Justice of the Peace Service
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Frances Forrest
Frances has been associated with KNC for many years. She has been part of the Management Committee and Board since 2008 serving as President, vice-President, secretary and is currently Deputy Chairman. She is also one of the coordinators for the mahjong group and also assists in many administrative duties. Frances has a keen interest in the ethos of KNC to help the elderly stay in their own homes and providing social interaction for members of the local community.
Paul Locke
Paul Locke was a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse for 14 years; then Group Controller with William Adams and following takeovers and spin-outs by BHP, retired as Company Secretary of Arrium (formerly OneSteel). Paul spent 20 years as Treasurer of Georgian House aged care facility until it merged with Wesley Gardens. He currently serves as a Director and Company Secretary.
Noshir Irani
Noshir was a Senior Marketing Executive for over 15 years with multi-national pharmaceutical company, Boots of UK. He was also the Managing Director of Rola Chem (Australia) Pty Ltd. from 1998 – 2006. Noshir has been on the Management Committee and a Director of KNC since 2018 and has been associated with Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby Meals- On- Wheels for over 10 years. He was also the President of the Indo-Australian Cultural Association and Australian Zoroastrian Association of NSW.
Michele Bell
Michele is a registered physiotherapist who worked developing functional exercise falls prevention and hydrotherapy programs in NSW1 to promote wellness and reablement. Michele Bell was actively involved in the development of these programs for public and private health services, built and directed services, managed development of public and private hospital hydrotherapy and water based and land based programs for over 28 years.
Consultant to Department of Veteran Affairs and Motor Accident Authority for many years Michele is also a certified workplace trainer Currently Advisor to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Dementia Alliance and Current guest Lecturer for UNSW Social Work faculty on ‘Culture Identity & Diversity – Pathways to accessing services’. Michele is also Guest presenter at NSW1 PHN forums, OPAN member and Executive member of Interagency Forum Sydney North. Michele is passionate about Advocacy and clear service information through the KNC Carer Connection program.
Anna Struthers
Anna trained as a pre-school teacher in Adelaide and worked part time in several Sydney pre-schools for twenty five years. She started driving clients for KNC in 1992 and has been involved in the ESL classes since 2008. She has been Coordinator of these classes since 2014. Anna became a Director on the KNC Board in 2019. She has been deliving meals for Meals on Wheels from Turramurra Centre since 2005.
Anna was awarded the Northern Sydney Area Volunteer of the Year in 2018. She enjoys meeting and helping members of the
Ku ring gai community.
