The State Council is Business NSW’s principal advisory body. Office bearers are elected from our members and join up to five Board members plus regional and member-elected Councillors.
The State Council has established a number of standing committees (each with their own charter), including:
● Business Environment and Economics Committee
● Infrastructure Committee
● Membership Committee
● Occupational Health and Safety Committee
● Sydney Business Chamber Regional Council
● Workforce Skills Committee
● Workplace Relations Committee
Our regional councils help keep our ear to the ground. They advise the State Council on policy issues that affect our regional members. They also provide a direct line of communication from our members to our management team and the Board.
Mr Lyall Gorman (President)
Mr Omar Afiouni
Prof Trevor Cairney OAM
Mr Rob Drage
Ms Judith Field
Ms Amy Harper
Mr Cameron Arnold
Mr Warrick McLean
Mr Terrence (Terry) Wetherall AM
Mr Graham Morgan
Ms Anne Parnham
Mr Andrew Vlachos
Mr Brett Manwaring (Vice President)
Ms Barbara Ketly
Ms Janice Cullen OAM
Mr Tony Rhodes
Ms Debra Fraser
Mr Simon Harrop
Ms Lynn McColl
Mr Greg McNamara
Mr Brian Millar
Mr David Mumford
Mr Kerry Wilson
Mr John Wakeling
Ms Nola Watson (Immediate Past President)
Ms Ellie Brown
Ms Aileen Macdonald OAM
Mr Scott Emerson
Mr Steven Moore
Mr Bruce Mackenzie
Mr Andrew Cottrill
Mr Michael Mekhitarian
Ms Natalie Mitchell
Mr Grahame Nash
Mr Gary Scott
Business Environment and Economics Committee
Judith Field (Chair)
Michael Mekhitarian
Grahame Nash
Anthony Bell
Graham Morgan
Daniel Rowan
Nabil Chammas
David Mumford
Infrastructure Committee
Ian Pedersen (Chair)
Warrick McLean
Scott Emerson
John Wakeling
Peter Gesling
Terry Wetherall
Regional President's Forum
Cameron Arnold
Stephen Grabowski
Lynn McColl
Graham Nash
Rob Drage
Amy Harper
Andrew Cottrill
Frank Sammut
Tony Rhodes
Bruce Mackenzie
Daniel Meyer
Workforce Skills Committee
Warrick McLean (Chair)
Prof Trevor Cairney OAM
Judith Field
Natalie Turmine
Omar Afiouni
Don Connochie
Debra Fraser
Ellie Brown
Rebecca Embleton
Patrick O'Reilly
Workplace Health and Safety Committee
Kerry Wilson (Chair)
Peter Browne
Sylvia Kidziak AM
Stephanie O'Dwyer
Toni Robertson
Lisa Thang
Sarah Ashton
Matt Hudson
Ian Lilley
James Oxenham
Anthony Sinikoski
Andrew Vlachos
Trevor Ballantyne
Steven Johnson
Lylea McMahon
Greg Pattison
Caitlin Stanistreet
Workplace Relations Committee
Kerry Wilson (Chair)
Gerry Carr
Robert Kirkham
Bruce Mackenzie
Anna-Maria Wade
To Bowers
Jane Cleary
Ian Lilley
Vince Surra
Nathan Bright
Mark Douglas
David Long
Andrew Vlachos
Ms Lynn McColl
President
Capital/Far South Coast
Ms Barbara Ketley
President
Central Coast
Mr Bruce Mackenzie
President
Eastern Sydney
Mr Tony Rhodes
President
Business Hunter
Ms Amy Harper
President
Business Illawarra
Mr Graham Nash
President
Mid North Coast
Mr Andrew Cotrill
President
Murray-Riverina
Ms Aileen MacDonald OAM
President
New England North West
Mr Cameron Arnold
President
Northern Rivers
Mr Michael Mekhitarian
President
Sydney West
Mr Rob Drage
President
Western NSW
Mr John T Cameron
Elected November 1999
Mr Neville Sawyer AM
Elected November 2005
Mr Terry L Hunt
Elected November 1999
Our team is here to answer any questions.