Board member profiles

Sue Hart

BA, MBus, FAICD

Board Chair

Risk Management Committee (Chair); Executive Committee

Sue's association with CGGS began in 1971, when she joined the School in Year 11 and became School Vice-Captain in 1972. Her two daughters, Madeleine (2000) and Stephanie (2005) joined CGGS in 1996. She currently has three granddaughters enrolled in the School. Sue was appointed to the School Board in 2000. She was previously Deputy President of the Parents & Friends Association, and President of the Grammarians' Association. Sue runs her own successful secretariat and governance services business, following careers in federal politics and the public service.

Alan Francis

BEc (Hons), BA

Finance and Audit Committee; Development, Masterplan and Building Committee

Alan has been a member of the Schoool Board since 2008 and on the Gabriel Foundation Limited Board since 2007. Alan's three daughters, Laura (2018), Sarah (2014) and Rebecca (2016), are members of the CGGS community. Alan started his career as a graduate in the Department of the Treasury and has also worked in the Office of Assets Sales and IT Outsourcing, the Department of Defence, the New Zealand Treasury, and as a manager and policy analyst for the Department of Finance.

Dr Nick Hartland

BA (Hons), PhD

Risk Management Committee

Nick works in the field of aged care for the Department of Health, focusing on improving support for people with disability, their families and carers. Nick has a PhD in Criminology from Melbourne University and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science. He is married to Penelope Susan Cottier and their daughter, Zoe (2018), attended CGGS. Nick is a keen surfer and the family regularly spends time on the south coast.

Rod Sutherland

B. Com (Otago), Dip FinPlan (Deakin), MSAA, MAICD, KSJ

Rod joined the School Board in 2013, after previously serving as a member of the Gabriel Foundation Board. He has also been Chairman of both the Anglican Investment and Development Fund, and The Diocesan Schools Commission. He has qualifications in accounting, finance and financial planning, and holds a Master of Stockbroking. He has worked as a stockbroker in Canberra for over 37 years, initially at JB Were & Son, before establishing both Macquarie Bank's and Shaw and Partners Canberra offices. He is married to Ladner and they have two daughters, Jane (2008) and Clare (2012), who both attended the School since Year 3.

The Right Reverend Carol Wagner

B.Th.; Adv.Dip.Min.; Dip.Mus.Ed.; L.T.C.L.

The Right Reverend Carol Wagner is the Assistant Bishop at the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. She has a Bachelor of Theology from the Sydney College of Divinity. She also completed an Advanced Diploma in Ministry from the Australian College of Ministries. Prior to that, she completed a Licentiate in Piano from the Trinity College of Music in London as well as a Diploma in Music Education from the Alexander Mackie CAE in Sydney. Bishop Carol has had wide experience as a Board member of other Anglican schools in the South Coast, as well as other youth organisations. She has also been a business owner, company director and high school music teacher.

Melanie Andrews

BComm, FCPA, GAICD, MBA

Melanie joined the Board in June 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, an MBA and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Melanie has held board positions in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors and has over 25 years of strategic, corporate finance and operational management experience in various sectors. Melanie has strong ties with Canberra Girls Grammar School, having previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer at the School.