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She knows the new Board member and Chair of the Heritage Foundation, David Gibson, well and knows he will do a great job. “Diocesan is in great heart. It is an amazing school with incredible teachers and a very supportive community. Now is the right time to pass the reins to David who can bring a new approach to the role.”
Handing over the reins At the end of 2018, Diocesan farewelled Board member and Chair of the Heritage Foundation Angela Anderson and welcomed David Gibson as her successor.
Angela Anderson Angela joined the Board and became Chair of the Heritage Foundation in 2011. As an Old Girl, she saw the role as an opportunity to give back to the School and community from which she had gained so much. Angela started at Diocesan in 1984, in what is today’s Year 7. Initially she found herself at the bottom of the bottom class (yes, classes were streamed back then). However, by the end of the year she was top of her class and by the time she reached Year 13, she was Head Prefect and a top student. She says Diocesan taught her how to work hard, apply herself and achieve her goals. Angela went on to the University of Auckland, where she again graduated top in her year, completing a double degree in law and commerce. She says she never doubted it was achievable, an attitude and belief in her capability that her time at Diocesan had instilled in her. She then went on to work at Credit Suisse before setting up her own investment
management business at the age of 29, managing investments for high wealth families and charitable trusts. Angela says she never hesitated to accept the Diocesan Board position as she felt her expertise in governance and financial management brought another level of professionalism to the management of the Heritage Foundation. None of this would have been possible without the support of Angela’s good friend Angela Coe, Diocesan’s Development Director, who returned to Diocesan to raise the money needed for the Arts Centre. After eight years on the Board and Heritage Foundation, Angela has now stepped down and is focusing on being a parent to her Year 3 daughter, Charlotte, and her son Ben who is in Year 5 at King’s School. She says Diocesan has made great strides forward during her time on the Board and now is the right time for another parent to step up and add their own value to the mix.
The Diocesan School Board and community would like to acknowledge and thank Angela for her valuable contribution to the School and the time and energy she has committed over the past eight years. She has not gone far though, as she remains on the Investment Committee for the Heritage Foundation.
David Gibson With two daughters at Diocesan, David sees his new role on the Board as a way for him to give back to the Diocesan community. His background is mostly in corporate finance and he has over 20 years of investment banking experience, giving him the ideal skill set to take over the oversight and management of the Heritage Foundation. Since leaving banking, David now does a mix of corporate advisory, personal investing in growth companies and governance. David’s governance experience includes a previous role on the Bayfield School Board and current directorships with NZX-listed NZME and Rangatira Limited, a private investment company. He lives in Auckland with wife Pip Greenwood and his two daughters, Kate in Year 9 and Lucy in Year 6. David agrees with Angela, saying that Diocesan is in great heart at the moment. “I love the School and what it offers our girls, and I feel a great sense of support within our community. As a Board member and Chair of the Heritage Foundation, I feel a keen sense of obligation to build on what has been achieved in recent years to make Dio the very best place we can going forward.” DIO TODAY
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