Our Leadership Team

By Martine Oborne

Vicar - Revd Martine Oborne

MARTINE OBORNE

Martine has been Vicar since 2012. She was previously a minister at St Mary Islington. She is married to Peter Oborne, a political commentator, author and documentary filmmaker. You can read the VICAR'S BLOG here.

Associate Priest - Revd Gary Piper

GARY PIPER

Gary has been a minister at St Saviour's Upper Chelsea where he helped to lead the Intermission Theatre project. Previously he was Vicar of St Matthew's Fulham for over twenty years. He is married to Norma.

Worship and Mission Minister - Hansol Kim

HANSOL KIM

Hansol Joined the team in February 2020. He is from South Korea and passionate to lead people to worship with contemporary music and to help young people to grow in faith. He is married to Minjee and has two girls, Haru and Erin.

Licensed Lay Ministers
Sarah Tonks

SARAH TONKS

Sarah has been worshiping at St Michael’s since 2011, and became a licensed lay minister in June 2021. She works full-time as a corporate solicitor, and has two teenage children. Sarah has a particular interest in ministry with children and families.

Simon Wethered

SIMON WETHERED

Simon is married with three grown up children and lives in the parish. His working life was spent as a City solicitor, latterly specialising in the charity sector. In addition to being an LLM, Simon is also a trained spiritual director.

Churchwardens
Sue White and James Hawkes are our Churchwardens

SUE WHITE

JAMES HAWKES

James has been worshipping at St Michael’s and singing in the choir since 2022, when he returned to Chiswick from 3 years in India. He is trained as an engineer, and currently works full time for a data science consultancy. James is married and has a young son, with another on the way.

Our Administrator - Sue Riley

SUE RILEY

Sue has returned to St Michael's as our Administrator, having worshipped and served here for 40 years before moving away from Chiswick in 2001. She is qualified to Level 6 in British Sign Language and loves to see Deaf people worshipping the Lord in their own language.

PCC members

St Michael's PCC comprises:

Martine Oborne (Vicar & Chair)
Sue Hardwick (Secretary)
Jordan Hiebert (Treasurer)
Kathleen Birch
Sonia Cromey
Anne Glyn (Deanery Synod member)
Alejandro Gomez
Ned Gould
Ron Gould
Eric Lofty
Bisola Nwakodo
Lesley Pendlebury (Deanery Synod member)
Sarah Tonks (Licensed Lay Minister)
Simon Wethered (Licensed Lay Minister)
Sue White (Churchwarden and Safeguarding Officer)

Sue Hardwick (PCC Secretary)

SUE HARDWICK

Jordan Hiebert (Treasurer)

JORDAN HIEBERT