State and Regional councils

State Council

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

Regional Advisory Councils

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.

Read NSWBC REGIONAL COUNCILS CHARTER

Business NSW councillors and committees

Business NSW Councillors

Mr Lyall Gorman (President)	Mr Brett Manwaring (Vice President)	Ms Nola Watson (Immediate Past President)
Mr Omar Afiouni	Ms Barbara Ketley	Ms Ellie Brown
Prof Trevor Cairney OAM	Ms Janine Cullen OAM	Ms Aileen MacDonald OAM
Mr Rob Drage	Mr Tony Rhodes	Mr Scott Emerson
Ms Judith Field	Ms Debra Fraser	Mr Steven Moore
Ms Amy Harper	Mr Simon Harrop	Mr Bruce Mackenzie
Mr Cameron Arnold	Ms Lynn McColl	Mr Andrew Cottrill
Mr Warrick McLean	Mr Greg McNamara	Mr Michael Mekhitarian
Mr Terrence (Terry) Wetherall AM	Mr Brian Millar	Ms Natalie Mitchell
Mr Graham Morgan	Mr David Mumford	Mr Grahame Nash
Ms Anne Parnham	Mr Kerry Wilson	Mr Gary Scott
Mr Andrew Vlachos	Mr John Wakeling

Business NSW Council Committees

Business Environment &
Economics Committee

Infrastructure
Committee

Regional Presidents'
Forum

Judith Field (Chair)
Anthony Bell
Nabil Chammas
Michael Mekhitarian
Graham Morgan
David Mumford
Grahame Nash
Daniel Rowan

Ian Pedersen (Chair)
Scott Emerson
Peter Gesling
Warrick McLean
John Wakeling
Terry Wetherall

Cameron Arnold
Rob Drage
Tony Rhodes
Stephen Grabowski
Amy Harper
Bruce Mackenzie
Lynn McColl
Andrew Cottrill
Daniel Meyer
Graham Nash
Frank Sammut

Workforce Skills
Committee

Workplace Health
& Safety Committee

Workplace Relations
Committee

Warrick McLean (Chair)
Omar Afiouni
Ellie Brown
Prof Trevor Cairney OAM
Don Connochie
Rebecca Embleton
Judith Field
Debra Fraser
Patrick O'Reilly
Natalie Turmine

Kerry Wilson (Chair)
Sarah Ashton
Trevor Ballantyne
Peter Browne
Matt Hudson
Steven Johnson
Sylvia Kidziak AM
Ian Lilley
Lylea McMahon
Stephanie O'Dwyer
James Oxenham
Greg Pattison
Toni Robertson
Anthony Sinikoski
Caitlin Stanistreet
Lisa Thang
Andrew Vlachos

Kerry Wilson (Chair)
Tom Bowers
Nathan Bright
Gerry Carr
Jane Cleary
Mark Douglas
Robert Kirkham
Ian Lilley
David Long
Bruce Mackenzie
Vince Surra
Andrew Vlachos
Anna-Maria Wade

Business NSW Regional Presidents

President Capital/Far South Coast Ms Lynn McColl
President   Central Coast Ms Barbara Ketley
President Eastern Sydney Mr Bruce Mackenzie
President   Business Hunter Mr Tony Rhodes
President Business Illawarra Ms Amy Harper
President   Mid North Coast Ms Grahame Nash
President   Murray-Riverina Mr Andrew Cottrill
President   New England North West Ms Aileen MacDonald OAM
President   Northern Rivers Mr Cameron Arnold
President   Sydney West Mr Michael Mekhitarian
President   Western NSW Mr Rob Drage

Business NSW Honorary Life Governors

Name	Date elected
Mr John T Cameron	November 1999
Mr Neville Sawyer AM	November 2005
Mr Terry L Hunt	November 1999