Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union

Directors

 

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 Patron of the NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund
Qualifications
  • ustice of the Peace
  • Authorised Civil Marriage Celebrant
  • Fellow – Australasian Mutuals Institute
  • Diploma of Financial Services - Credit Union Directorship
 
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
  • Diploma of Financial Services - Credit Union Directorship
 
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
  • ITIL Foundations Certificate (V3)
 
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, & Committee Member NSWFB Relief & Welfare Fund Life Member Fire-fighter Championships Association
Qualifications
  • Australian Fire Service Medal 1996
  • Centenary of Federation Medal 2003
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Fellow – Australasian Mutuals Institute
  • Diploma of Financial Services - Credit Union Directorship
 
Mr Kent William O'Connell
Director
Experience
  • Senior 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)
  • Diploma of Financial Services – Credit Union Directorship
  • 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 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