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)

ASSISTANT HEADS
Senior Assistant Head: Mr J. Majithia, BA (Oxon)
Professional Development: Mr H. Waddington, MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab) FRGS
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 EXAMINATIONS AND DATA MANAGER
Mr V. Patel, BA (University of North London)

DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS

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

SEND ADVISOR

Mrs S Beale

In the departmental sections, * denotes Head of Department.

ART
Ms I. Clifton, BA (Winchester School of Art)
Ms M. Coleborn, BA (Oxford), MA (Royal College of Art)
Ms O. D’Cruz, BA (Warwick), MA (University of the Arts London)
Ms S. Elliott, BA (University of the Arts London)
*Ms E. Lerche-Lerchenborg, BA (Edinburgh College of Art), MA (Royal College of Art)

ART TECHNICIAN
Ms H. Johns, BA (Central Saint Martins), MA (Royal College of Art)

CLASSICS
Dr H. Linscott, BA (UCL), MA (UCL), PhD (UCL)
Dr J. Glueck, PhD (Cantab), MA (Oxon), BA (Harvard)
Miss S. May, MA (St Andrews)
*Mr E. Pike, BA (KCL), MA (Cape Town)
Mr E. Pyman, Mphil (Cantab), BA (Cantab)

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

DRAMA
*Mr C. Alaru, BA, BEd (Queensland University of Technology)
Mr C. Hennelly, BA (Middlesex), MA (Hons) (Middlesex)
Mr B. Tosh, BA (Greenwich)
Mrs S. Wettreich, BA (East Anglia)

ECONOMICS
Ms R. Orloff, MLitt (St Andrews), BA (Oxon)
Ms G. Rattan
* Mrs H. Waywell, BSc (Loughborough), MA (IoE)

ENGINEERING, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Ms C. Crivellari-Rivas
*Mr A. Duffey, BA (Surrey Institute of Art & Design)
Mr O. Futter, BA (University of the Arts London)
Mr C. Phillips, BA (Gwent College of Higher Education)

SUPPORT STAFF
Mr K. Higham – Roboteer in Residence
Mr S. McCaul – Senior EDT Technician

ENGLISH
Dr P. Aherne, MA (KCL), PhD (KCL)
Ms T. Cummings, BA (Cantab)
Mrs S. Gamsu, BA (Leeds)
Mrs H. Haswell, BA (York)
* Ms M. Henson, BA (Cork), MA (Cork)
Ms C. Lai, BA (Durham)
Dr F, Macdonald DPhil (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), BA (Oxon)
Ms L. McGill, BA (UCL)
Mrs M.R. Muirhead, MA (UCL), BA (Birmingham)
Miss J. Riemann, BA (Connecticut), BA (Virginia)

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 J. Bullock, MA (UCL), MA (Guildford School of Acting), BA (Durham)
Mr J.P. Glock, BSc (Econ) (LSE)
Ms B. Lima, BA (KCL), MSt (Oxon)
Mr J. Majithia, BA (Oxon)
*Ms M. Stone, MA (Edinburgh)

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

MODERN LANGUAGES
* 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)
Mr O. Smith, BA (Oxon)
* 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 M. Kuo (Chinese), BA (Taiwan), MA (Hertfordshire)
Mrs B. Sideris-Dupuy (French), DEUG (Aix/Marseille)

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
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)
Miss A. Rose
Mrs N. Taberner, BA (Brighton)

SUPPORT STAFF
Ms N. Doole – Swimming Instructor
Miss L. Hart – Graduate Sports Assistant
Ms H. Jobling – Swimming Instructor/Sports Assistant
Mr R. Ribeiro Ramos – Strenght & Conditioning Coach

PSHE
Miss J.Bullock
Ms O. D’Cruz
Mrs N. Dawson
Mrs J. Demetriou
Miss S. Elliot
Dr R. Ferguson
Miss G. Glover
Mr C. Hennelly
Mrs N. Hutchings
Ms K. Koehnlein
Miss E. Lerche-Lerchenborg
Mrs J. Mari
Miss S. May
Miss G. Rattan
*Miss A. Santos
Mrs A. Swanepoel
Mrs N. Taberner
Mr B. Tosh

RELIGIOUS STUDIES & PHILOSOPHY
Mr E. Cobb, BA (Warwick), MSc (Manchester)
Mrs J. Demetriou, BA (KCL)
Dr 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)
Dr Z. Cohen
Mr N. Dave, BSc (UCL), MA (Brunel)
*Dr C. Gannarelli, PhD (UCL), MSc (UCL) Physics
Miss G. Glover, BSc (East Anglia), MA (East Anglia)
*Mrs R. Hall
Mrs N. Hutchings, BSc (Brunel)
Ms. K Iqbal
*Dr. N Modha
Dr M. Patel, PhD (Imperial), BSc (Imperial)
Ms M. Mistry
* Mr M. Powell
Miss H. Rice, BSc (Liverpool)
Mr T. Rodrigues, BSc (University of Kwazulu-Natal, S. Africa)
* Miss M. Siddiqui, BSc (KCL) Chemistry
Ms S. Slack
Mr M. Stoklas, MSc (Imperial)
Ms L. Timm, MChem (Oxon)
Mrs N. Timoshina, MSc (Moscow)
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 K. Cargill Thompson, MA (UCL), BA (Durham) – Librarian
Ms L. Kirkland – Archivist
Ms A. Mainwaring, MA (Royal Academy of Music) – Library Assistant
Ms A. Pathiyath, MA (EFLU, Hyderabad), MLitt (University of Aberdeen) – Head Librarian & Archivist

ADMISSIONS
Ms N Daza, Admissions Officer
Ms K Eldridge, Admissions Officer
Mrs J Mendes Rego, Head of Admissions
Mrs E Spenceley, Admissions Officer

CANONS SPORTS CENTRE
Mr S Ballantyne, Duty Manager
Mr S Bekhtaoui, Duty Manager
Ms K O’Leary, Duty Manager

COVER STAFF
Ms N Barry, Cover Supervisor
Mrs D Bhatt, Cover Supervisor
Mrs L Peterman, Cover Supervisor
Ms S Seaman, Cover Supervisor

ESTATES
Mr N Arte, Gate Marshall
Mr S Burden, School Keeper
Ms C Hanson, Estates Administrator
Mr C Lokko, Gate Marshall
Mr A Phipps, School Keeper
Mr D Piddington, Estates Manager
Mr L Poulton, Estates Maintenance Technician
Mr A Sanchez, School keeper

EVENTS
Miss C Mitchell, Events Coordinator
Ms Y Neri, Events Manager

EXAMS
Mrs S Burkett, Second in Exams

FINANCE
Mr L Bagshaw, Finance Manager
Mr N David, Junior Finance Assistant
Mrs B Grant, Finance Director
Ms K Halai, Payroll and Benefits Officer
Mrs A Joshi, Accounts Manager
Ms N Naik, Fees & Income Finance Officer

HR
Mrs D Gamble, HR and Recruitment Manager
Mrs K M Madden-Giles, HR Manager (Maternity Leave)
Mrs J Stern, HR Manager (Maternity Cover)

INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Mr A Aliev, Director of Business Development
Mr M Burke, Director of Educational Quality
Mrs G Byrom, Director of Education Strategy
Miss J Howard, Quality Assurance & Social Media Administrator
Mr D Lewis, Chief Commercial Officer
Ms L Tierney, International Operations Manager
Ms H Vekaria, International Projects Administrator

IT SERVICES
Mr J-M de Botton, IT Manager
Mr U Jamil, Senior IT Technician
Mr A Somani, IT Support Technician
Mr B Sweeney, Director of IT
Mr J-P van Tongeren, Senior Systems Administrator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Miss Z Camille, Marketing & Communications Officer
Ms H Kotecha, Director of Marketing & External Relations
Mr S West, Head of Digital Marketing

OPERATIONS
Mrs A Esmail, Transport Officer
Ms P McFarlane, Operations Manager

PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
Mr B Adams, Theatre Manager
Miss E Rowlinson, Theatre Technician

PHILANTHROPY AND ALUMNAE RELATIONS
Ms S Dhadphale, Head of Alumnae & Supporter Relations
Mr J Dunster, Philanthropy Manager
Mrs L Fowler, Philanthropy & Alumnae Relations Administrator
Mrs S Junk, Director of Philanthropy & Alumnae Relations

SENIOR SCHOOL OFFICE
Mrs L Degnan, Music & Drama Administrator
Ms L Iseman, Senior School Receptionist
Ms J Mikitova, Senior School Office Manager
Mrs M Pattani, Trips and Calendar Co-Ordinator
Ms S Prentice, Admin & Attendance Officer
Ms C Savva – Senior School Receptionist
Ms S Shah, Office Administrator
Mrs M Yuan, Data Officer

PERSONAL ASSISTANTS

Mrs H Blevins, PA to the Chief Operating Officer
Ms G Conway, PA to the Deputy Heads
Mrs J Humphreys, PA to the Deputy Heads
Ms V Parmar, EA to the Headmistress

TECHNICIAN
Ms V Simon, Reprographics Technician

SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER
Mrs Z Kharia

STUDENT SUPPORT
Mrs C Duff, Assistant SEND Advisor

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

DEPUTY HEADS
Mrs K. Bartram, BA (Kent) MA (Hertfordshire) Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Mrs K. Ivory, BSc (Leicester) Deputy Head (Academic)

PHASE LEADERS
Mrs J. Cooke, BEd (Waikato, NZ) First School
Mrs L. Weisgard, BSc (Manchester) Lower School

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION (JUNIOR SCHOOL)

Mr D. Harrison, BA (Leeds)

Mrs K. Andrews
Miss K. Bayliss, BA (Nottingham) (Mat leave)
Mrs C. Bright, BA (Glasgow)
Mr J. Brown, LLB (Durham)
Mr T. Connelly, BA (Leeds)
Mrs C. Cox, BA (China), MA (Kingston)
Miss L. Forsyth, BA (Middlesex)
Mrs I. Freeman, MA Hons (Edinburgh)
Mr N. Glazelle, BA (East Anglia)
Miss M. Hanson, BEd (Surrey)
Mr D. Harrison, BA (Leeds)
Mrs C. Ingate, BEd (Hertfordshire)
Mrs F. Kassamali, BEd, MEd (Toronto)
Miss E. Leach, BA (Durham)
Mrs A. Mainwaring, MA (Royal Academy of Music)
Mrs E. Maltz, BSc (Manchester)
Miss C. Mogridge, BA (Open)
Mrs A. Novick, BEd (Leeds)
Mrs R. Rushbrook, BA (Cambridge), MA (Roehampton)
Mrs E. Sandzer, BSc (Bristol)
Mrs H. Stokes-Wigham, BA (Nottingham)
Mr A. Wilkes, BA (Leeds Met): Staff Development

FIRST SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Mrs C. Bedford, BA Hons (Birmingham), MSc (UCL)
Mrs L. Feldman, TA Team Leader
Dr Z. Jay
Mrs S. Johnson
Mrs P. Mavjee
Mrs L. Pearson, MBA, BMus (Thames Valley)
Mrs V. Weddell, BSc (Open)

LOWER SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Miss A. Brown
Mrs L. Garsin
Mrs N. Golson, BA (Cambridge) MSc (UCL)
Mrs D. Nathan
Mrs A. Shah

LIBRARIAN
Ms R Hudson

PA TO THE HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL AND JUNIOR SCHOOL OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs H Hawkins

JUNIOR SCHOOL ADMISSIONS OFFICER
Ms K Eldridge

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
Mrs B Spaul
Mrs A Zeller

JUNIOR SCHOOL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Mrs J Rogoff

JUNIOR SCHOOL TECHNICIANS
Mr K Delahoy

AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Ms B Miller
Ms S Siddiqui

EARLY COACH ESCORTS
Mrs M Andrews
Ms E Chapman
Ms P O’Callaghan
Ms K Trainor
Ms A Wright

SCHOOL NURSE
Miss D Thomas

SCHOOL COUNSELLORS
Mrs B Fox
Miss A Wellesley

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Mrs L 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.

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.

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 used to be 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 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.

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.

Stephanie Newman is a forward thinking aerospace engineering leader at Rolls-Royce and a pioneering advocate for women in STEM. She is currently Vice President of Airframer Business Development at Rolls-Royce, where she’s shaping the future of flight by building strategic global partnerships and developing the next generation of sustainable aerospace platforms. She combines deep technical expertise with a strategic global mindset to find solutions to our future strategic challenges.

As a proud ONL, after graduating from studying engineering at Cambridge, Stephanie has had a career at Rolls-Royce spanning over 15 years across Civil aerospace, defence, and energy, Stephanie has led some of Rolls-Royce’s most critical engineering programmes — from Assistant Chief Engineer for over 3,500 jet engines to award winning breakthrough turbine technology. She’s not only delivered complex, high-stakes projects, but also transformed how teams work through agile leadership and inclusive culture change.

Recently Stephanie is really proud to have been made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and uses her international perspective to be a leading advocate for gender equity in Engineering. At Rolls-Royce she is Chair of the UK Gender Diversity network championing representation, inspiring the next generation and helping to redefine what leadership in engineering looks like and breaking down barriers for future girls.

Outside of engineering Stephanie has continued some of the passions that she started while at NLCS including traipsing her Double Bass around the country playing in the Nottingham Philharmonic orchestra and always saying yes to a challenge in the great outdoors including climbing Mr Kilimanjaro and running her first marathon in Barcelona. Proving that the pioneering foundation laid at North London has never left her!

Dominic is Chief Executive Officer of IAPS, the leading Heads’ association in the independent prep sector, serving schools in the UK and globally. Prior to this, he was Chief Operating Officer at United Learning, with responsibilities spanning digital, HR and marketing for their then 90+ independent and state schools, his experience leading them through the pandemic capping a decade spent working at scale to create education-focused services to support school effectiveness. He began his career as a Year 5 teacher before moving into school leadership roles and time spent in the private sector.

Roma went to North London Collegiate School, graduating in 1996. She went on to study Medicine at University College London (UCL), where she also completed an intercalated BSc with Honours in Neurosurgical Sciences from King’s College London.

Roma is a Consultant Radiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal Free NHS Trust with over two decades of experience subspecialising in women’s health. As well as her clinical work, she is the Deputy Lead for Cancer Screening across Central and East London, playing a pivotal role in the strategic development and delivery of public health screening programmes.

Her private practice is centred on advanced imaging techniques in women’s health, and she has a keen research interest in the application of Artificial Intelligence in cancer diagnostics. For the past five years, she has collaborated with Google on pioneering technologies aimed at improving breast screening outcomes.

Roma is deeply committed to innovation, education, and the advancement of women’s healthcare. Her work exemplifies a passion for driving excellence in clinical practice and population health.

Beyond her professional commitments, Roma is the mother of two children, one of whom is a current pupil at the school. She enjoys travel and playing the piano in her spare time and is enthusiastic about contributing meaningfully to the school community. She brings to the Governor role a strong sense of dedication and a personal commitment to supporting the school’s ongoing success.

John Sheridan is a founding Partner of ThelemePartners, 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.

John is a passionate believer in the importance of sport and wellness in everyday life. He can often be found in the gym, on the sideline supporting his two daughters who are both students at the school or watching his beloved Arsenal. 

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 the UCL School of Management, where she is also the Programme Director of the MSc Finance. She lectures both undergraduate and postgraduate students in accounting and financial management, and publishes research on audit quality, audit regulation and the future of the financial professions with a particular emphasis on the impact of technology.

Prior to UCL, Dorothy was at the London School of Economics where she completed her PhD and gained her Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy. She completed her post-doctoral research as a teaching and research fellow at King’s College London. Prior to academia, Dorothy had a career in the City as a senior finance professional, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, and latterly as Head of Finance in charge of financial strategy and control at a listed, financial services institution.

Dorothy has a keen and deep interest in educational matters and has also served on the Board of Governors at a state primary school, chairing their finance committee.

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.