Members of the Board of Trustees
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Michael Worth
Chairman - Board of Trustees
Michael and Wendy’s children have been attending ENPS since 2003 when the family returned to NZ. An engineer by training, Michael worked for the dairy industry for many years including living in Korea and the USA. He now works as a consultant and is the director of a firm specialising in improving organisational performance. He is a firm believer in education and is committed to making ENPS the best school it can be!
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Richard Adams
Enriching Environment - Board of Trustees
Richard and Adrienne have 2 children at ENPS and one who has passed through on to EGGS. Richard is an engineer by training and currently works in the construction industry as a Project Manager. Previously he was involved in the construction of 3 new schools for the Ministry of Education. Currently he is busy building the new Art Gallery. Richard is keen to see that all the students at ENPS get a good grounding in the basics and opportunities to express themselves in other activities.
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Adrian Dale
Empowering Learning - Board of Trustees
Adrian and Ruth have three children, two of whom are at ENPS. Following three years studying economics at Swansea University, Adrian played 15 years of professional cricket for Glamorgan. He is currently the General Manager at Cornwall Cricket Club and believes that education, family and a strong sense of community will lay the foundations for the success of our kids.
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Gita Jayaram
Enhancing Potential - Board of Trustees
Gita’s two boys began at the school in 08 and she has lived in Epsom for over 20 years.
She has a background in corporate HR roles and is now consulting in strategic HR and organisation culture change.
Gita’s qualifiations include an MBA from Auckland University and a commerce degree from Victoria University in Wellington.
Gita is commited to helping her boys and ENPS thrive in an ever changing world -
Tim Dawson
Enhancing Potential - Board of Trustees
Tim and his wife Sian have lived in Epsom for three years and have three children at ENPS. Tim is an Obstetrician Gynaecologist at Auckland Hospital and in private practice. He is looking forward to supporting the principal and teaching staff to ensure that our children have a productive and enjoyable time at school.
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Nancy Tsen
Empowering Learning - Board of Trustees
Nancy came to New Zealand from Malaysia with her husband Wilson. She is of Chinese ethnicity. Her only child, Treyson, has attended Epsom Normal Primary School since 2009. Nancy worked as an office administrator before Treyson was born, and returned to the work force working in the accounts department of a secondary school while Treyson attended pre-school. This experience allowed her to become familiar with the operation of a school.
Nancy has a passionate interest in education and would like to help all of the children reach their potential and get a quality chance in life. Nancy has worked as a volunteer in school, helping with school trips and special events. She is looking forward to the challenge of working with the other trustees to provide support to the students and teachers. She is hopeful that her administration and accounting skills can be used for the benefit of the Board of Trustees and result in positive outcomes for the students.
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Adrian Lee
Empowering Learning - Board of Trustees
Adrian and Jamie have two children, one of whom is at ENPS. A Chartered Accountant, Adrian is currently a Finance Manager at a large company listed on the NZ Stock Exchange. He was previously an Audit Manager at one of the “Big 4” international accounting firms. Prior to that he had worked for a couple of second tier accounting firms and audited several schools in the Auckland region. Adrian strongly believes in the important role of education and aims to develop a thriving environment at ENPS.
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Claudia Rozas
Enhancing Potential - Board of Trustees
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Andrew Minturn
Enriching Environment - Board of Trustees
My company Qualtech International is a New Zealand company specialising in providing regulatory reform advice on building permitting regimes to various Governments, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. I have been advising the New Zealand Government for many years and most recently as an advisor to the Auckland Transition Agency developing the new Super City.
Prior to this, my background included developing integrated process management systems including, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental protection and Quality Assurance systems.
My wife Julie and I with our 3 children live in the Epsom area and our youngest daughter is currently at Epsom Normal Primary School.
I look forward to supporting the excellent work and vision of our management and teaching staff.
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Shawn Creamer
Staff Trustee - Board of Trustees
Shawn Creamer is the staff representative. He has been at ENPS since 2008 as an Assistant Principal. Parts of his role include classroom teacher, syndicate leader and leader of ICT within the school. Shawn has a deep commitment to children’s learning and believes very strongly in creating a positive culture for children’s learning within his class and the school. Shawn’s teaching highlights include piloting a “Boy’s Only Class” in a co-educational school, winning the People’s Choice Award at Moviefest 2007 with his year 5/6 class and also piloting a student television station. In his spare time Shawn enjoys traveling, golf, reading and driving his motorbike.