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.

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 is an Associate at Christchurch law firm, Wynn Williams and Co. where she practices in commercial and company law, trusts, charities and not-for-profit organisations. She contributes a particular interest and expertise in governance, strategic planning and governing documents (e.g. Constitutions and Trust Deeds).

Catherine has been a trustee on the Elmwood School for 5 years and was appointed its chair in 2009.

She is a member of the NZ Law Society, the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Trust Special Interest Group, a senior member of the New Zealand Trustees Association and a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.

John Laurenson

John Laurenson has been Headmaster of Shirley Boys High School since 1996 and was appointed to the CES Board in 2004.

He is also the Principals Representative to the board from The Canterbury, West Coast and North Otago Principals Association, where he is Treasurer, and represents that organisation on the Education Forum.

John is also Secretary to the Christchurch North Rotary Club.

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.