Executive & Board
Sandybeach Community Co-operative Society Limited trades as Sandybeach Centre and is owned and managed by the community under the stewardship of a seven-member Board of Directors, all of whom are volunteers.
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The Directors are responsible for board portfolios; business viability, finance, governance, human resources, legal matters, risk management and board administration. Sandybeach Centre is a not-for-profit entity with community shareholders. No dividends are paid to shareholders.
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Chris Hill
CEO
Chris is an experienced leader with 30 years working in the community, educational, hospital and health care industry. He brings extensive skills from working in Community and Non-profit Organisations, Prevention, Clinical Supervision and Strategic Management. He is passionate about the role of local community services in inclusion for all and supporting people to achieve their full potential.
Rajah Ramanathan
Chairperson
Rajah B. Commerce and Economics (Melbourne), CA, Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Fellow of Governance Institute of Australia.
Rajah is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in General Management, Strategic Planning, Corporate Governance, Auditing (including internal and external auditing), Risk Management, Finance and drafting of corporate policies. Rajah has spent the last 31 years working in the banking and finance industry.
His interests include his family, the Glen Eira Gryphons and Melbourne Football Club.
Sue Coburn
General Member
Master of Business Administration (Technology Management). Graduate Diploma of Electronic Data Processing, Bachelor of Science.
Sue is recently retired from the Commonwealth Public Service, with broad experience in various management roles across one agency over 37 years, specialising in Project Management and Corporate IT Systems. Her strengths are: project governance and audit; business systems analysis; staff development and training.
Sue also has experience as a volunteer with a number of community organisations including School Council at Gardenvale Primary School, and management committees for two Community Child Care Centres.
Peter Bean
Deputy Chairperson
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Bachelor of Business (Local Government), Graduate Certificate in Local Government Management, Masters of Business Management.
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Peter has worked in managerial positions for metropolitan Melbourne and North Eastern Victorian Councils for over twenty years including long term planning and capital works programs. ​He has a particular strength in advocacy and community relations.
Hilary Buxton
General Member
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Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Hilary is a marketing communications professional and an experienced leader of multi-disciplinary teams. During her 35-year career, Hilary has worked in many industries, including science and technology, consumer protection, finance, natural health, and manufacturing. Her experience extends across private sector industries, and the public sector at state and federal levels.
Hilary values inclusion and collaboration and has a passion for people, communication, the environment and her community.
Hilary is a resident of Black Rock and enjoys the Bayside lifestyle, particularly walking her dogs along the coastal tracks. Currently completing her qualification in Counselling, Hilary also volunteers in the community through Delta Therapy Dogs.
Ian Cochrane
General Member
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Mechanical Design Certificate
Ian is a published writer with over 40 year’s engineering design and project management experience in the Resources Industry and living in Sandringham for over 20-years.
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His interests include community, architecture, music, the arts and environment. Prior to Bayside, he lived in regional Victoria, was in local government for a number of years and served one term as Shire President. Ian has travelled extensively from 1974 onwards, firstly to Africa and eventually to Europe, The Americas, South-East Asia and Polynesia, while having worked in South Africa and Nigeria, India, South Korea and the Australian Outback.
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These days, his preference is to allocate his time to things that matter to him – with a focus on the positive and making a difference, his current community commitments including the local visual arts group Sandy Street Art Project and the Sandringham Traders Association.