Meet GSC'S New CFO

On February 1, the Greater Sydney Conference Appointments Committee met to prayerfully consider a replacement for departing Conference CFO, Eva Ing, who has accepted a role at the Church’s South Pacific Division office. Appointed was Wahroonga Church member Mr Colin Raymond, who comes into Church work from the private employment.

Colin is a member, and elder of the Wahroonga church and serves on the

Australian Union Conference Executive Committee. His wife, Bronwyn, a nurse, is a board member of Greater Sydney Conference, Aged Care. The couple have three children and are grandparents.

Mr Raymond is well qualified for the role of CFO, with its many attendant boards and management commitments, possessing a Bachelor of Science from Sydney University and MBA from Macquarie University. He is chairman of the Board of Asian Aid and a director of two other NGOs, including 3 Angels Nepal. He has had extensive experience in the area of NGOs and aid organizations, including as Chief Operating Officer of Trans Union Advantage, and Lead Financial Sector Specialist for the World Bank Group.

“Colin brings a wealth of knowledge and soft skills to the role of CFO for

GSC and our three companies—some 1020 employees and 10,000 members—with all the liabilities and assets thereunto contained,” says Conference president Pastor Terry Johnson wryly.

“With his love of the Gospel of Jesus, in the context of the Three Angels messages, personal missional experience and public speaking abilities, Colin has the all of the necessary spiritual gifts and professional CV to take on the many challenges of the CFO role.

“We wish him and his family well. And I’m sure our conference church members will join me in praying for him, and that the Holy Spirit will continue to fill him as he goes forward in this new role, serving a little closer to the centre of God’s Sydney vineyard.

“May the Lord bless His mission through Colin’s ministry.”