Executive Board
Executive Board
ISNZ (formerly the Independent Schools Council) is the umbrella organisation for the 43 independent/private schools of New Zealand profiled on this website. In 1991 The Association of the Heads of Independent Schools (AHIS) joined the Trustees or Governors of Independent Schools Council (ISA) to provide a more coherent structure to pursue the best interests of independent schooling in New Zealand. They were joined by a representative from the Bursars Association (ASBA) in 1994. All three organisations have been in existence in New Zealand for many decades under various names.
The Executive of ISNZ:
- is elected by Boards, Principals, and Bursars of ISNZ Member Schools
- provides a forum for discussion and joint action by ISNZ Member Schools
- is committed to choice for parents in the education of their children
- believes that independent schooling provides a proven alternative
- represents 43 independent schools educating over 80% of the 25,000 students in the private schools sector
- was first established in 1992 as the Independent Schools Council (ISC).
List of ISA Executive, ISNZ Executive, AHIS Executive, ASBA Executive.
ISNZ Executive Member Profiles:
| Peter Ferguson, Chairman Peter Ferguson is a solicitor with Simpson Grierson. He has been a partner of that firm for a number of years and specialises in Banking and Finance. |
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| David Bennett Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2006. |
| Merle Boniface Merle Boniface was elected President of ASBA NZ Inc in October 2010, following four terms as Vice-President. Merle is also currently Chairman of ASBA Ltd, the Australasian umbrella body for the various Chapters in Australia and New Zealand. Merle is a member of the conference organising committee for the first ASBA Ltd biennial conference to be held in New Zealand in 2011, and is also Chair of the Speaker committee for this conference. Merle joined Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland as Director of Business and Planning in 1999, following a career in banking, small business development and tertiary education where she held a variety of management and consultancy roles. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2010. |
| Peter Clague Peter Clague was appointed as Executive Principal of Kristin School, Auckland, in 2006. Previously Principal of the Senior School, a position he held from 2000, he has also worked in a variety of schools, state and independent, co-educational and single sex, boarding and day throughout his career. Peter currently chairs the NZ Heads of IB Schools Caucus and has worked as a consultant to other schools in the areas of restructuring and strategic planning. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2008. |
| Peter Couchman Peter Couchman is a Wellington-based Trustee of Christ’s College, Christchurch. He is an Electrical Engineer (Cant) and has until recently run his own business for the last 20 years. Currently a Regional Manager for Masterpet Corp. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2010. |
| Carol Craymer Carol Craymer has been principal of Queen Margaret College, Wellington, since 2004. Prior to that she was Deputy Principal of Takapuna Grammar, Assistant Principal at Orewa College and Head of English at Rangitoto College and Diocesan School for Girls. She has been a recipient of the Woolf Fisher Scholarship to visit Australian schools. She was President of the National Association of Secondary Deputy and Assistant Principals 2003-2004 and President of Auckland Secondary Deputy and Assistant Principals’ Association 1999-2002. She is currently representing ISNZ on the Leaders' Forum. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2010. |
| Simon Leese Simon Leese is Headmaster of Christ’s College in Christchurch. English, son of an Anglican vicar, moved to New Zealand in 2003. Degrees from Durham and Surrey Universities, UK, is a member of the UK Institute of Physics, a Chartered Physicist, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Teachers (formerly Preceptors). Masters degree research concerned the development of scientific and technical disposition in academically able boys. Taught previously at Worksop College, the last of the Woodard Foundation schools to be created in England, and at Loughborough Grammar School, England, founded in 1495. Other experience included volunteer teaching, whilst in training, in a Remand Centre when the UK government raised the school leaving age from 15 to 16 overnight, and appeared to forget a large number of remanded 15 year old offenders who would need lessons in their own facilities! Career spent in boys’ independent schools – has experienced almost everything young men have to offer from concert platforms to police cells, from junior classrooms to the mountains of the Himalayas, from rugby pitches to hospital wards, and from unbridled delight, to wretched misery. Elected to the Board in 2010. |
| Annette Lendrum Queen Margaret College and has been in this role since 1993. She is Vice President of ASBA (NZ) Inc, and one of the two NZ Directors on the Board of ASBA Ltd (Australia). Her previous roles in NZ have been as Administrator, Sprott House Trust, and Bursar at St Mary’s College, Wellington. Co-opted to the ISNZ Board in 2010. |
| David McCulloch David McCulloch has been a Board member on the Saint Kentigern Trust Board since 1999. He is also Old Boy and foundation student at Saint Kentigern School. David is a Past President of the Old Boys Association and is currently involved with the Parents & Friends Association at Pakuranga. He has a wide variety of business interests and is the founder of Arano Fruit Juice. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2004. |
| Julie Moor Julie Moor is Principal of Rangi Ruru Girls’ School in Christchurch. After 20 years in the English department at Linwood College, she began at Rangi Ruru in 1999 as the Deputy Principal, and was appointed Principal in 2002. Rangi Ruru is a Year 7 to 13 school with Boarding from Year 9, and also includes a preschool and a tertiary level Early Childhood College. |
| Garry Moore Garry Moore has been the Chairman of St Andrew's College in Christchurch since 2006. He holds BCom, MBA, Dip F A and CA qualifications and is a member of the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, the New Zealand Institute of Directors and is a full Member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Garry is the Branch Manager of the Christchurch office of the national investment advisory firm, Forsyth Barr Limited. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2008. |
| Sophia Warren Sophia Warren is founder, proprietor and Principal of Springbank School in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands. She is passionate about developing capability, character and confidence in our children and young adults. Springbank represents the special nature of New Zealand’s smaller independent schools. Sophia is vitally interested in maintaining a strong future for independent schools in New Zealand. Elected to the ISNZ Board in 2004. |
| Mr Roger Wigglesworth (ISA, ISNZ) 2011 |
ISNZ Secretariat:
| Deborah James Executive Director |
| Judy Burge Office Manager/Executive Assistant |
| Annabelle O’Meara Events Coordinator |
| Charlie Fairbrother Accountant |
