BPiA Committee
Patrick was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. After qualifying as an accountant, he joined a Hong Kong based trading company where he enjoyed assignments in Hong Kong, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the UK. He emigrated to Australia in 1989, where he worked for a French merchant bank, GIO, Colonial and Commonwealth Bank. He was Treasurer for Woolworths before retiring in 2006.
Jonathan was born in London and grew up in south-east England. He studied arboriculture in Guildford, Surrey and then set up an arboriculture contracting business that provided services in the south of England, Ireland, France and Israel.
He emigrated to Perth in 2000. He spent a couple of years living and working in each of the southern and eastern states before moving to Queensland to help Brisbane City Council develop and introduce their vegetation protection laws.
Jonathan now has his own arboriculture consultancy company. He served as president of the Queensland Arboricultural Association, Chair of the Veteran Tree Group of Australia, Tree Assessor for the QCAT, Advocacy Committee member of the National Trust Australia (Qld) and Expert Witness for the Planning & Environment Court Queensland.
Jonathan became aware of the plight of UK pensioners living in Australia and the discriminatory way that the UK Government refuses to provide index-linked pensions to thousands of UK pensioners and so offered to assist the BPiA in their campaign for justice.
He emigrated to Perth in 2000. He spent a couple of years living and working in each of the southern and eastern states before moving to Queensland to help Brisbane City Council develop and introduce their vegetation protection laws.
Jonathan now has his own arboriculture consultancy company. He served as president of the Queensland Arboricultural Association, Chair of the Veteran Tree Group of Australia, Tree Assessor for the QCAT, Advocacy Committee member of the National Trust Australia (Qld) and Expert Witness for the Planning & Environment Court Queensland.
Jonathan became aware of the plight of UK pensioners living in Australia and the discriminatory way that the UK Government refuses to provide index-linked pensions to thousands of UK pensioners and so offered to assist the BPiA in their campaign for justice.
Peter brings broad experience in finance, project management, and business analysis to the committee. A qualified Program and Project Manager (PMP, PMI-ACP), his career has spanned roles in London, Dublin, and Australia, including senior finance positions, running his own computer business, and managing large-scale business system implementations.
Peter has also shared his expertise as a tutor at the University of Sydney and as a postgraduate lecturer at Curtin and Charles Sturt Universities. Now retired from the formal workforce, he devotes his time to voluntary organisations and enjoys singing, golf, swimming, and running.
We are pleased to welcome Peter to the committee.
Mark Ryan has been involved with the marketing of Medical Software to the Australian and New Zealand Healthcare markets for more than 35 years. Previously working in the UK, he arrived in Australia in 1982 with his partner and is proud to be the father of two boys one who lives in NSW and the other in WA. Holding IT, Marketing and Professional Sales Qualifications he is now “semi-retired” providing occasional consulting services to a variety of investment companies. Mark is keen to see BPiA deliver a change to the unfair treatment of pensioners living in overseas countries without reciprocal agreements with the UK happen as soon as possible.