutes. A favourable vote of a majority of the members present, regardless of abstentions, is required for approval.