Meet the Board

Peter Hicks – Chair

Peter is an independent company director who previously held senior leadership positions including CEO of Moorebank Intermodal Company and CFO of Leighton Contractors. He has deep commercial, building and finance experience and more than 15 years experience as a Board member on several not-for-profit and commercial boards.

Peter is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds tertiary qualifications in economics, planning and management. He is a current Board member of Anglicare Sydney.

Peter attends St Matthew’s, Manly, where he is also a member of Parish Council and Synod Representative.

Melinda West – Deputy Chair

Melinda is a Senior Manager at Pascoe & Co Chartered Accountants. Her principal areas of expertise are in accounting, audit, superannuation and taxation, with considerable experience gained from auditing many not-for-profit organisations. These include a number of Anglican parishes and diocesan organisations that support the Synod under specific ordinances.

Melinda has been a member of Standing Committee since 2019 and attends the Anglican Parish of Ingleburn with Glenquarie.

Philip Bell OAM

Philip is a retired professional director and is currently Chair of the Board of Anglican Schools Corporations as well as Council Chair for Penrith Anglican College and Marsden Park Anglican College.

Philip attends St Swithun’s, Pymble.

[Please note: Philip Bell will be standing down from the Board at Synod in September 2024.]

Wayne Bramley

Now retired, Wayne has 47 years’ experience in the insurance industry, the last 10 as an independent consultant providing strategic services to major corporates, not-for-profits, and government entities. Wayne spent the preceding 33 years at Marsh Pty Ltd with various roles leading practices providing insurance broking services to ASX 100 companies in the property, finance, media, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors. Roles included oversight responsibility for various not-for-profit organisations including the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.

Wayne has been a Director of Inscon Pty Ltd since 2013 and attends Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.

[Please note: Wayne Bramley will be stepping down from the Board at Synod in September 2024.]

Ewen Crouch AM

Ewen is a professional director, who is currently Chair of Corporate Travel Management and AnteoTech Ltd. He is also a director at BlueScope Steel and Jawun.

Ewen was a Partner at Allens from 1988 to 2013 and served as a member of the firm’s Board for 11 years, including four years as Chairman of Partners. He is now a consultant to Allens, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and attends St Thomas’, North Sydney where he is also a Warden.

Sally Manion

Sally is an experienced non-executive director with prior directorships in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, from start-ups through to major restructures and acquisitions, and in industry segments ranging from financial services through to education, mental health, and youth mentoring.

Sally has deep and extensive business leadership experience from her career as a wealth management and superannuation executive, including leading and building small boutique firms into large sustainable businesses in a complex regulatory environment.

Sally is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, currently serves as Director of Bible Society Australia and Undeceptions Ltd and on The Salvation Army’s Investment Advisory Group, and attends St Matthew’s, Manly.

Rev David Ould

David is the Senior Associate Minister at St John’s Cathedral, Parramatta. He has a BSc in Accounting and Financial Analysis and has worked as a qualified Chartered Accountant in a variety of roles specialising in not-for-profit and superannuation.

David is a previous Deputy Chair of Anglican Super and is a current Council member of Thomas Hassell Anglican College.

Maureen Peatman

Maureen has over 30 years experience practising in the Land & Environment Court of NSW, and was a partner at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers from 2003 to 2019, including six years as Chair of the Board.

Maureen holds a number of other committee memberships through the Law Council of Australia, is a former Board member of Robert Menzies College and attends St John’s, Beecroft.

Ian Pike

Now retired, Ian has 42 years experience in banking and finance covering credit and equity risk management, structured finance (in property, infrastructure, shipping, aircraft and fixed interest) and relationship management. He has held senior executive positions at CBA, Bankwest and Keybridge Capital.

Ian attends St Aidan’s Hurstville Grove.