College Council
The Board established the College Council in 2015. Its purpose is to be the peak body representing members and the main adviser to the Board on key College-wide issue.
The Council includes members and non-members, enabling different perspectives to be heard in one place.
The Council is a representative body of up to 12 Fellows and trainees, including:
- President-elect, Aotearoa New Zealand
- President, Adult Medicine Division
- President, Paediatrics & Child Health Division
- President, Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- President, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- President, Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Committee (or delegate)
- Chair, Māori Health Committee (or delegate)
- Chair, College Trainees’ Committee
- Chair, College Education Committee
- Chair, College Policy and Advocacy Council
- Consumer/carer representative
For more information on the College Council, read the College Council By-law (PDF).
Reporting bodies
Following a governance review by the Board and College Council, the following College bodies will report to the College Council starting 30 May 2025.
Members
| President, Adult Medicine Division |
Professor Brian Wood |
| President, Paediatrics & Child Health Division |
Dr Niroshini Kennedy |
| President, Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Dr Armand Casolin |
| President, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
Dr Tony Gill |
| President, Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine |
Dr Richard Seemann |
| President-elect, Aotearoa New Zealand |
vacant* |
| Chair, College Education Committee |
A/Professor Tim Walker |
| Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Committee (or delegate) |
vacant |
| Chair, Māori Health Committee (or delegate) |
Dr Matthew Wheeler |
| Chair, College Trainee Committee |
Dr Kristof Wing |
| Chair, College Policy & Advocacy Committee |
vacant |
| Consumer/carer representative |
Miss Ngāpei Ngatai |
RACP Board Directors may attend College Council meetings as observers.
*In accordance with the By-law, Board directors are not eligible for appointment to the College Council. As Dr Janak de Zoysa was appointed to the Board on 22 September 2025, he is therefore ineligible to serve as a member.
2025 Meeting dates
- Wednesday 26 March 2025 | Zoom
- Friday 1 August 2025 | Zoom
- Thursday 25 September 2025 | Zoom
- Thursday 6 November 2025 | Zoom
College Council Communiqués
25 September 2025 (PDF)
1 August 2025 (PDF)
For all College Council enquiries, contact the Secretariat at council@racp.edu.au