DIRECTORS
Mr Jay Mercer (Chair)
Term of Office (4-year term): 03.04.2017-02.04.2021
Appointed by: Members
Business Interests: Nil.
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 2 of 2 meetings
Attendance – Committee Meetings (2019-20):
Remuneration 1 of 1 meetings
Chairs’ 1 of 1 meetings.
Mr Kevin Finnigan
Term of Office (4-year term): 17.03.2017-16.03.2021
Appointed by: Members
Business Interests:
– Managing Director of KF Associates (Education Improvement)
Attendance – Board Meetings Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 1 of 2 meetings.
Mr Stephen Lawes
Term of Office (4-year term)17.03.2017-16.03.2021
Appointed by: Members
Business Interests:
– Employee Lewisham/Southwark College (Senior Management)
– Director, Langley House Trust
– Director, Kainos Community
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 2 of 2 meetings
Attendance – Committee Meetings (2018-19):
Remuneration 1 of 1 meeting;
Audit 2 of 2 meetings.
Ms Yolande Burgess
Term of Office (4-year term): 30.06.2016 – 29.06.2020
Appointed by: Members
Business Interests:
– Employee of London Councils(interest commenced April 2010)
Roles held at other educational establishments:
– Governor at Ambitious College, specialist FE College (interest commenced June 2015)
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 0 of 2 meetings
Attendance – Committee Meetings (2019-20):
Audit 0 of 1 meetings.
Mrs Barbara McIntosh
Term of Office (4-year term): 12.05.2017- 11.05.2021
Appointed by: Members
Business Interests:
– Trustee, HFT, Learning Disability provider (interest commenced 2008)
– Trustee, Richard James Trust, Mental health and LD Provider(interest commenced 2005)
– Director, Healthwatch, Sutton-Health regulator (interest commenced 2013)
Roles held at other educational establishments:
– Chair of Local Governing Body of Nightingale Community Academy (school within the Trust)
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 2 of 2 meetings
Mr David Winkler
Appointed by: Members
Term of office (4-year term): 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2022
Business Interests: Nil
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 1 of 2 meetings
Mr John Prior (CEO)
Appointed by: Members
Term of office (4-year term): 17.09.2019 – 16.09.2023
Business Interests:
– Spouse is a headteacher of a maintained special school in Surrey;
– Sister is Head of Governance in OHC&AT
– Brother-in-Law is the Health & Safety Advisor for OHC&AT.
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2019-20): 2 of 2 meetings
Directors who have stepped down in the past 12 months:
Dr Caroline Allen (CEO) (Ex-officio)
Term of office start: 05.04.2013
Term of office end: 31.08.2019
Business Interests/Roles held at other educational establishments: as listed above
Attendance – Family Board Meetings (2018-19) 3 of 3 meetings.
MEMBERS
Mr Jay Mercer
Date of appointment: 03.04.2014
Business Interests:
– Director Collective Wisdom Ltd, education and design consultancy (interest commenced 2007)
– Spouse is also Director
Dr Kafui Tay
Date of appointment: 19.01.2016
Business Interests:
– Director, Off the Record, youth counselling, Croydon (interest commenced April 2014)
– Director, The Change Foundation, youth charity (interest commenced June 2015)
– Director/owner, Catalyst Risk Consulting Ltd (interest commenced October 2017)
Mr Steve Howlett
Date of appointment: 26.09.18
Business Interests:
– Chair, London & South-East Education Group
– Chair, LSE College
– Advisor, Transport for London
– Board Member and Chair, Orbit Housing Group
– Trustee, Open City
– Executive Committee Member, Greenwich Society.
Dr David Watkins (representative for Orchard Hill College)
Date of appointment:
Business Interests:
– Son is Principal at Carew Academy, a school within the trust (since September 2016)
– Member of RSPH Qualifications Governance Committee (non-remunerated) (interest commenced April 2013)
Members who have stepped down in the last 12 months:
Mr Ken Coello (Chair)
Date of appointment: 05.04.2013
Date stepped down: 27.09.2019
Business Interests: NIL
Mr Richard Carter
Date of appointment: 05.04.2013
Date stepped down: 31.08.2018
Business Interests: NIL
