Westlake Lausanne is led by a plurality of elders. Their primary purpose is the teaching, pastoring, guarding, leading, and caring of God's flock.
Christoph Jung | Elder
Christoph is married to Carla and they have two sons. Christoph is German, Carla is American. What a combination. Not only that, they both work for international football organisations. Could The Beautiful Game be in more, ahem, competent hands?
Geert Hendriks | Elder
Geert is married to Marielle and they have three daughters. His favourite colour is orange, and no one can pronounce his first name properly. Which means he must be Dutch. He is a consultant in sport and development.
Jonathan Hadley | Elder
Jonathan is married to Klasien and they have 4 children. He works with aluminium and, being British, can pronounce it properly. Which is a good thing.
Marc Perret | Elder
Marc is married to Melissa and they have 2 children. Marc is Swiss, Melissa is Canadian. How they met is a story. As befitting a high-flying executive he raises the sartorial elegance of the elders by several notches.
Tom Rizzo | Elder
Tom is married to Karen and they have a grown-up son and daughter and four grandchildren. Tom is American and Swiss, a retired professor of Chemistry, and Dean of Basic Science, at the EPFL, who is spending his retirement helping lead a start-up. A man of his age should really stop playing basketball.
Martin Slack | Pastor & Elder
Martin is married to Su and they have four daughters and three sons-in-law. He is British and has been the pastor of Westlake Lausanne since April 2008. Before this he was a medical doctor specialising in neonatal intensive care. So unless you weigh less than 500g you are better off asking Su for medical advice.
Olivier Waridel | Elder
Olivier is married to Renata and they have three children. He is Swiss with a hefty dose of Brazil, which might explain his incredible jazz skills.
Hendrik Storm | Elder
Originally from South Africa, Hendrik is married to Hannah, who is English (and a civilising influence). They have four children. Hendrik is the Director of Mercy Ships Global. He makes some of the other elders look like hobbits.
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. - Acts 20:28