Our team is comprised of genuinely gifted minds
Peter Evans
Peter Evans joined Ramsay Health Care in 1969 and served as Non-Executive Director for 24 years, then Deputy-Chairman from 2014 to 2021. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Paul Ramsay Foundation Ltd and the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. He is a Chartered Accountant and, prior to joining Ramsay Health Care, was in public practice for more than 20 years with predecessor firms of KPMG. Peter has been actively involved with several charitable organisations over many years, including the Southern Highlands Foundation, Hope Health, Church Army, Shoalhaven Anglican and the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.
He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Tax Institute.
Appointed 2023
Lyn Collingridge
Lyn is a retired solicitor with over 40 years’ experience in Commonwealth and NSW public sectors and several years in private law firms, specialising in superannuation and corporate law. Lyn was General Counsel for 11 years and one year as A/CEO in the NSW public sector.
She has extensive experience in policy development, compliance and corporate governance and is a past director of a superannuation fund board of trustees.
Lyn’s formal qualifications are a Bachelor of Arts in Administration, Bachelor of Laws, Registered Justice of the Peace and Executive member of Southern Highlands Branch of the NSW Justices Association (voluntary role).
SHBG Committees: Business Development, Consultants & Contracts, Events
Appointed 26 October 2015
Lynda Cowley
Lynda’s background is finance and accounting, with expertise in systems integration, process re-engineering and team building, payroll
systems and audit.
She has been Finance Director and Company Secretary of companies in health and pharmaceuticals, IT, manufacturing and accounting, nursery retailing, landscaping and events management.
Lynda is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Bristol University and graduate conversion from UTS. Lynda is involved in several gardening organisations in the Southern Highlands and is Treasurer of the Bowral Branch of the Australian Garden History Society.
Appointed 2023
Christine Hawkins AM
Company director and Managing Director of Cinnabar International Pty Limited, which specialises in good governance for all companies but with a focus on the not-for-profit sector.
Christine’s career has been in economics, finance and tax, with the Reserve Bank of Australia, chartered accounting firms and investment banks. She has a long career as a company director, including as chairman of companies in environment and resource management, plant biosecurity, agriculture and food, textiles and fashion, and higher education.
Christine has been Chairman of a Ministerial Council and a non-executive director of major Commonwealth statutory corporations. She is part of the professional faculty of the Australian Institute of Company Directors for her expertise on corporate governance.
Formal qualifications are a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and Master of Commerce degrees from the University of New South Wales, Fellow of CPA Australia and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Christine loves gardens and spends inordinate amounts of time wandering around gardens in the Southern Highlands, where she lives.
SHBG Committees: Governance
Appointed 21 May 2018
John Swainston
Well-known amongst the gardening and arts groups in Bowral, John is an award-winning and published photographer and writer, with extensive board experience and over four decades in senior international executive roles in more than 60 countries.
He brings deep skills in technological change and cross -cultural management. John has an impressive record of developing and managing companies and major events in the photographic industries including the Nikon Photo Media Centre for 800 international
photographers and media at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Apart from his published works, with a new major work due for publication in 2024, John runs a business consultancy with clients in Australia and the USA specialising in generational change, business improvement and maximising value for sale.
He is a past National President of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography and the Highlands Garden Society and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Appointed 2023