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 |
Dr Janak de Zoysa |
| 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.
2025 Meeting dates
- Wednesday 26 March 2025 | Zoom
- Friday 1 August 2025 | Zoom
- Wednesday 24 September 2025 | Zoom
- Wednesday 26 November 2025 | Zoom
For all College Council enquiries, contact the Secretariat at council@racp.edu.au