The Committee
2026 Committee
President:
Karin Gembus
Vice President:
Akky Leurink
Secretary:
Kate Coote
Treasurer:
Libby Slack
Exhibitions Hanging Team:
Nick Duncan
Prue Wilson
Karin Gembus
Trudi Tait
McKee Exhibition Officers:
Liam Kumar
Akky Leurink
New Members Coordinator:
Kate Coote [Acting]
Social Media:
Tom Brooker
Newsletter & Public Relations:
Peter Gibbs
Social Coordinator:
Honor Stephenson
General Committee:
Clare Williams
2026 On-Call Volunteers:
Paul Deacon
Gary Gibbens
Paul Nankivell
Kirsten Baldwin
Barry Driver
Patrons:
Gabrielle Coote
Philippa Askew
Ex-Officio:
Toni MacKinnon, Suter Director
Honors
Presidents
2025 - 2026 - Ian Bowell
2024 - 2025 - Pieter Swanepoel
2020 - 2024 - Philippa Eberlein
2017 - 2020 - Larisse Hall
2016 - 2017 - Nick Duncan
2015 - 2016 - Larisse Hall
August 2015 - Chris Hogan
2013 - 2015 - Nick Duncan
2013 - 2013 - John Caldwell
2009 - 2013 - Philippa Askew
2008 - 2008 - John Rudge /
Philippa Askew
2007 - 2007 - Denis Turner
2005 - 2006 - Gabrielle Coote
2004 - 2004 - Deb Croft Picot
2000 - 2003 - Lynette Samuels
1996 - 1999 - Gabrielle Coote
1992 - 1995 - Philippa Askew
1990 - 1991 - Carol Crombie
1986 - 1989 - Philippa Askew
1982 - 1985 - D McKee
1981 - 1981 - M V White
1980 - 1980 - A Doogue
1977 - 1979 - Carol Crombie
1968 - 1976 - M A Botting
1966 - 1968 - N B Wilkes
1963 - 1966 - J S Barraud
1957 - 1963 - I J Major
1954 - 1957 - W R P Jaques
1947 - 1954 - G A Bisley
1941 - 1946 - W H Allen / G A Bisley
1937 - 1941 - Prof J S Tennant
1932 - 1937 - Dr H E A Washbourn
1928 - 1932 - F V Knapp
1895 - 1927 - Bishop Mules
1889 - 1895 - Bishop Suter
Patrons
2025 - Philippa Askew
2017 - Gabrielle Coote
2013 - 2017 - Margaret Major
2001 - 2012 - Austin Davies
1983 - 2000 - I J Major
1978 - 1983 - Mis B De Butts
1959 - 1978 - Miss G A Bisley
1950 - 1959 - E R Neale
Life Members
Hugh Scott
Prof J S Tennant
Lt Col Burton
Miss C Curran
Miss G A Bisley
Ernest Savage
R J Waghorn
Mrs M Steven
Mrs F Grabham
Mr & Mrs J Barraud
I Major
Miss C Dixon
Miss C A Sadd
H Cole
H T Atkinson
Lady B M Scott
Mrs G H Chapman
Mrs B Everett
Mrs D Gilbert
R Jaques
Miss B De ButtsM Botting
G Wells
Mrs B Wilkes
Philippa Askew
Alan Barnett
Gabrielle Coote
Carol Crombie
Ted (HE) Currie
Coila Duffy
Gillian Gaskell
Margaret Major
Pippa Philp
Marina White
Anne Willcox
Austin Davies
Jane Evans
Patrick Mechen
Margaret Rhodes
Phyllis Riley
Carl Anson
John Caldwell
Kitty Cachemaille
Nick Duncan
Kate Coote
Larisse Hall
Philippa Eberlein