EMILY KENI, Business Manager

Emily is the Business Manager at City to City Australia and a big believer in the local church.

She is also the Director of Church Wise, partnering with churches and faith-based organizations to manage their administration, ministry systems, and daily operations. Emily’s professional background spans leadership roles across both private and public health sectors, where she has led large teams and overseen organizational change in finance, business, marketing, and the delivery of quality health services. She also owns Mountain Practice Management, a consultancy hub supporting allied and surgical health practices.

Emily and her husband Nathan are active members of the Acts Global Churches movement and serve as Heads of Department, Children's Ministry at their local church — where they live out John 21:17 through kids’ snacks and Bible lessons. Together, they are raising two energetic kids (three if you count their Dalmatian!) and enjoying the calling and joys of young family life.

HUW JONES, Partnerships Manager

Huw has had a diverse career as a professional classical musician, church minister and music director, school and university teacher, and now Partnerships Manager with CTCA. He has toured in over a dozen countries with professional orchestras, run church music events in Australasia and the UK, and currently serves as a board director and committee member for two Christian charities in Australia.

Huw is excited to see how gospel-hearted churches can partner with their members, community groups and other churches to bring about the redemptive work of Jesus Christ in their local areas. Huw has undertaken professional and volunteer ministries in Sydney, Wellington, London, and now Brisbane where he lives with his family and attends Village Church Brisbane.

GEOFF ADCOCK, Finance Manager

Geoff manages the team’s payroll, MEA and incoming and outgoing payments.

ADRIAN TAM, Catalyst

Adrian has enjoyed a long and deep connection with City to City, first as a planter himself - having had the privilege of being part of a 4-week international church planting intensive in NYC. He joined the CTCA staff team in 2023 as part of the church planting team, helping to train and coach church planters across Australia.

Adrian is also the Senior Pastor of God in the City, a church located in the heart of Sydney's CBD. God in the City is part of C3 Church Global.

As a Catalyst, Adrian is passionate about facilitating movements of local churches working collaboratively to see His Kingdom come in the city of Sydney.

Adrian is also the Regional Manager (Oceania) of FaithTech, an international ministry seeking to bridge the gap between the tech industry and the Christian faith.

BETTY MARY, Communications Coordinator

As the Communications Coordinator for City to City Australia, Betty's responsibilities encompass creating marketing and communication strategies, maintaining the CTCA website, and lending support to the team for events and programs. Her prior experience entails serving as a project manager and media lead for non-profits, and she finds joy in creating visually appealing designs. Betty also assists the Church Planting team in their administrative needs and networking with church planters.

In addition to her professional role, Betty and her husband, Samuel planted Lighthouse Church in 2019 in the city of Delhi. She also runs a small business called Inkgraved where she sells her hand-lettered art and paintings. Her deep desire for people to experience the love of Christ drives her to contribute to her community in any way possible. During her free time, Betty enjoys hosting game nights, and having deep conversations over a cup of coffee.

TAARIKA CHANDY PAKKI, Communications Coordinator

Taarika is the Communications Coordinator for City to City Australia. Her role includes developing communications strategies, maintaining social media presence and other front-facing comms, and assisting the team around delivery of events, programs etc. She also assists the Revitalise Australia team and Coaching team with their administrative needs.

Taarika previously worked in the development sector in India for 10 years and enjoys being able to communicate in creative ways to get more people interested in the things that matter.  Working with City to City Australia is giving her the opportunity to communicate about the most important thing - the grace and love of Jesus Christ.

Taarika is married to Felix, an assistant pastor in the city of Bombay, and together they have a son Avy. Taarika is currently absorbed by finding different ways to entertain her son, drinking copious amounts of tea, and reading as many pages of a new book as she can before she falls asleep.