Organising Committee
The Governor’s Prayer Breakfast is an important event in the calendar of the wider Christian community of Western Australia and the organising committee is dedicated to its continued growth, success and relevance. It is organised on a ‘not for profit’ basis by an incorporated, voluntary committee which has no denominational allegiance.
Our current committee members are:
Shirani Amarasingham
Shirani was born and brought up in a godly Christian family in Malaysia and came to live in Perth in 2007. Shirani worked for over 35 years in the legal/commercial sector in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia and in July 2020 felt it was time to move on from the corporate world fully into Christian ministry….
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Nico Oberholzer
Nico is a project manager in the resources sector. He is married to Annemi and they have two children. The Oberholzer family moved from South Africa to Perth in 2007 and now call Australia home. Nico and Annemi is actively involved in several ministries in and around Perth and served on various boards and other…
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Trevor Stiles
Trevor served for nine years in the Royal Australian Navy from 1963 – 1972, seeing active service in Brunei and Vietnam. He was also serving on HMAS Hobart in 1968, when it was hit by friendly fire, killing two and injuring sixteen crew members. After leaving the Navy, Trevor returned to Perth where he worked…
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Joachim Tan
Joachim, who is married to Amanda, currently works in Energy. Previously, Joachim was involved in assisting not-for-profit organisations such as the Nganyatjarra Council, Association of Independent Schools, Catholic Education Office, Surf Life Saving WA, Royal Flying Doctors Service and Lifeline WA. He also serves on the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (WA) and the Singapore Western…
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Winstedt Rasiah
Winstedt was born in Singapore and migrated to Australia in 1989 after completing a Masters in Engineering in the United Kingdom. He has 25 years of engineering experience in the areas of government utilities & financial security – having worked for the Singapore Land Transport Authority while also chairing the taskforce that developed Singapore’s current…
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Ben Johnston
Ben Johnston came to Perth to serve as the Lead Pastor of Subiaco Church in 2012. This is the same church where his brother Graham served for over 20 years. Ben has served as Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (Peoria, IL, USA) and Galveston Bible Church (Texas). Ben has been involved with the National…
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Nick Scott
Since moving from Adelaide to Perth with his wife Margie and two young children in 1996, Nick Scott has been in a pastoral leadership role at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, and Senior Pastor since 2010. He serves as a Board Director for Movement Australia (movement.org.au) and facilitates the GeoNetworks, a growing network of church and…
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Venine Bindczus
Venine was born in South Africa and moved with her family to Western Australian in 2011. She has a Postgraduate level qualification in Broadcasting and Journalism and worked in the news industry for 3 years, including at Channel 9 and Network 10. After trying her hand at news media, Venine decided to move into ministry…
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Tamsyn Cullingford
Tamsyn grew up in South Africa and relocated to Perth with her family in 2005. She is married to Daniel and has two daughters – Mabel, five, and Molly, three. They are wonderfully wild. She initially trained and worked as a physiotherapist, but after many years working clinically and in senior and executive roles across…
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