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Bill Watkin CBE
Appointed March 2017
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- Chair of Trustees
- CEO of the Sixth Form Colleges Association
- Daily working with ministers and officials to inform and shape education policy initiatives and developments
- Stakeholder engagement and representation with media, regulatory authorities, unions and professional associations
- Formerly Director of Academies at SSAT, delivering the DfE’s Academy Support Programme
- Author and editor of a number of publications on big issues in education
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Ash Ali
Appointed September 2019
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- Chief Executive Officer
- History and Politics Teacher - 2003 onwards
- Advanced Skills Teacher New Technologies 2005 onwards
- Senior school leader in London schools since 2008
- Led the development for Richmond Council of curriculum provision for post-16 education across all borough schools.
- Headteacher of Chessington School from 2015
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Han Ley Tang
Appointed June 2020
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- Vice Chair of Trustees. Finance and Risk & Audit Committees.
- Currently the Chief Information Officer of Clarion Housing Group. With 360,000 residents in 125,000 homes and a presence in more than 170 local authorities, Clarion Housing is the UK's largest housing association.
- Expertise in digital transformation, with previous roles at AJW Aviation, VetCT, UBS, PwC, and Deloitte.
- Fellow of the British Computing Society.
- Degree in Natural Sciences from Trinity College, University of Cambridge
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Julian Knott
Appointed June 2020
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- Finance and Risk and Audit Committees
- CEO of Monte Alto Solutions - a Strategic Consultancy and Systems Integrator (specialising in the Travel, Tourism, Transportation and Hospitality Industry and wider ecosystem).
- Combining Boardroom strategy / IT strategy / Marketing strategy / transformation and change / employee management engagement and connectivity / futureproofing / leading edge IT and cloud
- Specialist consultant/ trainer on ESG/ CSR and GDPR and corporate culture
- Providing Training services to IATA for Management in the Travel sector
- Chair of Grey Court School (previously Chair of Fern Hill School)
- Formerly Chair of Inspire Hounslow - Charity focussed on programmes benefitting disadvantaged / disenfranchised young people
- Advisory Board member of Springboard - charity focussed on benefitting young people joining the Hospitality sector
- RNLI Teddington - DLA and Admin manager
- Background: leadership roles in Global Travel organisations based in the UK, US and Middle East, MD Dynorod (Director British Gas) / Franchise Organisations
- Background Charity organisations: Community Initiatives Partnerships Operations Director / plus long term board level project roles in Marie Curie / Victim support / VSO and Help the Hospices
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Mo El Guindi
Appointed January 2021
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- Chair of Finance Committee
- Chairman and CEO of Bluekeep Investments, a private asset management company
- Previously worked for over 30 years in various international investment banking roles, latterly with Credit Suisse.
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Director, Roehampton Club
- Member of Committee that helped create an attractive children’s playground in Barnes in conjunction with Richmond Council
- Adviser to the philanthropy team at the British Red Cross
- Treasurer for Barnes Cricket Club
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Max Wong
Appointed March 2025
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- Academic lawyer submitting a research thesis at the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford. Focus on music copyright and publications including in the Modern Law Review.
- Qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales (Freshfields), Barrister of England and Wales (Middle Temple), and Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey (Law Officers of the Crown) (non-practising).
- Previously a founding Governor of Copperfield School, Verbier, Switzerland.
- Director of the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, having interviewed undergraduate candidates for admission to Harvard University for almost fifteen years.
- PhD in Violin Performance Practice from the Royal College of Music (2023), and concert violinist in modern and baroque violin throughout doctoral studies. Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music (FRSM). Trustee of Bach Network UK and the Guernsey Harpsichord Trust.
- Undergraduate degree from Harvard University (Philosophy), Master's degree from Columbia University (Theoretical Physics and Philosophy), Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (IoD, with distinction).
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