Mr Robert James Smith
Chairman from November 2000

Experience

  • Retired Superintendent
    32 Years service with the NSW Fire Brigades
  • Director of the Credit Union since November 1988
  • Foundation member, past President, & Life Member of the NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund

Qualifications

  • Justice of the Peace
  • Authorised Civil Marriage Celebrant
  • Fellow – Australasian Mutuals Institute

Mr Grant West
Vice-Chairman

Experience

  • Inspector,
    Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since March 1985
  • Director of the Credit Union since December 2007

Qualifications

  • NSW Fire Brigade Management Certificate
  • Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences - Emergency Services (University of Western Sydney)
  • Graduate Certificate in Applied Management (Australian Institute of Police Management)
  • Graduate and Member of Institute of Fire Engineers

Mr Stephen Charles Edwards
Director

Experience

  • Currently Assistant Director Information Technology
    Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since 1974 in Finance and Computer Systems
  • Director of the Credit Union since January 1989

Qualifications

  • Accounting Certificate
  • Associate Fellow – Australasian Mutuals Institute

Mr John William Krajcik
Director

Experience

  • Station Officer
    Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since March 1984
  • Director of the Credit Union since September 1988

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Business (Charles Sturt University)
  • Bachelor of Legal Studies (Macquarie University
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW>
  • Diploma in Legal Practice
  • Associate Fellow – Australasian Mutuals Institute

Mr Andrew McCready
Director

Experience

  • Station Officer
  • Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since March 1994
  • Director of the Credit Union since November 2008

Qualifications

  • Member - Australian Mutuals Institute
  • Science Degree - Computing
  • Graduate - Conversion Course in Accounting
  • Graduate - Conversion Course in Financial Planning

Mr Douglas Frederick Messenger
Director

Experience

  • Retired in 2004 as Assistant Director Operational Personnel,
    37 Years service NSW Fire Brigades
  • Director of the Credit Union since December 1997
  • Life Member - Foundation member, & President NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund
  • Life Member Firefighter Championships Association

Qualifications

  • Australian Fire Service Medal 1996
  • Centenary of Federation Medal 2003
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Member – Australasian Mutuals Institute
  • Diploma of Financial Services - Credit Union Directorship

Mr Kent William O'Connell
Director

Experience

  • Qualified Fire Fighter,
    Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since June 2001
  • Director of the Credit Union since April 2007

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Business (University of Technology, Sydney)
  • Bachelor of Sports Science (University of New South Wales)
  • Certificate of Policing (Police Service New South Wales)

Mr Peter Xenophon Stathis
Director

Experience

  • Superintendent NSW Fire Brigades
    Employed as a Retained Firefighter in July 1976, transfer to NSW Fire Brigades in May 1979
  • Director of the Credit Union since March 2003
  • Foundation member and Current Senior Vice President NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund
  • Foundation member NSWFB Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children Burns Unit Fund, serving as the honorary Secretary / Treasurer since 1985
  • Director of the Museum of Fire Board.

Qualifications

  • Australian Fire Service Medal 2000
  • Centenary of Federation Medal 2003
  • Graduate Certificate Social Services
  • Member – Australasian Mutuals Institute

Mr Andrew John Walker
Director

Experience

  • Station Officer
    Employed by NSW Fire Brigades since November 1987
  • Director of the Credit Union since March 2003
  • Training - Communications, Occupational Health & Safety
  • Treasurer of the NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund.

Qualifications

  • Justice of the Peace
  • Member – Australasian Mutuals Institute
  • Diploma of Financial Services - Credit Union Directorship