Trust Board

Dr John Kernohan
Chairman

John has been a Board member since 2000 and was elected as Chairman in 2017. As a past parent, he has had a long association with Saint Kentigern. He was founding Chief Executive Officer of Auckland Uniservices Ltd, a company owned by the University of Auckland to undertake commercial research projects and to develop technology. John is now retired but active in a number of church related organisations.

Mr Mark Conelly

Mark joined the Trust Board in 2016. He is an Old Collegian and has also served terms of office as both the President of the Old Collegians Association and as Chair of the Boys’ School Parents and Friends. He has over 25 years of governance experience and brings significant commercial and not-for-profit expertise to the Board across a number of sectors. Mark is also Deputy Chairman of Ronald McDonald House Charities NZ as well as Chair of their Finance/Audit Sub-committee.

Mr Yong Tiong

Currently a parent of a boy and a girl at our two primary schools, Yong brings a commitment to Saint Kentigern through his children, along with valued business expertise. Born in Malaysia, Yong and his family identify themselves as Kiwis and see Auckland as their home. Holding a Masters in Finance and Economics from Monash University (Melbourne), Yong is a director on several boards and has significant commercial experience in New Zealand and overseas. Yong has a close association with his local Presbyterian Church.

Mrs Rosemary Harris
Deputy Chairman

One of the longest serving, Rosemary has been a Board member since 1996 and was elected as Deputy Chairman in 2017. Rosemary is a past parent at both the College and the Boys’ School. She is a Past President of the St Cuthbert’s Old Girl’s Association. Rosemary is particularly involved with the Boys’ School and is on the Roselle Foundation committee; part of the Saint Kentigern Development Office which focuses on fundraising for the Boys’ School and other philanthropic activities.

Rev David Connor

David is a former Parish Minister, Prison Chaplain and National Director of the Prison Chaplaincy Service Aotearoa NZ.  Now retired, he is an Associate minister of the St Luke's Presbyterian Church, Remuera and is involved in Northern Presbytery. He has three adult children and has served on the Board since 2011.

Mrs Kelly Smith

Mrs Smith, currently a Year 9 parent, has had a very long association with Saint Kentigern. Her four children have attended, with four having graduated from the Boys’ School and three from the College.  She has been a very active parent, and strong supporter of our values. Robert, her husband is an Old Collegian.

With a background in sales and marketing management at two large food manufacturers in Australasia, Kelly has more recently established her own consulting and training business which specialises in sales and marketing, leadership training, mergers and acquisitions, planning and strategy development. Many of her clients are overseas. Her training involvement has led her to an interest in education, particularly in aspects of information technology.

Dr Bruce Goodfellow

The Goodfellow name has been synonymous with Saint Kentigern since its early beginnings. Bruce has been a Trustee since 1984 and was Chairman from 2000 - 2017. He is also an Old Collegian, having attended both the School and the College and is a past Saint Kentigern parent. Bruce is a Director of Nufarm Ltd (Group), Sulkem Co Ltd (Group) and Refrigeration Engineering Co Ltd (Group). He has a doctorate in chemical engineering and broad corporate management and financial experience. He is also trustee of a number of charitable organisations and dedicated well over 30 years to the Saint Kentigern Trust Board.

Mr Andrew Morgan

Mr Andrew Morgan is an Old Collegian of the College, along with his two brothers, and has just concluded a nine year term as President of the Saint Kentigern Old Collegians Association. During this time he has developed a large personal network within the Old Collegians membership both in NZ and overseas.  The Trust Board noted that Andrew has been a tireless, loyal supporter of Saint Kentigern ever since his graduation.

Andrew attended Lincoln University and has been in the banking and finance industry for over 30 years and is currently the Managing Director - NZ of Australian finance company, Balmain Commercial Mortgages Ltd, which specialises in financing commercial property transactions, being a position he has held for 13 years.

Mrs Kim McGregor

Kim joins the Trust Board with a boy and a girl currently attending our Middle College, one of whom was a foundation pupil at the age of three. She has also long been actively engaged as a parent at both the Girls’ and Boys’ Schools and brings expertise as a trained teacher and leader in education and business. Kim has held senior sales and management roles in the field of ITC in education and more recently has been appointed a director of several large international property development businesses. She is soon to become a chartered member of the Institute of Directors. Kim and her family are very active in her church.

Mr Murray King

Appointed to the Board in 2012, Murray is a commercial lawyer and a partner of Bell Gully. He currently practices commercial law with an emphasis on the financial services sector.  He has been the Department Leader for Bell Gully’s Financial Services Team since 2008 and, in that capacity, serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is also Chair of the firm’s Staff Committee, which is responsible for developing and implementing their Human Resources policy for a staff of just over 300 across their Auckland and Wellington offices. Murray has two sons at the College.

Rev Martin Baker

Martin Baker has been a Saint Kentigern parent and is an appointee of the Northern Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Currently the minister of Clevedon Presbyterian Church, which offers an ambitious daily family programme, Martin was previously the national executive officer of the Presbyterian Church based in Wellington with a team of 27.   In that role, he provided strategic, management and administrative leadership for the church.  Prior to that, he served the church in parishes in Dunedin, Wellington and St Heliers.  He has wide interests including in environmental concerns.

Martin is a strong supporter of Presbyterian Schools and their connection to the church.

Dr Kevin Morris

Kevin joins the Trust Board as an Old Collegian and a parent at the Boys’ School, having also been Head Prefect at the College in 1985 and also as a teacher from 1989 to 1992. After studying at the University of Otago, he began his career in independent schools in England and New Zealand, when he was also on the teaching staff at the College and Bruce House. He has worked for corporations and universities in Boston and New York for many years and completed a doctorate in education from Boston University. He returned to New Zealand in 2003 and is the Director of Learning and Teaching in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at The University of Auckland.