Haberdashers' Aske's Federation - Governor Biographies

On this page you will find the following information on our current governors:

The type of governor that they are (e.g. Nominated Director, Co-opted, Local Parent)
What committee(s) they sit on
The date they were appointed
Who they were appointed by
The position that they hold within the committee (e.g. Chairman)

All governors, except the CEO, serve a four year term of office (unless stated otherwise) and have voting rights within their committees as set out in the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Articles of Association.

Trust Board Director Biographies

Bruce Powell

Type of Governor

Member and Nominated Director - Chairman of the Trust Board, Strategy?Committee and Finance Committee

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Trust Board, Strategy Committee and Finance Committee. Invited to Crayford Academy, Hatcham College, Hatcham Temple Grove Free School and Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

24/9/2013, reappointed 29/06/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed as a Member by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and appointed as a Nominated Director on the Trust Board by the Members in accordance with the Articles of Association

Bruce Powell is a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and took over the role of Chairman of the Trust Board in September 2012.

His governance experience is wide-ranging; as well as being the Chairman of the Trust at the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation, he is also a governor of Holyport College, a new free school with boarding which opened in 2014. He retired as Chairman at the Treloar Trust (a Residential Non Maintained School/Specialist College for 200 disabled students) after 25 years as governor and trustee. Between 1996 and 2007 he also served as governor, and later as Chairman of Governors, at Adams Grammar School (a Haberdashers state grammar school for 800 students). He has been a member of the Haberdashers Company Education Committee since 2006.

Nicholas Scarles

Type of Governor

Member and Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Vice Chairman of the Trust Board, Chairman of the Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC, member of the Strategy Committee

Appointment Start Date

24/03/2016

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed as a Member by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and appointed as a Nominated Director on the Trust Board by the Members in accordance with the Articles of Association

Nick was previously a Governor of the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School and Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, at Elstree, where he was a member of the Boys' School Committee and chaired the Finance Committee. He is a Member of the Court of Assistants of the Haberdashers Livery Company.

Nick is Group Finance Director at Grosvenor Group Limited, a private international real estate development, investment and fund management group. He was previously at Centrica plc and PWC, living in London, New York and Toronto. Nick was Chairman of the Real Estate Finance Group, which produced 'A Vision for Real Estate Finance in the UK', and is on the Advisory Board of the Centre for Economic Policy Research Financial Regulation Initiative.

Nick originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor in the UK and Certified Public Accountant and Attorney at Law in the USA, having been educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School, Elstree, obtaining law degrees from Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia.

Simon Lough

Type of Governor

Temple Grove Schools Trust Director

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Knights Academy LGBC and member of the Trust Board, Strategy Committee and the Finance Committee

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Directors of the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Simon was educated at Oxford University and then worked for 7 years in Tokyo with the UK merchant bank Kleinwort Benson and a boutique Swiss bank.

He acquired an enduring love of Japan, its food, culture language and people (including most importantly his wife Zahira). He moved back to the UK in the mid-1990s, and worked with his brother who had established a UK wealth management business Heartwood. Simon started the London office, became Chief Executive of Heartwood in 2008, and led its successful acquisition by Handelsbanken, the highly regarded Swedish bank, in 2013. Simon left Heartwood after 20 years in 2016. He is a Non Executive Director of WH Ireland Group PLC.

Simon's community activities are focused on creating a more level playing field for young people. Simon previously served for 10 years as Trustee (and ultimately Deputy Chairman) of Fairbridge, a medium sized charity tackling social exclusion in inner city areas. Fairbridge became part of The Prince's Trust in 2011. Simon is Chair of the youth social action and education charity Envision.

Nick Jenkins

Type of Governor

Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Standards Committee and member of the Trust Board, Strategy Committee and the Hatcham College LGBC

Appointment Start Date

29/06/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Directors of the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Mr Jenkins is a business man and entrepreneur, having founded the greetings card website www.moonpig.com.

He manages a portfolio of investments which led to him joining the panel of BBC's Dragon Den between 2015 and 2017 and he has a number of charitable interests including educational organisations.

Mr Jenkins has experience of data management and analysis and extensive business and charity governance experience.

Christopher Hardie

Type of Governor

Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Crayford Academy LGBC, member of the Trust Board and Strategy Committee

Appointment Start Date

03/10/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Members in accordance with the Articles of Association

A Corporate Financier with over thirty years' experience in the Corporate Finance Departments of two major UK integrated securities firms.

Due to start shortly at a small corporate finance/securities business focused on the UK after 13 years at Arden partners. Mr Hardie has relevant experience as a governor at Monmouth Schools where he chaired Finance and Estates and Audit committees. A Chartered Accountant he has experience in all matters of Corporate Finance across a broad range of sectors and is able to contribute to financial self-evaluation and efficiency drives

John Fernau

Type of Governor

Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Trust Board, Finance Committee, Crayford Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

23/03/2016

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Members in accordance with the Articles of Association

John is a senior leader with extensive experience of public procurement and major sporting events.

John started his career in international development procurement before becoming a management consultant advising on procurement in local and central government. Whilst a consultant, John began working at the Olympic Delivery Authority and in 2009 he became the Head of Procurement. John led the delivery of a huge range of procurements including on and off park construction, park wide logistics and security, transport, security and other corporate professional services.

After the Games in 2012, John became the Commercial Director of the Home Office. Whilst there, John was also a Non-Executive Director of the Government Procurement Service where he focused on driving the organisation to strengthen its customer service. In 2014 John left the Home Office to found Fernau Solutions, a consultancy which helps small and medium sized companies to understand government and successfully navigate public sector procurement.

John is a Liveryman of the Haberdashers Company and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

Eleanor Sykes

Type of Governor

Temple Grove Schools Trust Director

Committee Membership

Trust Board, Standards Committee

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Directors of the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Eleanor Sykes is a Temple Grove Schools Trust Director with experience in education as a primary school and supply teacher.

She has been the Head of Academy at Mwabu since 2016, an educational technology company focused on Africa offering development of curriculum-aligned teaching and learning resources, assessment tools, devices and hardware, as well as continued training and mentoring for teachers through the Mwabu Academy.

Vanessa Ogden

Type of Governor

Co-opted Director

Committee Membership

Trust Board, Standards Committee

Appointment Start Date

20/10/2014, reappointed 26/06/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Directors of the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Vanessa Ogden is Head teacher of Mulberry School for Girls and is leading the establishment of a University Technical College in Tower Hamlets.

Under her leadership, Mulberry has been judged 'Outstanding' in two successive Ofsted inspections. Vanessa is a designated 'National Leader in Education' and undertakes 'School to School Support'. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education and has a doctorate specialising in education policy and school improvement.

Vanessa's teaching career covers twenty years of practice in challenging inner-city schools across London and involved work in school improvement, school effectiveness and education tailored to the needs of gender.

Vanessa is a trustee of Teach First and Chair of the Impact Committee. She has been President of the Association of Maintained Girls Schools. She chairs the board of the Somerset Challenge and she was on the advisory group for the Centre for Social Justice. Vanessa has published both academic and professional writing on education.

In October 2014, Vanessa was awarded the Women of the Future Mentor of the Year award for her work in promoting the importance of supporting young women to be successful leaders of business, industry and public service, spanning many years.

Nicola Trott

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Trust Board, Standards Committee

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Directors of the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Dr Nicola Trott is a Senior Tutor / Academic Registrar at Balliol College, Oxford. As Senior Tutor, Dr Trott has responsibility for academic planning and is in overall charge of academic administration. She is also the Disability Lead. Prior to joining Balliol College, Dr Trott was a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. She read English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (St Catherine's College) and went on to specialise in 18th and 19th century literature and to teach and research in Oxford, London, and Glasgow.

Adrian Percival

Type of Governor

Chief Executive Officer of the Trust

Committee Membership

Trust Board, Strategy Committee, Finance Committee, Standards Committee and Crayford Academy LGBC, Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC, Knights Academy LGBC. Invited to attend the Audit Committee.

Appointment Start Date

Term of office

Appointed by

Mr Percival is an Ex Officio Director of the Trust, appointed by the Members of the Trust.

Adrian Percival became the Chief Executive of the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation in April 2011.

As National Director of School Improvement, he led the successful roll out of school improvement partners to all primary, secondary and special schools by April 2008. He also oversaw the delivery of the National Challenge where the number of schools below the floor target of 30% 5+ A*-C including English and mathematics fell from 638 to 82 since 2007, with an average improvement in GCSE results of 12.1 percentage points between 2008 and 2010, compared to 4.75 percentage points for schools not in the National Challenge Programme in that period.

During his time as head teacher of Matthew Arnold School he was a member of the Department for Education and Skills (as it was then) secondary headteacher's reference group. Here he worked on programmes for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and took a leading role with the Oxfordshire local authority. Mr Percival has had texts published on school improvement as well as pupil texts in his subject of Physics.

Christopher Strong

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Audit Committee

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2014, reappointed 26/06/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Christopher Strong studied French and Italian at Cambridge University before training as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, qualifying in 1984 and promoted to partner in 1994.

Christopher has spent most of his career in the financial services sector on the Finance and Risk Management sides, and his career has included roles with JP Morgan, Close Brothers, Stemcor and most recently British Arab Commercial Bank.

Sheridan Swallow

Type of Governor

Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, member of the Finance Committee, Trust Board and Strategy Committee

Appointment Start Date

?03/10/2016 as a co-opted governor and then appointed as a Nominated Director on 18/12/2018

Term of office;

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Members in accordance with the Articles of Association

Sheridan is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a Chartered Accountant who has made his career in the commercial sector.

He has served as Finance Director or Group Finance Director on a number of boards, including those of public companies, across a wide range of industry sectors.

Previously a Governor of the Haberdashers' Aske's Schools at Elstree and the Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools, where he was Chairman, he has more than twenty five years' experience as a school governor. He has been a member of the Court of Assistants of the Haberdashers Company since 1992 where has served on all the major committees and has been the Master of the Company. A graduate of Magdalene College, Cambridge he is married with two grown up children.

Anthony Cann

Type of Governor

Nominated Director

Committee Membership

Chairman of the Borough Academy Local Board, member of the Trust Board and Strategy Committee

Appointment Start Date

?18/12/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Members?in accordance with the Articles of Association

Anthony has been a Governor and Director at Haberdashers' Aske's Adams Federation Trust since 2011 and chair since March 2013 but will retire in summer 2019. Prior to that he was a governor of Haberdashers' Aske's Federation from 2007 to 2011. He has returned as a governor to Haberdashers' Aske's Federation as chair of the Borough Academy local board.

Anthony is a solicitor (no longer practising), he was articulated at Linklaters in 1969, qualified there, specialising in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions law. He retired in 2006 after having been the Worldwide Senior Partner for five years and prior to that Head of the Corporate Department. Since his retirement from Linklaters, Anthony has a portfolio of roles. He was a non-executive director of Connect from 2006 to 2016 and of Panmure Gordon from 2007 to 2016. He was Chair of Changing Faces between 2008 and 2010 and a Trustee and Director of The Social Investment Business from 2006 to 2016. Since 2008, Anthony has been a strategic consultant to Kinstellar, an emerging markets law firm. Since May 2018 he has been Chair of the Group Supervisory Committee of Aapogee which owns Kinstellar and a similar law firm in Asia, DFDL.

Crayford Academy Local Board Governors

Richard Northcott

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Crayford Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

30/06/2015

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Richard Northcott is an underwriter at Lloyds of London, working for the Pembroke 4000 Syndicate which is owned by Ironshore. He specialises in Fine art and Specie Insurance and has been lucky enough to travel the world extensively working with some of the largest Museums and collections across the Globe. Richard has been involved with the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers for over 25 years, serving on the Court of Assistants. He is currently Third Warden and Chairman of the Hall Committee.

Stephanie Reeves

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Crayford Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

28/03/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Stephanie was educated at Lingfield Notre Dame before going on to study BA History followed by an MSc in Government, Policy and Politics, both at the University of London.

She began her career working in Westminster for the Shadow Education Minister before going on to work for Brunswick Group, specialising in corporate communications.

She is now Government Relations Director for Red Bull UK and is also involved with her family business, independent furniture retailer House of Reeves.

She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers and until recently served as Vice-Chair for Breast Cancer UK. She lives in London and is currently studying for an MBA.

Helen Hutton

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Crayford LGBC

Appointment Start Date

12/12/2016

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Helen is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and currently sits on the Haberdashers' Property and Events Committees.

She was previously a governor of the Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools.

Helen is a planning and environmental solicitor at Charles Russell Speechlys and works in the London and Cheltenham offices. Helen read Classics at Oxford University where she also obtained a Full Blue in modern Pentathlon. She was a member of the Junior GB squad for Modern Pentathlon. She now stays moderately fit by cycling, running and climbing mountains, skiing and Scottish reeling!

Evelyn Guest

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Crayford LGBC

Appointment Start Date

14/12/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Evelyn attended secondary school in Lancashire and subsequently studied English Literature at University of Wales, Swansea and was awarded a BA with honours.

Her teaching certificate was also awarded by Swansea University. Her many years as a teacher in various roles were spent in both the maintained and private sector. The last 18 years were enjoyed at City of London Freemen's School in Surrey, latterly as Deputy Head.

Her aim throughout her teaching career has been to enable all pupils to fulfil their potential in a happy and safe environment. As DSL the writing of school policies focused on 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' and monitoring implementation was a key role. Evelyn has always acknowledged the important role of parents. She has as one of her other priorities the welfare of staff.

Bernard Charles

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Crayford LGBC

Appointment Start Date

01/09/2018

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Bernard (Bernie) Charles is Chief Human Resources Officer for Handelsbanken plc, the Swedish Bank, in the UK, and has responsibility for all Human Resources issues and initiatives in the UK including resourcing, mobility, development, succession planning and retention.

Prior to his current role, Bernie was Head of Human Resources and Risk at Heartwood Wealth Management Limited, a wealth and investment management company, which Handelsbanken acquired in 2013. His previous experience in Human Resources includes senior positions at Standard Bank and Jardine Lloyd Thompson.

Bernie has a Bachelor in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD).

Robert Morgan

Type of Governor

Elected staff governor

Committee Membership

Crayford LGBC

Appointment Start Date

28/06/2016

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by staff and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Rob has worked with young people for some years in various capacities including running workshops in P.R.U's, youth work and teaching in both secondary and primary schools.

With the capacity to see what is important for students, staff and those caring for our young people, Rob feels that he is able to relate an honest and accurate account of the day to day running of the school to governors, whilst being a voice for all members of staff.

Mr Morgan works in the Crayford Temple Grove north campus and has strong relationships with both teaching and non teaching staff on both sites from EYFS to secondary.

Fiona Watkins

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Crayford LGBC

Appointment Start Date

28/06/2016

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents, appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Fiona was brought up in a small town in Scotland and moved to London to start her working life.

Her background is in childcare as a nanny and she has recently begun volunteering in primary phase of Crayford Academy. Fiona has two children, both of who attend Crayford Academy.

Sarah Watkins

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Crayford Academy

Appointment Start Date

10/6/2017

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Sarah is married with two children.

She has lived in Barnehurst / Crayford her whole life.

She started her working life in the travel industry where she spent over 17 years working her way up the ladder from trainee to a store manager. She has since moved to working in banking.

Hatcham College and HTGFS Local Board Governors

Adrian Bradbury

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

15/12/2015

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents?appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Adrian read Veterinary Science and Music at Churchill College, Cambridge before further study at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and in Berlin.

He has since developed an international career in chamber music as the cellist in Composers Ensemble (winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Award, 2002), Jane's Minstrels, Trio Gemelli, Touchwood Piano Quartet and Chamber Domaine, involving regular appearances at major festivals all over Europe together with a busy recording and broadcasting schedule.?

He also collaborates with neuroscientist Professor Alan Wing to carry out conservatoire-based research into string playing, and curated a series of Music and Brain events at the 2010 Aldeburgh Festival.?

He is Cello Tutor for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship at the RAM as well as an Artistic By-Fellowship at Churchill College.

Rebekah Brown

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

21/10/2013, re-elected and appointed 14/12/2017

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents?appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Rebekah was brought up in a suburb of Manchester and now lives in South London with her husband and four children who all attend or have attended Haberdashers? Aske?s Hatcham College.

She read Nursing and Human Sciences at The City of London University and St Bartholomew?s Hospital.?

Rebekah has worked as a nurse in a number of hospitals across London and was promoted to Oncology Nurse Practitioner in 2002.??Rebekah and her family moved to Durban in South Africa shortly afterwards where her husband had been asked to help start a Church on The University Campus of Kwa-Zulu-Natal (UKZN)??Rebekah volunteered at a non-governmental organisation supporting and giving counselling to students and women affected by violence, crime, abuse, HIV/ Aids from all over Africa.

Claudia Lindner

Type of Governor

Elected staff governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

15/12/2015

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by staff and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Claudia joined Haberdashers? Askes Hatcham College in February 1996.

She has been teaching French and German in the MFL department ever since, initially as a part time member of staff. ?She is now full time with responsibility for community languages.??

Claudia?s daughters took their GCSEs at Hatcham, so Claudia knows the school as a teacher and a parent.

Claudia is also a visiting tutor at City University, where she teaches on the Diploma in Translation course.

George Pulman QC

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

24/09/2013,?reappointed 03/10/2017

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

George Frederick Pulman went to school at Marlborough College in Wiltshire before studying at Downing College, Cambridge. George was called to the bar of Middle Temple in 1971 and has been Junior Counsel to The Crown, common law; member of The Queen?s Counsel; Recorder of Crown Court and County Court and Judge of mental health tribunals. George has held a number of appointments including member of the Legal Aid Board, the Lord Chancellor?s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct and Deputy High Court Judge. He is currently Chancellor of the Diocese of Chelmsford and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborough. George is a member of the Haberdashers? Company, previously holding the position of Master and Chairman of its Charities Committee. He is currently the Chairman of the Membership and Appointments Committee of the Haberdashers Company. As well as his position on the Hatcham College Local Governing Body Committee and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School Local Governing Body Committee, George has also held governorship positions at Adams Grammar School and St Mary Magdalene School, Holloway London and Downing College in Cambridge.

Lucinda Sanford

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

24/06/2014,?reappointed 26/06/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Lucinda Sanford is the Director of Lucinda Sanford Ltd Design and Build Company and was also a Director at a Property Investment Portfolio. Lucinda?s interests lie in her speciality, Design. She spends much of her time researching architecturally interesting buildings and interiors. Lucinda has loved property since she can remember. A combined love of bricks and mortar and paint and fabrics has allowed her to become a master builder. Lucinda was brought up in London and went to Francis Holland School. She then read History and International Relations at St Andrews University. She is married and has two daughters.

Owen Saxton

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

24/09/2013, reappointed 29/06/2017.

Resigned as Director of the Trust Board and appointed as a co-opted governor.

Term of office

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Dr W. Owen Saxton has taught Physics at Cambridge University Murray Edwards College since 1975 - as a Fellow since 1983, and as Director of Studies since 1990. He was also the College's Admissions Tutor for two years and its Senior Tutor for seven; a Tutor for fifteen years, and the Praelector for as long. He was one of the University Proctors 2012-13. He won the 1996 Ernst Ruska Prize, awarded every four years for the greatest contribution to electron microscopy in Europe for his work on the phase problem and the development of the Semper Image processing system. He is a non-executive director (and co-founder) of Synoptics Ltd, which supported his research for some years.

Jean Taylor

Type of Governor

Elected parent

Committee Membership

Hatcham College and Hatcham Temple Grove Free School LGBC

Appointment Start Date

06/10/2017

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Jean Taylor is a public policy researcher and consultant by background. More recently, she has worked in local government in roles leading strategy and policy development, with an emphasis on equalities. Previous voluntary roles include: acting as a volunteer mentor at Feltham Young Offenders Institution; as a volunteer tutor for children from disadvantaged backgrounds; and, as a ambassador for the Oxford University Target Schools Scheme. Jean has two daughters at the school.

Knights Academy Local Board Governors

Richard Phillips

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

10/10/2014, ended term as a Director of the Trust Board and appointed as a co-opted Governor?26/06/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Richard Phillips joined the Royal Navy from school in Shropshire, going for his tertiary education to the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in Devon. He commanded 6 warships at various times in his career, the final one being HMS Illustrious, an aircraft carrier. Richard left the Royal Navy as a Rear Admiral, an ADC to HM the Queen and a Companion of the Bath. After time studying for an MBA at Ashridge Business School and Oxford University, he went into industry, on the Board of the Operations Group of BAE Systems. Richard is currently Vice Chairman of JMW Oil Energy Ventures and previously was the Clerk and CEO to the Haberdashers? Company. In that capacity he sat on the boards of all of the Haberdashers? Schools, in Shropshire, Monmouth and Elstree. He enjoys visiting Cornwall, where he lived for 30 years and still has a house. He sails, skis and shoots, as well as staying fit by walking the coastal paths of the West Country.

Natalie Wilson

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

19/11/2013, reappointed 03/10/2017

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Natalie Wilson has been a qualified social worker for 20 years and has worked across most areas, from children and families up to management level and is currently self-employed working as an independent social worker. Natalie has always had a passion for providing children with the best opportunities to develop and reach their full potential particularly those who are more vulnerable. Natalie also has experience of school life through working closely with schools as a social worker, voluntarily at her children?s school and in running a wildlife club at another school. She has also worked as a children?s and youth worker at her church for over 20 years. Natalie has three children of her own and is delighted to be able to offer her support to Knights Academy as a Haberdashers governor. In her spare time Natalie also has a keen interest in fitness and outdoor activities.

Harriet Wheldon

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

09/12/2014

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Harriet Wheldon is a doctor who has been working in London since she graduated in 1991.

She first qualified as a surgeon and then completed her training to become a General Practitioner, a vocation that she finds to be both challenging and very satisfying.?

During a series of roles in different areas of South London with very mixed communities, Harriet has gained insight into the problems that can affect them and what can and cannot be done to help. Harriet has had to manage a host of complex issues often involving mental health and safeguarding and has experience of the difficult conversations and decisions that ensue.?

She works as part of a team and communicates regularly with both patients and practise staff.

Simon Masterson

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

30/06/2015

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Simon is a community governor who lives locally. He has been a civil servant for over 10 years, with the vast majority of that spent in the Department of Education where he has worked on a variety of policies related to schools. His current post is in the Ministry of Justice where he is the Head of Prison Education Policy. Simon has a long-held interest in education and young people, having chaired a charity at university aimed at improving outcomes for young people from the inner-city. He has previously been a governor of a maintained primary school in North London and has been a mentor to a young man through the ?Friendship works? charity for over 10 years.

Louis Powell

Type of Governor

Co-opted Governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Since 2014 Louis has worked at Google, where he helps UK businesses make the most of emerging mobile technology. Prior to Google he worked at Unilever in both IT consulting and in marketing where he launched new products, apps, and websites. He has worked in China, the US, Spain and Germany and now resides in London.

Oliver Norgrove

Type of Governor

Co-opted governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

26/06/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Oliver attended Monmouth School, part of the Haberdashers? family of schools in Monmouth.

He has been a Freeman of the Haberdashers? livery company since 2014. ?During this time, he has supported students at Knights by mentoring teams as part of the academy awards initiative over the last 3 years.

Oliver is a product specialist working at Vanguard Asset Management having previously worked in London and Dubai. He holds degrees in Economics and Law and has completed all three levels of the CFA exams.? In his spare time Oliver is a keen sportsman and enjoys travel.

Paul Treacy

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

01/10/2016

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by parents and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Paul is married to Jennifer and has two children who have both attended Knights Academy.

Paul has worked in various roles in Technology and Operations in Financial Services for all of his career, chiefly for JP Morgan, where he currently manages a global change management team, delivering operational systems & controls to drive efficiency and enhance client service. In prior roles he has lead the delivery of significant changes driven by regulation as well as major strategic infrastructure upgrades.

In his spare time?Paul is a volunteer at Crystal Palace Ladies Football Club, administering their membership process and improving the?clubs?online presence and outreach within the growing field of girls football globally. Paul also enjoys running and golf and looks forward to having the time to do more of the?latter!

Hannah Witham

Type of Governor

Elected staff governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

09/12/2014, re elected 17/12/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by staff and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Hannah has worked at Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy for over four years. She currently works in the administration team and enjoys the close contact and good relationship she has with staff, parents, pupils and the local community. Before coming to Knights she trained as a children?s nurse and worked for NHS Direct as an advisor. She is educated to degree level ? BSc of Combined Health Studies and has a diploma in Paediatric Nursing. Following graduation, Hannah spent 11 months in South East Asia where she helped look for lost orangutans after a landslide in Indonesia, and taught English to Cambodian Monks. She has a wide array of interests; chief of which is a passion for the education and well-being of children and their families and the role education and health care play in a local community. She also supports a few charities including the NSPCC and Battersea dog?s home. Hannah has lived most of her life in the local area and has also lived in Scotland and Birmingham. Her hobbies include reading, going to the theatre and caring for her cat Skibba.

Sally Reeve Edwards

Type of Governor

Elected parent governor

Committee Membership

Knights Academy LGBC

Appointment Start Date

17/12/2018

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Elected by staff and appointed by the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association

Sally Reeve Edwards has a son at HAKA who joined Year 7 in September 2018. She has been a governor twice before, at Harris Academy in Greenwich and for 6 years at Torridon Infants School in Catford. She was Chair of Governors for 2 years at Torridon and successfully helped the school reach outstanding status in 2015. Her particular strengths are communication and parent engagement.

?Sally has been an actor since childhood and still works occasionally in film and TV. She also runs a successful preschool music class ?Singalong Sally? in Lewisham, Ladywell and Charlton.

Both Sally?s children have Autism and ADHD and therefore she has a particular interest in SEN and inclusion. ?She is a parent volunteer for SENDIASS, the Lewisham independent advocacy service for SEN families.

Borough Academy Local Board Governors

Anuja Dhir QC

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Anuja was born in Scotland in 1968, she attended at state school and in 1984 she started studying Law at Dundee University. Having graduated in 1988, with an honours degree in English and Scottish Law she sat the Bar exams. Anuja was called to the Bar in 1989. She practised at the Bar for 23 years, mainly in crime and from 2007 onwards as a special advocate in national security cases. Anuja has been involved in advocacy training in the UK and abroad for over 20 years. in 2010, Anuja was appointed as a Queen?s Counsel.

Anuja was appointed as an Old Bailey Judge in 2017 and a Circuit Judge in 2012. She was made a Recorder in 2010. She is the first non- white judge at The Old Bailey.

In 2015 Anuja was appointed as a Tutor Judge for the Judicial College.

In 2017 she was made a governor of the City Academy Hackney.

2018 Anuja was authorised to sit in the CACD (Court of Appeal, Criminal Division) and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by Dundee University.

Anuja is married with 3 children.

Cassandra Buchanan

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Cassie has been teaching for over 18 years and is the headteacher of Charles Dickens Primary School and Nursery, an outstanding school and nursery in Central London. Cassie also leads the London South Teaching School Alliance, a large and very successful alliance working with over 85 schools across South London and beyond. The LSTSA specialises in leadership development , school peer review and research linked to teaching and learning including inclusion, teacher workload, effective use of pupil premium and mental health.?

Cassie was an?Ofsted inspector for many years, inspecting nurseries and primary schools with specialism in leadership and management, English, maths, Early Years and curriculum.

She now focuses her time on supporting?system-wide?evidence-based?improvements including accountability frameworks. Cassie continues to work as a pupil premium reviewer and school improvement partner, supporting schools both nationally and abroad. She sits on several the?DFE?advisory groups including teacher workload and she is a member of the Southwark Health and Wellbeing Board.

Before she entered the teaching profession, Cassie worked for Deloitte and Touche as an auditor following a degree in PPE from Christ Church, Oxford University.

Fiona Hurst

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Fiona is the Senior Design Director for Forpeople Ltd, an International Design Consultants based in London.? She is Head of Vision and Strategy and responsible for bringing creative vision to a wide range of projects including design philosophy, brand experience, spatial, experiential, product and furniture design. ?Key clients include Intercontinental Hotel Group, Cunard, British Airways & The Body Shop. Fiona has previously worked for Ford Motor Company, Land Rover and Studio Monogram and has been a visiting design lecturer at numerous colleges at BA and MA level including Royal College of Art, Central St Martins, London. Fiona's voluntary work includes establishing and running weekly craft workshops at Cathedral Primary School, being a Sunday school teacher at Southwark Cathedral and local fund raising, London SE1.? She is a mother of two and lives in London.?

Hugh Gammell

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

3?years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Hugh Gammell spent most of his career at Charterhouse, an independent school in Godalming, Surrey. There he taught History, and was Head of Department, Housemaster and Admissions Registrar. He had responsibility at various times for teaching and learning, the welfare and performance of students under his pastoral care and school administration.

Since retirement in 2016, he has engaged in extensive voluntary work, with Citizens Advice, the Mark Evison Foundation and as a Governor of St Peter?s Catholic Comprehensive School in Guildford, where he has special responsibility for safeguarding.

Joshua Rosen

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Joshua Rosen is a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers?and became a governor at Haberdashers? Aske?s Borough Academy in January 2019.

Joshua is currently a Director at specialist insurance investment manager Twelve Capital, having joined the firm in January 2015. Prior to this, Joshua worked at Nomura International and Lehman Brothers in London, where he was responsible for sales to major long-only managers and hedge fund accounts across Europe.

Joshua is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA institute. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Politics & Sociology from the University of Bristol and was educated at Haberdashers? Aske?s Boys? School in Elstree. Joshua lives in London and is married with two young children.?

Nick Grenside

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

3?years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Nick is a longstanding member of the community and has been involved in the Borough Academy project since inception.? He is qualified solicitor.?

Paola Wilson

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4?years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Paola Wilson campaigned for the successful opening of Haberdashers? Aske?s Borough Academy.? From 1995 to 2010 she worked as a barrister, specialising principally in criminal and human rights public law.? She liaise on a voluntary basis with parents and carers on local issues pertaining to community and youth projects.

Sally Dyson

Type of Governor

Co-opted Local Governor

Committee Membership

Borough Academy Local Board

Appointment Start Date

01/01/2019

Term of office?

4 years

Appointed by

Appointed by?the Trust Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.?

Sally is the founder and director of Firm Sense Limited, a specialist consultancy enhancing the personal and organisational effectiveness of lawyers and other professionals. Sally?s expertise in the professional services arena derives from over a decade working as a lawyer.? Sally holds an MA in law from Cambridge University and qualified as a solicitor and practised at Slaughter and May before joining the in-house legal team at Reuters Group PLC (now Thomson Reuters) and then moving to Travelex Group Limited where she was first Senior Counsel and then Head of Group Compliance and Regulation. Sally is also a qualified business coach and a commercially published author.

Sally has been a member of the Haberdashers? Company for over 20 years and now sits on their Court of Assistants.? Sally is an independent governor of the University of East London.? In 2018 the University was named the Times Higher Education?s most improved university and won their award for widening participation.?? Sally is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a charitable network dedicated to shaping the future through ideas and action.

Sally lives in London and is married with two school-age children.?