Chris Dalton was elected BWNS Chairperson at the November 2024 Annual General Meeting. Chris had no prior involvement with BWNS. Chris has a long history of involvement in community organisations. Since 2022 he has been a Committee member of the McDonald House Trust which provides grants to deaf and hard of hearing students. Previously he has been both a director and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee for three organisations. Those three organisations were his local Community Bank (Lockmore Financial Services), the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo and the national Christian organisation AFES. Chris has a background in senior and executive roles in organisations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Coliban Water, Goulburn-Murray Water and Airservices Australia. He is a Chartered Secretary and Fellow of CPA Australia, the Governance Institute and FINSIA . He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.