About us

Board of management

Independent Schools Victoria Governing Body

Chairman

Mr Jeremy Kirkwood (Geelong Grammar School)

Principal, Pilot Advisory Group; Chairman, Geelong Grammar School; Former Director – Board of Management, Melbourne Theatre Company; Former Board Member, Midway Ltd.

Deputy Chairman

Dr Anne Waterhouse, MBBS (St Catherine’s School)

Medical Practitioner; Member and Past Chair of Council, St Catherine’s School.

Mr Ken Fehily, B.Ec., FCA, FCPA, FTIA (Bialik College)

Director, Fehily Advisory P/L; Governor of Bialik College; Board of Melbourne Art Foundation; Chairperson, Urban Renewal Authority Victoria; Indirect Tax (especially GST).

Mr Alan P Frees, MAICD (Mentone Girls’ Grammar School)

Founder/Co-Owner - Business Redirections; Lawyer/former partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks; AISV Chairman 2002-2005.

Mr Rod Lyle, Bcom, LLB, MBA (Trinity Grammar School – Kew)

Partner, Clayton Utz; Council Member, Trinity Grammar School – Kew; Director SASS Victoria; Director Pro Medicus Ltd.

Mr Gary Seymour (Fintona Girls’ School)

Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Premium Funding Pty Limited; VIS BGA Board Member; former Managing Director, Willis Australia.

Heads of School

Deputy Chairman

Dr Heather Schnagl, BSc (Hons), PhD, DipEd, MEd, MACE, FACEL, MAICD (Principal, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School)

Independents Schools Victoria representative on Victorian Institute of Teaching Council; Director, The Invergowrie Foundation; former Treasurer, Girls Sport Victoria; former Board Member Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute.

Mr Simon Gipson, BA Grad, Dip Eng, Dip Ed, MEdMan, MACE FAIM (Head of the School, St Michael’s Grammar School)

Member of St Michael’s Grammar School Board of Directors; Treasurer of Centre for Strategic Education.

Mr Philip Grutzner, B.For.Sci., Dip.Ed., MBA, MACE (Principal, Carey Baptist Grammar School)

Board Member of the Association of Ecumenical Schools of Victoria; Board Member of the Australian Anglican Schools Network; AHISA (Vic) State Executive; Founding Council Member Christ the King Anglican College; Board Member of St Mark’s College, Adelaide; Member of the Ethics Committee of St Andrew’s Hospital, Adelaide.

Mrs Jill Healey, BSc, DipEd, MEdSt (Executive Principal, Flinders Christian Community College)

Member State Council Christian Schools Australia Vic/ Tas; former Chairman State Council Christian Schools Australia Vic/Tas; Director of Christian Schools Australia National Council; former Director of Australian Association of Christian School National Council.

Mr Tony Sheumack, MEDAdmin. BSc. DipEd. MACE (Headmaster, Beaconhills College)

AHISA Executive – July 2009 to July 2011; Member of SIS and GIS.

Mr Bruce Simons, Med, Grad Dip Ed Admin, B Ed (Principal, The Hamilton and Alexandra College)

Board Member AHISA Victoria; Hamilton District Skills Centre; Victorian System of Ecumenical Schools.

Co-opted Board Members

VIS BGA Chairman

Mrs Susan Hughes, BA LLB

VIS BGA Chariman; Scotch College Council; former Solicitor; former Executive Officer, Victorian Parents’ Council.

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Mission statement

To realise our Vision, we: advocate for excellence in education, champion Member Schools, support quality education and protect the right of parents to choose where and how their children are educated.

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