THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

Ainslie is Chief Executive Officer of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).

For more than 20 years, Ainslie enjoyed a parallel career as a law partner and non-executive Director, before progressing into senior executive roles at Westpac.

In addition to serving as Kambala’s President of School Council, Ainslie currently serves as a Commissioner of Legal Aid NSW, Chair of Chartered Accountants Worldwide, Director of Global Accounting Alliance, and is a member of Chief Executive Women, Australia.

An Australian Financial Review Women of Influence winner, Ainslie has one daughter who is an alumna of Kambala, and another who is currently attending. She grew up in regional Australia.

Catherine has been a respected Investment Adviser at JB Were for the past 28 years and is currently an Executive Director. Catherine is also Chair of The Butterfly Foundation, a National Organisation, which provides support for those with eating disorders.

Caroline has practised as a lawyer, worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and held the role of Chief Advocacy Officer at International Justice Mission Australia. More recently she has worked at the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and Austrade.

Giselle was educated at Kambala and the University of NSW, graduating in Medicine with the University Medal. She currently works as a Consultant Haematologist at Prince of Wales Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick. She is responsible for inpatient and outpatient clinical care, laboratory oversight, and junior doctor supervision and training. Giselle established the HOW Collaborative (Haematology in Obstetric and Women’s Health) – a national multidisciplinary collaboration that focuses on research, education and advocacy for women with Haematological disorders, especially in pregnancy. Giselle and her husband have three daughters and a son, and are active members of St Luke’s Anglican Church, Clovelly.

Dr Coupland is a highly skilled secondary and tertiary educator in Mathematics. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney after having been Director of the Mathematics and Science Study Centre there for 13 years. As a consultant Dr Coupland contributes to syllabus development for the NSW Education Standards Authority and has been an advisor to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority regarding the Australian Curriculum.

Anna is Head of Legal & Compliance at Roche Diagnostics Australia and Member of the Executive Leadership Team where she leads the legal and compliance team and is responsible for designing, managing and overseeing the governance and strategic framework for compliance and business sustainability.

Anna has 25 years experience in corporate law having worked in private practice and in-house leadership roles for well-known FMCG and Healthcare brands on a local and global scale. Anna has a reputation as an expert in the field of intellectual property, information technology, governance and risk management and a trusted advisor to senior management, boards and industry bodies.

Rowena is Co-founder & CEO of drinks branding agency Denomination, which has offices in Sydney, London, San Francisco and New York. Denomination’s clients include large global players, including Treasury Wine Estates, Pernod-Ricard, E&J Gallo, Asahi and Remy Cointreau, as well as medium to small spirits, wine and beer businesses. Rowena lectures and chairs panels in design, innovation, leadership and branding, and is a regular contributor to drinks and design press. She is a third generation Old Girl; her daughter graduated from Kambala in 2023.

Jamie is Chief Executive of RSM Australia who specialise in assurance, tax and consultancy services. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of RSM and managing the operations of the practice which has 32 offices and more than 1,600 staff. Prior to taking on this role, he gained over 25 years of experience providing tax and business advisory services to Australian SMEs and Australian subsidiaries of international companies. He regularly speaks to the media and in the marketplace about the changing landscape of professional services.

Andromeda has 20 years-experience as a lawyer and business executive both locally and internationally. She completed a combined Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Marketing) and Bachelor of Law degree at Sydney University with first class honours. Andromeda commenced her career as a lawyer at Freehills, in the Corporate and Banking/Finance divisions. She is currently legal counsel at ASX listed White Energy Company Limited. Andromeda is a director of a number of private companies and has previously been on the board of an international charity. Andromeda has one daughter at Kambala.

Andres is a Partner at BDO, a global accounting and advisory firm. Andres delivers general business advisory, accounting and tax services to a broad range of clients with a focus on global corporations with business interests in Australia.

Andres is also non-executive director of several multinational organisations. Andres is currently on the board of an educational not-for-profit organisation with a national footprint.