New Chairman of the Trinity College Board

Charles holds BCom, LLB Melb, MBA Columbia, GAICD

Charles has been a member of the Trinity Board since 2011 and affiliated with the College for more than thirty-six years, commencing as a residential student in 1980.

To this day Charles remains an active alumni and regularly takes part in college events and activities both within Melbourne and Overseas.

Charles is director of Spark New Zealand Ltd and Apiam Animal Health Ltd. Previously, Charles spent 24 years at McKinsey and Company, New York, London and Melbourne. At McKinsey, he was a leader of the retail, consumer and marketing practices. In New York, Charles led North American recruiting.

‘Trinity’s vision for the future is one of ambition. To enable all students to imagine and achieve a better world requires a strong vision for the future, something that I am extremely excited to be part of as Chairman of the Board’.

‘I feel extremely privileged to be guiding the College through this time of innovation and change”.

The Warden and CEO of the College, Professor Ken Hinchcliff, expressed his delight in Charles’s appointment.

“The College is extremely fortunate to have such an, accomplished and committed member of the Trinity Community to lead the organisation through such a critical stage in our progress”.