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Meet our councillors Everyone has a story and in this edition of Collegian we provide you with an insight into the lives of our BBC Councillors; their qualifications, careers and industry experience. Together, they bring a wealth of knowledge to the College, working across various industries and each with their own personal connection to BBC. Their objective: to ensure BBC remains a place that provides an outstanding teaching and learning environment for boys. The School Council may consist of up to eight members, up to three of whom are members of the PMSA Council, up to four from the BBC Community, and the Headmaster.
JACQUELINE MCPHERSON Born in Fiji in 1949. Early education in Kenya from 1953 to 1963. Emigrated with parents to Brisbane in 1963. Secondary and tertiary education at Cavendish Road State High School and the University of Queensland respectively. Admitted as a solicitor in 1973. First female solicitor in the City Solicitor’s Office of the Brisbane City Council. Widow of Bruce McPherson, former Judge of the Court of Appeal Queensland. Three sons and two step-children. Communicant member of the Ann Street Presbyterian Church since 1986. Appointed to the PMSA in 1992. Member of BBC Council from 2001 to present, and Chairman since 2011. Oversight of child protection in PMSA schools between 2001 and 2013.
JIM DEMACK Born in Brisbane in 1966. Educated in Brisbane, then Rockhampton. LL.B from the University of Queensland in 1988. LL.M from QUT in 1995. Holds the diploma A.Mus.A in piano from AMEB. Solicitor in private practice since 1990, and a member of the firm Gadens since 2001, practising primarily in construction and infrastructure law. Is a graded arbitrator and registered adjudicator. Appointed to the Council of the PMSA, by the Uniting Church, at the end of 2012 and to the BBC board in 2013. Member of the legal reference committee of the UC Queensland Synod. Married with two daughters.