Board Members

Cameron Astill

Cameron has been working in the hospitality industry for over 24-years including various management roles. He has proven abilities in problem solving, people management and motivation.  Cameron is passionate about making sure that children succeed to their full potential in education.  

Karen van Gemerden

B.B.S

With over 30 years administrative and business experience in the education sector, Karen implements strategy, provides development and compliance, and has worked within a number of education establishments around New Zealand. Karen is passionate about providing opportunities for all children.

Josefina Me Fuimaono-Sapolu

BCom/LLB, LLM Honours  

Josie has a conjoint degree in Law and Commerce and has a strong interest in international law and human rights law, with a particular focus on social justice and environmental justice.  She has practiced law in the Samoan and New Zealand   jurisdiction for more than 10 years. Josie is extremely passionate about advocating for rights of the child and women’s rights, to ensure our most vulnerable people are treated with fairness and dignity.

Saira Boyle

Post Grad Cert Education - Secondary (Dist); BSc (Hons); GCI Accredited Coach

Saira (Sigh-ra) and her family are originally from Newcastle in the North East of England. They left the UK in 2004 and travelled to France and enjoyed an adventure there for 18 months, before moving to New Zealand in 2005. Saira and her family live in Auckland, and she is delighted to have the opportunity to support the learning of our students, from Year 1-13, through an innovative and future focused system.
She brings with her, over 25 years of experience of leading learning, in both secondary and primary schools, with a future focus and an ability to build on existing strong relationships. She is passionate about working in genuine learning partnership with parents and caregivers, in order to begin to utilise the rich expertise and cultural capital in existence to move forward, unified, to the next exciting phase in the learning journey of each student.