Governance

Board of Directors

Tony Deavoll

Tony Deavoll has been a member of the CES Board since 2000 and its chairman since 2004.

He is also chairman of the Shirley Boys High School Board of Trustees,Chairman of the Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA), and a Member of the National Council of the NZSTA .

Tony brings to the CES Board substantial experience gained through a long career in education; teaching for 11 years and later serving for 12 years as Head of the Hospitality Management faculty at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.

Tony is a Justice of the Peace and in 2002, in recognition of his services to the community, was awarded The New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).

Catherine Muir

Catherine Muir , Consultant at Christchurch law firm, Wynn Williams and Co, Solicitors is a member of the New Zealand Law Society, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a senior member of the New Zealand Trustees Association and a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand Inc.

Phil Holstein

Phil Holstein, Principal of Riccarton High School,is the Secondary Principals' Association representative on the CES Board being appointed in June 2011.

Graeme McGlinn

Graeme McGlinn has been on the CES Board for 4 Years and Deputy Chairman since 2008.

He is a Chartered Accountant of 27 years experience, and has been an audit partner and director of accounting firm Grant Thornton for 18 years.

In addition to being a Chartered Accountant (CA) of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, where he sits on the Practice Review Board, Graeme is also a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.