School Council

Providing strategy and governance to foster educational excellence and a caring Christian culture at BBC.

The Brisbane Boys’ College School Council is delegated the responsibility to govern and administer the performance of the school.

Presbyterian & Methodist Schools Association

Brisbane Boys’ College is one of four outstanding schools owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA) along with our sibling schools Clayfield College, Somerville House and Sunshine Coast Grammar School.

The PMSA is run by a board which comprises 13 PMSA Board members and operates Brisbane Boys’ College through the Brisbane Boys’ College School Council. Together, they provide the College with the strategy and framework that fosters excellence in teaching and learning, a caring Christian culture, and governance and policy-making support.

School Council Members

The School Council is made up of at least two PMSA Board members, along with independent School Council members appointed from the College’s community, and the Headmaster, who is a non-voting member.

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Dr Bridget Cullen

Acting Chair

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Mr Vaughan Henry

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Mr Paul Martin

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Mr Michael Goss

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Mr Paul Brown

Headmaster

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Dr Bridget Cullen

Acting Chair

Dr Bridget Cullen

Acting Chair

BA (magna cum laude); JD, LLB, MA, PhD, Grad Cert (Urb&Reg Plan)

Dr Bridget Cullen is a full-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (cross allocated to the Migration and General Divisions) and is a member of the Queensland Bar Association. She is also a nationally accredited mediator, with extensive alternative dispute resolution experience.

Bridget is a member of the PMSA Board and is familiar with subcommittees of the PMSA as she has served as a member of both the PMSA’s Policy Committee and the PMSA’s Nominations and Human Resources Committee. Bridget is an Adjunct Professor at the Griffith University Law School and is the Convenor of the Evidence subject. Bridget was appointed to the Clayfield College Council in 2019 and to the Brisbane Boys’ College Council as Deputy Chair and then Acting Chair in 2020.

Bridget is the mother of a Brisbane Boys’ College graduate, and step-mother of a Junior School boy, and has a strong knowledge of PMSA schools. Bridget brings her legal knowledge, particularly in anti-discrimination, employment, and administrative law, and her abilities as a professional decision maker to the PMSA.

Key current and previous appointments, roles and qualifications include:

  • PMSA Board member (first appointed 2020, current term until 2023)
  • Acting Chair – Brisbane Boys’ College Council (appointed 2020)
  • Deputy Chair – Brisbane Boys’ College Council (appointed 2020)
  • Deputy Chair – Clayfield College Council (appointed 2019)
  • Member – Queensland Bar Association and New York State Bar Association
  • National Accredited Mediator
  • Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
  • Adjunct Professor – Griffith University Law School

Mr Vaughan Henry

Mr Vaughan Henry

DFP

Vaughan Henry has more 34 years’ experience in financial services having held senior advisory and distribution positions within both local and international institutions including HSBC, Qld Treasury, GoldmanSachs, JBWere and Certitude Global

He is currently the executive director of distribution and investor services at Blue Sky Alternative Investments in Brisbane. He is responsible for relationships within the Australian financial advisory, family office and private client markets.

Vaughan specialises in the provision and distribution of investment solutions through a broad network of financial planners, accountants and family offices.

Mr Paul Martin

Mr Paul Martin

MAICD, MACS, MAPM

Paul Martin is a highly experienced business and technology professional with more than 30 years’ experience across many industries. He specialises in successfully delivering strategic and transformational change. A natural leader, he thrives on the challenges and pressures of a complex environment. He brings his project management, digital transformation, strategic thinking, stakeholder relationship management, budget management, third party vendor management, procurement and risk management skills to the Brisbane Boys’ College (BBC) Council.

In addition to his business and technology skills, Paul is an accomplished Company Director. He is a passionate supporter of BBC and advocate for creating the best environment for students to thrive in and be safe. A current BBC parent and President/member of the Parents & Friends Association since 2015, Paul has a strong desire to give back to his community.

Key current and previous appointments, roles and awards include:

  • Member – Brisbane Boys’ College Council (appointed 2020, current term until 2023)
  • President – Brisbane Boys’ College Parents & Friends Association
  • Member – Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Member – Australian Computer Society
  • Company Director & Principal Consultant – pmsolutions360 Pty Ltd

Mr Michael Goss

Mr Michael Goss

LLB

Michael Goss joined the BBC Council in early 2020 as an experienced lawyer currently operating his own practice. Michael views the College Council as an opportunity to bring his life experience and professional skills to bear in the important sphere of boys’ education and personal development.

He has more than 35 years legal experience working in large and small Queensland and national firms on complex matters in banking & finance, insolvency and general commercial law. In addition to his legal expertise, Michael has strong risk assessment and risk mitigation skills. A BBC Old Collegian (1981), Michael will apply these skills and his governance knowledge and experience to work collaboratively within the Council in the pursuit of BBC’s mission and strategic goals. Michael also takes a keen interest in the development of young professionals in various sectors through structured mentoring.

In addition to his legal career and his role on the BBC Council, Michael also holds several other directorships and has board experience in financial services, aged care and supported living, waste-to-energy and professional services. He also owns a coffee plantation with his wife which keeps them active and busy when not practising law and raising two daughters.

Mr Paul Brown

Headmaster

Mr Paul Brown

Headmaster

B.A. (ENG/HIST), M.A. (ENG) (MERIT) (UNI SYD), CERT HRM (MGSM), MACEL, MAHRI

Mr Paul Brown was officially commissioned as the ninth Headmaster of Brisbane Boys’ College in February 2018 and has more than 20 years’ leadership experience in leading Independent Schools such as Methodist Ladies’ College (Sydney), Knox Grammar School (Sydney) and St Ignatius’ College, Riverview (Sydney).

An educator of high calibre and demonstrated achievement, he holds graduate and post-graduate qualifications from the University of Sydney and Macquarie Graduate School of Management and has also completed a school leadership program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Paul not only brings to the College outstanding achievements in the academic arena, but also the business world. As a visionary with a clear sense of purpose, he will no doubt influence the College’s future in boys’ education.

His strong commitment to education, academic excellence, and to Christian leadership stands him in good stead to shape a future for BBC where each and every student is supported to reach their potential and prepared to take their place in the world as confident, competent and compassionate young men who will contribute to the health, wellbeing and prosperity of their community and the nation at large.

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