GOVERNANCE

Ronald is the managing director of New Frontier Creative Services (an advertising and marketing services consultancy) and the managing editor of publishing firm, Delphian Books. Ronald was the co-ordinator of the School’s introductory courses for over 15 years spending much of that period tutoring philosophy courses. Ronald also served as a member and chairman of John Colet School’s Board of Governors. His interests include classical literature and politics. He became a member of the Association in 1997 and was elected to the Committee in 2013.
 

Chin Wong was an executive level officer with the Commonwealth Government, Finance. Her work covered taxation law, large businesses and international investment banking and compliance. Chin also has a degree in Commerce.  She first started attending philosophy classes in the School in 1996. Chin has assisted in tutoring in the middle school and has recently moved to tutoring in the introductory courses. She is also a member of the Sanskrit faculty which has published selected works of Adi Shañkara. She was involved in the most recent translation in 2017. Chin’s outside interests include growing and promoting orchids. She is the Treasurer of the Orchid Society of NSW Inc and the Eastern Suburbs Orchid Society.  Chin was co-opted as a ordinary member and subsequently elected General Secretary in 2014.
 

Denise Farrelly is currently an Assistant Bursar for an independent school. Before raising a family she worked for a chartered accounting firm, investment banks in Australia and overseas as well as with government law enforcement agencies. Denise has a Bachelor of Economics degree with a major in Accounting. She has tutored Family Study groups and has assisted in Philosophy groups within the School of Practical Philosophy sporadically over the last twenty years.. She has a great love for the arts and enjoys spending time with her family, keeping fit, cooking and bush walking. Denise became a member of the Association and was elected as the Treasurer in 2013.
 

William (Bill) Fox began attending the School in 1976.  He also attended the School in New York and London for considerable periods.  Bill was a teacher at the St. James School in London from 1992 to 2004.  He then became the Headmaster of the Philosophy Day School in New York from 2004 -2013.  In 2014 Bill and his wife, Ann, returned to Sydney and took up residence along Sydney’s Northern Beaches.  Bill is in charge of the study of Plato and Plotinus in the School in Sydney, offering many classes each term.  Bill also is involved with the translation of the final book of Letters of the Renaissance Philosopher, Marsilio Ficino.  His particular interest is in ensuring the longevity of the School through prudent financial management.

Harry Ladomatos has been a student at the School of Practical Philosophy for 45 years. He works as a TAFE teacher in the Electrical Trade and has just completed 35 years of service there. He has a keen interest in music. He is particularly concerned that the interests of the SOPP membership are adequately represented and taken into consideration when important decisions are taken at the committee level that affect the whole School.

Christine has been a student at the School of Practical Philosophy since 1984, beginning this journey while completing a science degree at university. Christine has worked for more than twenty years as a business manager in the independent school sector.