Our team

Martin Slack

Pastor

Martin is married to Su, and they have four daughters and two grand-daughters. He is British (a southerner), and studied medicine at Cambridge University. He subsequently trained in Neonatal Intensive Care, before becoming a Consultant Neonatologist. In 2008 Martin left medicine to become pastor of Westlake Lausanne. He holds an MTh with the Wales Evangelical School of Theology. Being English, he doesn’t quite understand what he’s done to deserve the fact that of his three sons-in-law, two are German.

Hazel Liddle

Church Administrator

Hazel is Indian and British. Her husband is mad about coffee. Their daughter is mad about drums. Hazel, however, is surprisingly normal, and, with a background in business administration, how could the church be anything but a finely-tuned organisation?

Keturah Owens

Women and Children’s Worker

Keturah is British and grew up in Yorkshire before heading South to study art in London. Following her studies and working for a homeless charity she trained in theology and children’s ministry during which time she met Rhys.

After getting married they moved to work in an international church in Hong Kong and then to Switzerland to serve at Westlake Lausanne.

She is Mum to four young children, loves to do any sport involving water and is unlikely to say no to a slice of homemade cake.

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 four 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 two 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.

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.