MEET OUR BOARD:
Lachlan Molesworth, Chair
National Trust of Australia (VIC)
Qualifications: MBA (Distinction) (Oxon), LLB (Melb), BEng (Melb), Grad Dip Leg Prac.
Experience: Lachlan is an Australian lawyer and barrister in corporations and regulatory law, with experience in heritage law. Lachlan Molesworth was previously a solicitor and in the Commonwealth Treasury portfolio.
Lachlan currently holds positions as Deputy Chair of the National Trust of Victoria, Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and is a Director of the Law Council of Australia.
He has extensive experience on boards of not-for-profit organisations and has taught extensively at the University of Melbourne law school, where he is currently a Senior Fellow.
Hector Abrahams
National Trust of Australia (NSW)
Qualifications: B.Sc(arch)(hons), B.Arch AI
Experience: Hector Abrahams has enjoyed a 38-year career in heritage conservation. Firstly, as a heritage architect and partner at Clive Lucas Stapleton and the last 12 years in his own practice. He has had a long association with the National Trust, joining as a member when he was a young architecture student through to advising on the recent conservation works at Cooma Cottage and Everglades House & Gardens.
Hector is also connected to other organisations related to heritage, serving as the chair of the heritage committee at the Australian Institute of Architects NSW, Chapter, the Vice President of Australia ICOMOS and a board member at the Royal Australian Historical Society. He has also taught continuously in the Masters of Conservation course at the University of Sydney since the mid-1990s.
Harriett England
National Trust of Australia (TAS)
Experience
Harriett England was elected to the Board of the National Trust of Australia (TAS) in October 2025. She is also a member of the Board of the TMAG Foundation, the main fundraising body for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Harriett has had a long interest in the preservation of historic houses and buildings and the work of the National Trust. She has undertaken studies in fine and practical art, art restoration, jewellery design and film production. Her interests in these areas have been applied over the years in various ways including in running her own gallery and retail store, restoring an early Colonial Georgian farmhouse and in fundraising for a number of not-for-profit organisations.
Graham Goerke
National Trust of Australia (WA)
Qualifications: B.JURIS, LLB, GAICD
Experience: Graham practised as a property lawyer at Jackson McDonald for over 30 years until the end of 2015. He was chair of the partnership board for ten years from 2001 and head of the commercial/property practice team from 1995.
Graham was a member of the Division Council of the Property Council in WA for over 12 years; an adjunct professor for six years with the law school of Murdoch University; and has been a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 1991.
Graham was a Council and Board member of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) from 2006 to 2022 and Board Chair from 2013 to 2019. EREA currently governs over 50 Catholic schools and flexible learning centres around Australia. Graham was a member of the Board of the WA Sports Centre Trust (VenuesWest) from 2007 to 2022 and Board Chair from 2018 to 2022. VenuesWest is currently responsible for 13 sports and entertainment venues on behalf of the WA Government.
Graham became a member of the Council and Executive Committee of the National Trust in Western Australia in 2016 and is currently serving as Deputy Chair. He was appointed a Director of the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT) in August 2016 and served as Chair of the ACNT from November 2019 to October 2022.
Christopher Guille
National Trust of Australia (SA)
Qualifications: B.Ec(Hons), M.Ec, Dip FP, FAICD, FFin
Experience: Chris has been a Councillor of the National Trust SA for two years.
Chris’ career experience was in economics, finance and investments, commencing with the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney. Other senior positions have been with Bank SA, Perpetual Trustees SA and Flinders Trustees which Chris co-founded in 1998 and was Executive Chair until 2015.
Chris also has extensive experience in the not for profit sector including Board and advisory roles with several charities including indigenous trusts. Chris helped establish and was a long term advisor to the Maralinga Piling Trust ,which was set up to receive compensation monies for Traditional Owners following the British Atomic Bomb tests in SA in the 1950’s and 60’s.
More recently, Chris was Chairman for six years of National Seniors Australia Ltd, Australia’s largest research and advocacy group for older Australians. He remains Chair of the National Seniors group holding company.
Jason Kambovski
National Trust of Australia (VIC)
Qualifications: B Com, LLB, GAICD
Experience: Jason has more than 28 years experience in the Financial Services sector, including over 20 years working in the Australian Banking industry covering multiple sectors. He is currently Westpac Institutional Bank’s Global Head of Public Sector, and leads a team of specialised banking professionals who service the needs of the Commonwealth, State/Territory and Local Governments, including State-Owned Corporations, Government Business Enterprises and Governments’ globally. Prior to joining Westpac, Jason worked with the Commonwealth Bank for over 13 years, in addition to time spent at Perpetual Trustees and Deloitte.
Jason is currently a Non-executive Director on the Board of Barwon Water. He was most recently a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of South East Water, Chair of their Finance Assurance and Risk Management Committee, and a Director of Iota Services Pty Ltd. He has previously been a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Authority.
Gary Kent
National Trust of Australia (ACT)
Qualifications: B Com, LLB, Grad Dip Pub Law, Grad AICD
Experience: Gary has been a member of the National Trust (ACT) since 2013. Since 2018 he has been a member of the National Trust’s Council and was elected President in the same year.
Gary has served for nine years on the Committee of the Friends of the National Library, including five years as Chair. He was a co-founder in 2010 of the Inner South Canberra Community Council, of which he served as Chair for seven years. He was President of the Liberal Party of Australia (ACT Division) from 2000-07 and has been the Convener of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACT & Region) since 2011.
Gary has had a long career in the Australian public service, including chief of staff roles to several Federal Ministers and Company Secretary of the Defence Housing Authority. Now semi-retired, he currently consults on ethics and privacy matters.
He is a keen genealogist and book collector, specialising in books, manuscripts and ephemera published in colonial Victoria. He is currently co-authoring a biography of Dr Arthur Andrews, the Albury historian, and a bibliography of Australian private libraries.
Stuart Lummis
National Trust of Australia (QLD)
Qualifications: B.Ec, Grad Dip Applied Fin & Inv, Grad Dip Proj & Const Mngt, Post Grad Dip Acctg, FINSIA, FAICD
Experience: Stuart has extensive experience in both large publicly listed groups and not-for-profit organisations. He is a Non-Executive Director of Bolton Clarke, Brisbane Markets Limited, Deaf Connect Limited, National Trust (Australia) Queensland, Mangrove Housing Limited and the Isaac Affordable Housing Trust. He is a member of the Retirement Living Committee of the Property Council of Australia, a member of the Queensland Catholic Education Commission Capital Assistance Assessment Committee, and Chair of the Heritage Council of Queensland.
Douglas Wright
Qualifications: ChartPR, FAICD, FAIM, FCPRA
Experience: Douglas leads specialist public relations and corporate advisory firm, Wrights. Previously, he headed Ogilvy Public Relations in Australia. He is an expert in marketing and communication.
Douglas has extensive experience in the governance of organisations. He was chair of the Asia Pacific region of the Worldcom Public Relations Group, vice-chair of St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, a board director of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre and chair of the Victorian Government Small Business Advisory Council.
He has a continuing commitment to small business development, a strong passion for supporting medical research and an active interest in heritage. Douglas has served on the Australian Bankers’ Association Small Business Forum and was a founding director of the St Vincent’s Institute Foundation. He was formerly on the advisory boards of the Mansion at Werribee Park and the Australian Racing Museum.
Douglas’ contribution to commerce has been recognised by his peers and he is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Public Relations Institute of Australia, the Australian Marketing Institute and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (UK) and the Counsellor’s Academy of the Public Relations Society of America.
Edward Webber
National Trust of Australia (NT)
Experience: Eddie has been a National Trust member since 1989 and was elected to the Gulf Branch Chair position of the National Trust in the Northern Territory in 1996-97. He has been actively involved in the branch in various roles since that time. He was also awarded life membership of the Gulf Branch in 2011.
