Dr Kim Jaggar OAM
Principal, Sydney Boys HighDr Kim Jaggar OAM has been the Principal of Sydney Boys High School since January 2000. He was previously Principal at Sefton High School (1995-1999), and served as Deputy Principal at Birrong Girls (1994) and at Fairfield High School (1990-1993). Prior to that, he was Head Teacher English at Homebush Boys and Punchbowl Boys and he taught English and History at Wilkins High and Bonnyrigg High. Dr Jaggar holds a Doctor of Education degree from UNSW, along with a Master of Educational Administration and Certificate of School Management. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Education and Master of Arts from the University of Sydney.
Kim serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunication at UNSW, and on the board of the Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation. He is Honorary Treasurer for the Sydney High School Sailing Association.
In his spare time Kim is a blue water yachtsman. He was a member of the crew that has held the World Speed Sailing Council record for the fastest non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of Australia by a monohull yacht since 2003. He has competed in 33 Sydney to Hobart Yacht races, winning in division in IOR, IMS and PHS rating categories. He has competed in yacht races as an owner, skipper, watch captain and navigator and sailed more than 50,000 nautical miles.
Mr Chris Herbert Brown OAM LLM CTA FAICD FGIA
Chair, Sydney High School FoundationChris Brown (Life Member of the OBU, Class of 1967) is a senior partner at Brown Wright Stein, Lawyers and has practised in the areas of corporate, corporate governance, duties of directors and officers of corporations, competition and consumer, intellectual property, commercial and taxation law since 1972. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from Sydney University, is a Chartered Tax Advisor, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Since 1987, he has been a non-executive director, chairman or a member of audit, risk, remuneration, nomination and IT governance committees of listed public companies, and a number of unlisted enterprises. In 1989, he was a founder of, and remains current Chairman of Windgap Foundation Limited, a charity and public benevolent institution with DGR status, which provides services to people with intellectual disability in the Eastern Suburbs/South Sydney area of Sydney. In 2013 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the community, particularly to people with disability.
Mr John Brown
Treasurer, Sydney High School FoundationJohn Brown (OBU Representative and Old Boy Class of 1965) is a Chartered Accountant and retired as a partner of KPMG after 36 years with the firm and 26 years as a partner. He is a director of the Gift of Life Foundation and has been the auditor or treasurer of a number of not for profit organisations. John has been a director of Sydney Water Corporation and Integrated Research Limited and on the audit committees of a number of public and Government entities.
Mr John Leigh Taylor
Secretary, Sydney High School FoundationJohn Taylor (OBU Representative and Old Boy, Class of 1967) is an engineer by profession. He brings years of executive corporate experience to the Board having started and successfully grown on two occasions International project management consulting businesses. John also has had extensive experience in the Public Sector having been an inaugural Board member of NSW Health Infrastructure and presently a member of the Advisory Council for NSW School Infrastructure.
Mr Constantine Barris
Committee Member, Sydney High School Foundation
Mr Andrew Chan
Committee Member, Sydney High School FoundationAndrew Chan (P&C Representative, Old Boy, Class of 1998, and parent of a current student) is a passionate Financial Planner with solid family values. He brings decades of experience in Strategy and Planning from his career spanning Investment Banking and Financial Planning to the Board and a willingness to direct this energy for the School’s Rowing and Rugby programs. Andrew also founded boutique Financial Planning firm Phoenix Private Wealth Management in 2013 – providing quality strategic holistic advice to help his clients achieve their life and financial goals as a steward for their financial strategy and investments.
Mr Alex Feldman
Committee Member, Sydney High School FoundationAlex Feldman (OBU Representative and Old Boy, Class of 2003) is a lawyer by trade and a business person at heart. He brings years of executive corporate experience to the Board and has a particular passion for the School’s Rowing program. Alex also set up High’s highly successful Chess program which has now been running for well over a decade. Alex was previously the Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel at ASX-listed amaysim and is now a Co-founder of Tiger & Bear Partners – a multi-disciplinary advisory firm offering strategic and corporate advice.
Mr Paul Harapin
OBU President, Committee Member, Sydney High School FoundationPaul Harapin (OBU President and Old Boy, Class of 1983) is currently Head of Revenue and Growth, Asia Pacific & Japan for Stripe.
Paul has significant experience in the technology sector, having started various companies across the Pan Asian Region over almost 30 years. These include two of the most successful software companies in History, VMware and Tivoli Systems, taking both from start ups to major industry players in our region.
His passion for starting and building successful organisations is evident in this track record and when meeting Paul or seeing him present at one of the many industry events he attends. Paul has been voted one of the most influential people in the Australian technology Industry for two years running by SmartCompany.com.
Specialties: start ups, mergers & acquisitions, company rebuilds, sales and marketing strategy. Paul also advises startups on establishing new business models and venture funding.
Paul also works actively in the not for profit sector, sitting on the Board of various organisations, Including the Banksia Foundation.
Mr David Scribner
Committee Member, Sydney High School FoundationDavid Scribner (P&C Representative, Centenary Class of 1983) has led multiple companies as CEO, including Virgin Mobile Australia. A career marketer, he held the senior marketing role at Nestle, Telstra, AGL and Stockland. He is currently SAP’s Global CX Director.
David holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) from the University of New South Wales and has worked internationally in Switzerland and the USA. He was a long-time board member of the AANA and a previous Chair of Ad Standards Australia. David is a qualified cricket umpire and regular officiates at AAGPS matches in the summer.
Mr Stephen Yu
Committee Member, Sydney High School FoundationStephen Yu (P&C Representative, and parent of a current student) has been working in the fundraising sphere for many years across a number of not-for-profit organisations. An IT data manager, Stephen has a passion to support fundraising activities, specialising in system and data management.