HEADMISTRESS
Mrs V. Bingham, MA (Oxon)

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Mr T. Brown, BA (Bournemouth), MBA (Greenwich)

SENIOR DEPUTY HEAD 
Mrs J. Bedi, MA (Cantab)

DEPUTY HEAD (ACADEMIC)
Mr S. Etienne, MSC (Oxon)

DEPUTY HEAD (PASTORAL)
Mrs N. Dawson, BA (Durham)

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL
Mr R. Queripel, BA (Sheffield)

DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION
Mr R. Street, BA, NPQH (Exeter)

DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNICATIONS
Ms S. MacMillan, B.Ed (Queen’s Canada), CFRE

ASSISTANT HEADS
Enrichment: Mr J. Majithia, BA (Oxon)
Professional Development: Mr H. Waddington, MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab) FRGS
Senior Tutor: Dr C. Jackson, PhD (Glasgow)
Teaching and Learning: Ms L. Timm, MChem (Oxon)
University Guidance and Careers: Ms D. Mardell, MA (Cantab), MEd (Cantab)
Head of Sixth Form: Mr B. Tosh, BA (Greenwich)
Head of Upper School: Mrs N. Taberner, BA (Brighton)
Head of Middle School: Mrs J. Demetriou, BA (KCL)

HEAD OF MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING
Ms. G. Mellor, BA (Exeter) PGCE

DIRECTOR OF IB DIPLOMA
Dr H. Linscott, BA (UCL), MA (UCL), PhD (UCL)

HEAD OF CAREERS
Dr R. Silverman, BSc (Nottingham), MSc (Nottingham), PhD (Bristol)

HEAD OF EXAMINATIONS AND DATA MANAGER
Mr V. Patel, BA (University of North London)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION (SENIOR SCHOOL)
Dr W. Van Reyk, BA, MSt, DPhil (Oxon)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION (JUNIOR SCHOOL)

Mr D. Harrison, BA (Leeds)

DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS

Mr A. Duffey, BA (Surrey Institute of Art & Design)

In the departmental sections, * denotes Head of Department.

ART
Ms O. D’Cruz, BA (Warwick) (Mat leave)
Miss S. Elliott, BA Fine Art – Painting (UAL Wimbledon College of Art)
Miss E. Lerche-Lerchenborg
Neeli Malik – Artist in Residence
*Dr A. Permain, PhD (Reading), MFA (Oxon), BA (Hons) (Newcastle)
Mrs A. Wright, BA (Edinburgh)

SUPPORT STAFF
Ms I. Clifton – Art Technician

CLASSICS
Mrs P. Forde, BA (Durham), MA (UCL)
Miss C. Jones, MA (Edinburgh)
Dr H. Linscott, BA (UCL), MA (UCL), PhD (UCL)
Miss S. Lui
Miss S. May, MA (St Andrews)
*Mr E. Pike, BA (KCL), MA (Cape Town)

COMPUTING
Mrs R. Agarwal, BA (Hons) (Delhi), MA (CCS University)
Ms M. Greenland, BSc (De Montfort)
* Mr Z. Qureshi, BSc (Hertfordshire)

DRAMA
Mr C. Hennelly, BA (Middlesex), MA (Hons) (Middlesex)
* Miss H. May, BA (Princeton)
Mr B. Tosh, BA (Greenwich)
Mrs S. Wettreich, BA (East Anglia)

ECONOMICS
Ms G. Rattan
Mr M. Smith
* Mrs H. Waywell, BSc (Loughborough), MA (IoE)

ENGINEERING, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Mr S. Binning, BA (Herts), BA (Greenwich)
Ms C. Crivellari-Rivas
*Mr A. Duffey, BA (Surrey Institute of Art & Design)

ENGLISH
Dr P. Aherne, MA (KCL), PhD (KCL)
Mrs J. Bedi, MA (Cantab)
Mr K. Cameron, MA (Belfast), MRes (Belfast), BA (UCL)
Ms T. Cummings, BA (Cantab)
Mrs S. Gamsu, BA (Leeds)
* Ms M. Henson, BA (Cork), MA (Cork)
Dr F Macdonald DPhil (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), BA (Oxon)
Mrs M.R. Muirhead, MA (UCL), BA (Birmingham)
Dr R. McLoughlin, DPhil (Oxon)
Miss J. Riemann, BA (Connecticut), BA (Virginia)
Mrs L. Winton, BA (Manchester)

GEOGRAPHY
Miss K. Chung, MA (UCL), PGCert (UCL), BA (Durham)
Mr M. Hadley, BSc (Edinburgh)
Mr N. McMinn, MSc (Royal Holloway, University of London)
* Mr M. Morgan
Mr H. Waddington, MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab) FRGS

HISTORY, GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Mr H. Bollands
* Ms V. Brock, BA (Oxon)
Mr L. Forde, BA (KCL), MA (UCL)
Mr J.P. Glock, BSc (Econ) (LSE)
Mr J. Majithia, BA (Oxon)
Dr J. Roberts, MA (St Andrews), MPhil (Warburg Institute, University of London), DPhil (Oxon)
Dr W. Van Reyk, BA, MSt, DPhil (Oxon)

MATHEMATICS
Dr P. Avramidou, BA (Thessaloniki), MSc (Wyoming), PhD (Illinois)
Miss G. Bhatt, BSc (Durham)
Mr P. Chui, MA (Cantab), MSc (QMUL)
Miss D. Cooper, MSc (KCL)
Dr R. Ferguson, BSc (Bath), PhD (Bath)
Mr. M. Feltham
* Mr W. Galton, BA (Cantab)
Mrs E. Livingston, MEng (Bristol)
Mr B. Manivannan, BSc (Sri Lanka)
Mr B. Retter
Mrs A. Swanepoel, BSc (Pretoria)
Mr M. Thorogood, BSc (Sussex)
Mr N. Vaghjiani, BSc (Warwick)
Miss. T Wang

MODERN LANGUAGES
Miss L. Aubic, MA (Marne-la-Vallee), CAPES (Paris IV)
* Miss K.D. Bonnal, Maitrise (Avignon) French
Miss H. Geng, BA (Jiang Su), MBA (Lincoln)
Miss P. Henderson, PGCert (Oxon), BA (Hons) (Durham)
* Ms A. Hickman, BA (Durham) Mandarin
* Dr N. Ibba, MA (Bologna), PhD (UCL) Italian
Ms K. Koehnlein, MA (Ruprecht Karls University)
Ms E. Jacob
Ms D. Mardell, MA (Cantab), MEd (Cantab)
* Ms E. Makower, BA (Oxon) Russian
Ms C. Ortiz, BA (Salamanca), MA (Salamanca)
Ms A. Santos, BA (Hons) (Aveiro), MEd (Coimbra)
Miss L. Tibballs, MA (City, University of London), BA (Nottingham)
* Mrs. A Venter, BA (Hons) (Pretoria), MA (Sorbonne) Head of Modern Foreign Languages & German
* Mrs X. Yerbury, MA (City, University of London) Spanish

LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS
Mr J. Carbonell Costa (Spanish), BA (Spain), MA (UCL)
Miss F. Croce (Italian), MA (Torino), MA (Warburg Institute, University of London)
Ms D. Dimba (German), BA (Germany)
Ms E. Hernandez Moral (Spanish), MA (Spain)
Mrs W. Hu (Chinese), MA (UCL)
Mrs L. Iakobachvili (Russian)
Mrs M. Kuo (Chinese), BA (Taiwan), MA (Hertfordshire)
Mx W. Mouelle Makolle (French), MPhil (Oxon)

MUSIC
Mr L. Haigh, BMus (Edin)
Miss L. James, BMus (KCL)
* Mr S. McCall, BA (Durham)
Yukiko Osedo – Musician in Residence

There are an additional 25 visiting musicians who teach violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, flute, oboe, recorder, singing, harp, harpsichord, pianoforte, organ, French horn, percussion and brass.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Mrs J. Ball, BEd (Manchester)
Mr C. Carver
* Mrs G. Castle, BA (Liverpool)
Mr J. Davies, BA (Durham)
Miss C. Hill, BSc (Birmingham)
Miss E. Horncastle, BSc (Coventry)
Miss C. Male
Mrs J. Mari, BEd (Brunel)
Ms L. Powell
Mrs J. Rafter, BA (St Mary’s University, Twickenham)
Mrs N. Taberner, BA (Brighton)

SUPPORT STAFF
Ms. H. Adio – Graduate Sports Assistant
Ms N. Doole – Swimming Instructor
Mrs S. Dowe – Swimming Instructor
Mr J. Federman – Graduate Sports Assistant
Ms H. Jobling – Swimming Instructor/Sports Assistant

RELIGIOUS STUDIES & PHILOSOPHY
Mr E. Cobb, BA (Warwick), MSc (Manchester)
Mrs J. Demetriou, BA (KCL)
Mr A. Du Cros, PhD (KCL), MA (KCL), BA (York)
* Mr J. Holt, BA (Durham), MA (Open University)
Mr. A Sfakianakis, MA (SOAS), BA (Athens)

SCIENCE
Mr S. Bryers, MSc (Nottingham)
Mr N. Dave, BSc (UCL), MA (Brunel)
Dr C. Gannarelli, PhD (UCL), MSc (UCL)
Miss G. Glover, BSc (East Anglia), MA (East Anglia)
Mrs N. Hutchings, BSc (Brunel)
Ms. K Iqbal
Dr C. Jackson, PhD (Glasgow), BSc (Glasgow)
*Dr. N Modha
Dr M. Patel, PhD (Imperial), BSc (Imperial)
* Mr M. Powell
Miss H. Rice, BSc (Liverpool)
Mr T. Rodrigues, BSc (University of Kwazulu-Natal, S. Africa)
Miss R. Scordoulis, MBiochem (Oxon)
* Miss M. Siddiqui, BSc (KCL) Chemistry
Dr R. Silverman, BSc (Notts), MSc (Notts), PhD (Bristol)
Ms S. Slack
Mr M. Stoklas, MSc (Imperial)
Ms L. Timm, MChem (Oxon)
* Mrs N. Timoshina, MSc (Moscow) Physics
Mr E. Walsh, BA (Cantab), MEng (Cantab)
Mrs A. Whitehead, BSc (Bristol)

SUPPORT STAFF
Mr E. Van Zyl – Senior Science Technician
Ms A. Berchie – Science Technician
Mr S. Daniels – Science Technician
Mr M. Nadeem – Science Technician
Ms K. Visram – Science Technician

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE

Ms G. Bentley, MA (Aberystwyth), BSc (Liverpool) – Archivist [maternity cover]
Ms K. Cargill Thompson, MA (UCL), BA (Durham) – Librarian
Mrs H. Jones, PGDip (Aberystwyth), MA (Oxon), BA (York) – Archivist [maternity leave]
Ms A. Pathiyath, MA (EFLU, Hyderabad), MLitt (University of Aberdeen) – Head Librarian & Archivist

ADMISSIONS
Natalia Daza, Admissions Officer
Karen Eldridge, Admissions Officer
Jessica Mendes Rego, Head of Admissions

CANONS SPORTS CENTRE
Steven Ballantyne, Duty Manager
Katie O’Leary, Duty Manager

COVER STAFF
Nicole Barry, Cover Supervisor
Dipti Bhatt, Cover Supervisor
Lisa Peterman, Cover Supervisor
Sue Seaman, Cover Supervisor

ESTATES
Nicholas Arte, School Marshall
Stuart Burden, School Keeper
Carmel Hanson, Estates Administrator
Dave Harris, Estates Manager
Chris Lokko, Security Marshall
Alan Phipps, School Keeper
Dave Piddington, Head School Keeper
Michael Russell, School Keeper
Alex Sanchez, School keeper

EXAMS
Susan Burkett, Exams Secretary

FINANCE
Leigh Bagshaw, Management Accountant
Tracey Bush, Payroll & Fees Administrator
Beverley Grant, Finance Director
Anita Joshi, Accounts Manager
Varsha Virdi, Accounts Payable Assistant

HR
Dawn Gamble, HR Recruitment Administrator
Kelly-Marie Madden-Giles, HR Officer

INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Ali Aliev, Director of Business Development
Michael Burke, Director of Educational Quality
Gwen Byrom, Director of Education Strategy
Ian Callender, COO NLCS International
Lucy Tierney, International Recruitment Coordinator
Jade Howard, Quality Assurance & Social Media Administrator
Harshita Vekaria, International Projects Administrator

IT SUPPORT
Chris Hilton, Director of IT
Umer Jamil, IT Support Technician
Awadh Mohamed, IT Support Technician
Ian Munro, IT Network Manager
Brendan Sweeney, IT Services Director

OPERATIONS
Annmarie Esmail, Transport Officer
Patricia McFarlane, Operations Manager

PAC
Benjamin Adams, Theatre Technician
Thomas Boase, Theatre Manager

PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNICATIONS
Zoe Camille, Communications and Marketing Officer
Sonal Dhadphale, Alumnae Relations Manager
Joe Dunster, Development Manager
Hanisha Kotecha, Marketing Strategic Support
Stephanie MacMillan, Director of Philanthropy and Communications
Yolanda Neri, Events Manager
Tara Stephens, Development Office Administrator
Sean West, Head of Digital Marketing

SENIOR SCHOOL OFFICE
Deborah Baum, PA to the Head
Heather Cade, PA to the COO
Gill Conway, PA to the Deputy Heads
Lyn Degnan, Music & Drama Administrator
Jackie Humphreys, Office Administrator
Lorraine Iseman, Senior School Receptionist
Jana Mikitova, Senior School Office Manager
Madhu Pattani, Trips and Calendar Co-Ordinator
Sarah Prentice, Admin & Attendance Officer
Sonia Shah, Office Administrator
Evelyn Spenceley, Senior School Receptionist
Mei Yuan, Data Officer

TECHNICIAN
Veronica Simon, Reprographics Technician

SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER
Zahra Kharia

STUDENT SUPPORT
Carolyn Duff, Assistant SEND Advisor

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL
Mr R. Queripel, BA (Sheffield)

DEPUTY HEADS
Mrs K. Bartram, BA (Kent) MA (Hertfordshire) Deputy Head: First School

ASSISTANT HEADS
Mr P. Rosenthal: Staff Development & Enrichment
Mr A. Wilkes, BA (Leeds Met): Staff Development (Paternity Leave)

Miss K. Bayliss, BA (Nottingham)
Mrs C. Bright, BA (Glasgow)
Mr J. Brown, LLB (Durham)
Mrs G. Caplan
Mr T. Connelly, BA (Leeds)
Mrs J. Cooke, BEd (Waikato, NZ)
Mrs C. Cox, BA (China), MA (Kingston)
Mrs E. Cukier, BSC (Birmingham) MSc (London Met)
Miss L. Forsyth, BA (Middlesex) (Mat leave)
Mrs I. Freeman, MA Hons (Edinburgh)
Mr N. Glazelle
Miss G. Holland, BA (Loughborough)
Miss M. Hanson, BEd (Surrey)
Mr D. Harrison, BA (Leeds)
Mrs K. Ivory, BSc (Leicester)
Mrs F. Kassamali, BEd, MEd (Toronto)
Mrs A. Mainwaring, MA (Royal Academy of Music)
Mrs L. Marks, BA (Middlesex)
Miss C. Mogridge, BA (Open)
Mrs A. Novick, BEd (Leeds)
Mrs E. Sandzer, BSc (Bristol)
Mrs R. Rushbrook, BA (Cambridge), MA (Roehampton)
Mrs H. Stokes-Wigham, BA (Nottingham)
Mrs L. Weisgard, BSc (Manchester)

First School Teaching Assistants
Mrs R. Amdur
Mrs K. Andrews
Mrs C. Bedford, BA Hons (Birmingham), MSc (UCL)
Mrs P. Garcha
Mrs C. Ingate, BEd (Hertfordshire)
Mrs S. Johnson
Mrs D. Nathan
Mrs L. Pearson, MBA, BMus (Thames Valley)
Mrs V. Weddell, BSc (Open)

Lower School Teaching Assistants
Miss A. Brown
Mrs L. Feldman, TA Team Leader
Mrs L. Garsin
Mrs N. Golson, BA (Cambridge) MSc (UCL)
Mrs A. Shah

Librarian
Rachel Hudson

PA to Head of Junior School and Junior School Office Manager
Holly Hawkins

Junior School Admissions Officer
Karen Eldridge

Administrative Assistants
Bijal Spaul
Angela Zeller

Junior School Office Administrator
Jennifer Rogoff

Junior School Technicians
Kevin Delahoy

After School Care
Beverley Miller
Lily Tran

Early Coach Escorts
Mary Andrews
Elaine Chapman
Pauline O’Callaghan
Kathleen Trainor
Angela Wright

School Nurse
Harriet Woods

School Counsellors
Beatrice Fox
April Wellesley

Health Care Professional
Lorna Soares-Smith

Gabrielle has worked for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office for over 20 years, including a posting to The Hague as one of the UK representatives to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

After leaving NLCS, Gabrielle studied Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge before taking a diploma in Acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts. Gabrielle also has an Msc in Investigative Forensic Psychology from London South Bank University.

In 2021, she was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for her services to British Foreign Policy.

Peter is an actuary with over 40 years’ experience in the life insurance industry.  He is a leading expert in life company demutualisations, mergers and acquisitions, and the financial management of with-profits business, and was the With-Profits Actuary for Prudential Assurance Company for 5 years from 2015-2020.  He is currently a non-executive Director for Aviva International Insurance Limited, and chair of the Board Risk Committee.

During his career, Peter was a Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson, served on the Towers Perrin Board of Directors and chaired the Board’s Business Investment Committee. He has written several papers which were presented to the Institute of Actuaries and has served on the profession’s Council, its Life Practice Board, as Honorary Secretary and chairman of its Research Committee.

Peter obtained an Honours Degree in Mathematics at Churchill College Cambridge and is married with a son, and two daughters who both attended NLCS.

Munira has a degree in Economics from UCL. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte before spending almost a decade in Private Equity where she worked at 3i and BC Partners in their Investment Teams.

She is now responsible for oversight of The Beverley Group, a family business founded by her father in the 1990s. The Beverley Group owns and operates hotels, properties and dental practices in the UK.

Munira served as a member of the Aga Khan Foundation’s UK National Committee, from 2017 to 2024 with a seat on its Finance and Property Committees. She has retained her seat on the Property Committee.

She has two girls at NLCS, one in Year 2 and one who will join Reception in September 2024.

Fiona became Director of Independent Schools at United Learning in September 2022. She originally joined the organisation in 1995 when it was the Church Schools Company; later becoming United Learning. She was Head of Guildford High School from 2002 – 2022 and is currently the Executive Head there. Guildford High became a Teaching School in 2013 and Fiona was appointed an NLE, leading the United Learning Teaching School Alliance from 2013 – 2020. She has a variety of governance roles; she is an Associate Director of Cumbria University and is a member of the ‘Learning Partners Academy Trust’. She has also served on the governing bodies of Portsmouth Grammar School, St Ives Prep School, Hoe Bridge Prep School and Epsom College.

Fiona is on the Advisory Board of a new charity called the School Partnerships Alliance and she has helped to establish the West Surrey Partnership of all the state and independent schools in the Guildford area. She was Chair of HMC in 2019-2020, and on the Advisory Council of the Institute for Ethical AI in Education (IEAIED) (2018 – 2021).

In 2023, Fiona was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to education.

Vivien Godfrey is the Chairman and CEO of the Edward Stanford Group (Stanfords) a retailer of travel books, maps, globes and other travel related products and services.

Vivien attended NLCS from 1968 to 1979 and was School Captain in her final year.

Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, father and mother, Vivien graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Geography.  Vivien also holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

She worked for almost two decades for McKinsey and Company and then Diageo in the retail and consumer packaged goods sectors in the UK, Canada and USA.

Members of Vivien’s family have been shareholders and Directors of Stanfords since 1949. After serving for several years as the non-Executive Chairman, Vivien assumed the role of CEO of Stanfords in March 2018.

Victoria Harding (née Savage) is the Head of Repton Prep School in Derbyshire; a co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 3-13.  She was previously Head at Sarum Hall School in Belsize Park, London, and Deputy Head, then Acting Head, at Newland House School in Twickenham.

Victoria read Music at Edinburgh University where she was in demand as a musical director, accompanist and organist.  She was Director of Music at St Michael & All Saints Church, President and Musical Director of Edinburgh Footlights Society and directed Edinburgh Studio Opera’s production of Dido and Aeneas at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, amongst other performance opportunities.  She was awarded numerous prizes when graduating from University and went on to study Piano Accompanying postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Music in London, performing in concerts across the country.

Victoria has taught at Eton College, Falkner House and Lambrook Schools, and been Director of Music at Garden House School and subsequently at the Dragon School in Oxford.  She has taught Art, Music, History, French and English during her career.

Until July 2024, Rowena was the General Counsel (Operations) for and a Partner of Mishcon de Reya LLP, a major leading law firm.

A Classics graduate from Bristol University, she joined the firm in 1988 as a trainee solicitor, becoming a Commercial Litigation Partner in 1996. She took over various roles in knowledge and risk over the years, managing a wide variety of teams, becoming GC in 2019. Rowena’s brief as GC included providing legal advice to and constitutional governance for the law firm and various of the Mishcon Group subsidiaries, both in the UK and in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her role extended to data, cyber and procurement engagement as well as practical guidance to the lawyers and Management Board. She has also managed a wide variety of projects, including converting the business to an LLP and the introduction of a new client on boarding system.

Rowena lives in North London. Her daughter is an ONL (class of 2018). She has two sons, the youngest of whom currently attends Highgate School.

Ameet Jogia is a local Councillor for Canons ward in the London Borough of Harrow, which encompasses the site of the School. Ameet has been a long-standing supporter of the School, helping the team to engage with the local community on a number of key projects and issues, such as traffic management and planning for the Ideas Hub.

By background, Ameet Jogia has been a Political Adviser for the Conservative Party for over 10 years. Most recently, he was the Political Adviser at 10 Downing Street to former Prime Minister Rt Hon Rishi Sunak. Following the 2024 General Election, Ameet continues to support Rishi Sunak in his role as Leader of the Opposition.

Ameet lives in Stanmore and is deeply passionate about serving the local community and representing local interests. He was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in the neighbouring Hendon constituency in the 2024 General Election.

He is also a serving Magistrate and in June 2022, Ameet was awarded an MBE for Political and Public Services.

Nina Kingsmill Moore is currently Head at Glendower Preparatory School, in South Kensington, London. From September, Nina will be moving to Wetherby Preparatory School, an all-boys prep school to 13, in Marylebone, London. Prior to this, Nina was Deputy Head at Lambrook School in Berkshire and Wetherby School in Notting Hill. Nina is a passionate educationalist who enjoys training others and has run the Preparation for Headship course for aspiring Head Teachers annually.

In her personal life, Nina is mum to three children who all attend boarding school at Marlborough College in Wiltshire and is married to Hugh, who works in finance and moonlights as an author having just written his book!

In her spare time, Nina enjoys family holidays in both hot and cold climates and enjoys skiing, walking her two dogs in the beautiful Berkshire countryside and socialising with friends over a glass of wine!

Charlotte is passionate about ensuring that young people have access to outstanding education. She has forty years’ experience as a teacher, retiring as Head of Rugby High School in August 2019. Her previous posts include Principal of Jersey College for Girls and Deputy Head of Northampton High School. She was Chair of the Grammar Schools Heads’ Association between 2013-2015.

Charlotte is currently a governor and Chair of the Academic Committee of Rugby School, a governor of Stockingford Academy and a member of AQA’s Irregularities and Appeals Committees.

John Sheridan is a founding Partner of Theleme Partners, a London-based global equities investment firm with $5bn of assets under management, launched in 2009.

John graduated with a Law degree from The London School of Economics before working in equity research at HSBC and then at Deutsche Bank, with a particular focus on financial companies. He then moved into asset management becoming a Partner at The Children’s Investment Fund, before going onto to co-found Theleme Partners.

Tom Thomas was the Director of Studies (Deputy Head Academic) at Winchester College in Hampshire; a boys’ boarding school (13-18, co-ed in Sixth Form). He was at Winchester from 2018 – 2024. He was previously Head of Chemistry and Head of Year 11 at NLCS, and prior to that taught Chemistry at St. Paul’s School in Barnes and Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

Tom read Chemistry at University College, Durham and then completed a PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of Bristol before embarking on a career in a teaching.

Tom’s teaching career has encompassed service in a variety of different environments, both single sex and co-ed, day, and boarding.

Dorothy Toh is an academic at King’s College London, teaching and advising both undergraduates and postgraduates, and conducting research on audit quality, audit regulation and the future of the financial professions with a particular emphasis on the impact of technological transformation.

Prior to King’s, Dorothy was at the London School of Economics where she completed her PhD and postdoctoral research in accounting and gained her Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy.  Prior to academia, Dorothy had a long career in the City as a senior finance professional, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, and latterly as Head of Finance at Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC, working predominantly with listed, international firms throughout this time.

Dorothy has a keen and deep interest in educational matters and also sits on the Board of Governors at a state primary school.

Andreas has had a distinguished career in finance and was Head of Allianz Global Investors, the asset management arm of Allianz with Euro 673 billion assets under management, for eight years until 2020.  He is currently chairman of Vontobel, a leading Swiss asset manager/wealth manager.

He has an active interest in education and is a governor of Birkbeck, University of London and is a founding trustee of the Financial Times financial literacy and inclusion campaign.  He is a philanthropist.

Andreas is a parent of three children, one who recently left NLCS and another who is a current pupil at the School.

Andreas holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, an MA in Economics from Katholieke Universiteit Leuvenas well as the CFA’s ASIP qualification.

Emma Watford has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector. She started her career in mergers & acquisitions at Morgan Stanley before joining the private equity industry in 2005 after completing her MBA at Harvard Business School where she was a Fulbright Scholar.

She is a Partner at Bridgepoint, a leading international private equity firm, where she co-heads the firm’s investment activities in the UK for the Bridgepoint Europe fund and is a member of the Bridgepoint Europe operating and investment committees.

She is an experienced board director having sat on over 20 Boards in her career to date across a wide variety of sectors from retail to marketing technology to wealth management.

She is a member of the UK Takeover Panel, on the Advisory Council of Level 20 which promotes gender diversity in private equity, is a Trustee of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and is on the Advisory Board of the Masters of Law and Finance Course at Oxford University.

She has three young children and lives in South West London but has a strong affinity to North London having lived there for many years and being from a family of Arsenal supporters.

Derek originally trained as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and subsequently moved into property development having completed his Masters.  He retired from Land Securities plc after seventeen years as Director of Project Management. During this period he was a Director of the Joint Contracts Tribunal (the across industry body responsible for the drafting and publishing of contract documentation); was a Director Trustee of the company pension scheme and a part time lecturer in project management in property development at Reading, UCL and South Bank Universities. Derek served as the Chairman of The British Council of Shopping Centres Technical Affairs Committee for a number of years.

Derek was responsible for technical graduate recruitment and the mentoring of junior staff to become chartered in various construction related disciplines. With the Bartlett at UCL, a part time Masters course degree was designed and sponsored by Land Securities for Project Management of Major Projects.

He spent two years as a part time consultant to Transport for London to assist in the creation of the strategy to redevelop their assets with new operational facilities incorporating a commercial element.

Derek is currently a Governor of Farringtons School in Chislehurst and helps run a local tennis and squash club where he struggles to improve his game.