I work with an advisory group of distinguished ex-Heads, university academics and other outstanding experts in their field: all united in the desire to liberate academic potential.

Whilst I have a rich and varied experience of the education world, I know that the most effective way to ensure progress is to collaborate with well-informed colleagues.

I have therefore formed an Educational Strategy Advisory Board comprising outstanding educationalists and leaders in their fields whom I know personally and who, collectively, offer a remarkable breadth of experience and wisdom, rooted in the realities of reputable institutions, rich in variety.

All, as well as having been distinguished in their fields, have been a serving governor or Chair of Governors of major Senior and Junior schools or involved in ‘outreach’ and charity initiatives. They are offering to help compose interview panels, appeal panels, and provide strategic advice, to liberate potential in schools and ensure effective change management.

  • Former: Head of Liberal Studies, Dulwich College

    Undermaster Pastoral

    King’s College School, Wimbledon

    Senior Master Academic

    Winchester College

    Deputy Head Foundation

    Highgate

    Deputy Head Academic

    South Hampstead High School

    Headmaster, St. Anthony’s School for Boys

    MA Philosophy and Theology, Oriel College, Oxford

    Council Member The Royal Institute of Philosophy

    Member of London Society for The Study of Religions

  • Vice-President Corporate Development Yahoo

    BSE Operations and Financial Management, Princeton University

    MPA International Development Harvard Kennedy School

    MBA Finance Harvard Business School

  • Actor, Comedian, Writer.

    Edinburgh Award: Best Newcomer, 2007

    Chortle Award, Best Full Show, 2008

    Evening Standard Award Most Promising Playwright, 2011

    MA English Pembroke College, Cambridge

  • Strategic Comms Consultant

    Former: Managing Director of Communications & Executive Committee Member EBRD

    BBC News Anchor and Foreign Correspondent

    MA PPE Oriel College, Oxford

  • Broadcaster, Writer, Media Agency Founder

    Founder & MD Me:Mo

    Television Presenter Sky

    Columnist The Times

    Podcast Host The Nat Coombs Show

    Radio Presenter talkSport

    BA (Hons) UCL English Literature

  • Chair of LIS Foundation -The London Interdisciplinary School

    Associate Governor Repton School

    Former:

    Founding Chief Executive Officer-Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation

    Governor Repton School

    Headmaster, Blundell’s School

    Housemaster & Head of Economics, Radley College

    MA Economics Durham

  • Governor Portsmouth Grammar School

    Former: Deputy Head, South Hampstead High School

    Head of Frances Holland

    CEO Girls’ School Association (2017-20)

    Director of Schools Advisory Service: Enjoy Education (Jan 2016-May 2017)

    MA English, St Hilda’s College, Oxford

  • Former:

    Director AGBIS (The Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools)

    Head of King’s College School, Wimbledon

    Head of Portsmouth Grammar School

    Chair of HMC (1996)

    Former: Chair of Governors, Sevenoaks School

    Governor Winchester College

    Governor Marlborough College

    Governor Lancing College

    MA French St. Peter’s College, Oxford

  • Governor Beaudesert School

    Former: Head of History Dulwich College

    Head of Highfield and Brookham Schools

    Former Governor King’s College, Wimbledon

    MA History Gonville and Caius, Cambridge

  • Deputy & Literary Editor The Tablet

    Writer & Biographer

    Former:

    Secretary of The Royal Society of Literature

    Editor of Intelligent Life- The Economist

    Winner of:

    The Saltire First Book Prize

    The Marsh Biography Award

    Yorkshire Post Book of the year

    Scottish Arts Council Biography Award.

    (George Mackay Brown: The Life)

  • Director of the National Gallery, London

    BA, DPhil, The Courtauld

  • Member of the Council University College School, London

    Governor Westminster Abbey Choir School

    Governor St Peter’s CofE Primary School, London Docks

    Former: Director of New College School Foundation

    Headmaster New College School, Oxford

    Deputy Head Bristol Grammar School

    Deputy Head The Dragon School Oxford

    Undermaster Academic and Head of English, King’s College School, Wimbledon

    MA English Emmanuel College Cambridge

  • Governor City of London School for Girls

    Former: Head of Liberal Studies, Dulwich College

    Deputy Head, King’s College Junior School

    Principal and Director of Admissions

    Highgate School

    MA English Literature, King’s College, London

    BA Theology & Theological Studies, Nottingham

  • Chair of Governors

    St John’s Beaumont Preparatory School

    Former: Head of Modern Languages, Winchester College

    Head of Stonyhurst College

    Head St. Benedict’s Ealing

    BA French & Spanish, Bristol

  • Executive Chair British Expertise International

    Senior Advisor The British Foreign Policy Group

    Chairman Digital Cognate

    Chair the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce Group

    Group Partner Circle

    Former:

    Member, International Advisory Board (London Institute of Banking & Finance)

    Visiting Fellow Cambridge Judge Business School

    Executive Director, Tata Limited

    Director India Business Council

    British Ambassador to Greece

    British Ambassador to Albania

    PhD, Linguistics Clare College; Cambridge

    MA Classics Oriel College, Oxford.

  • Saracens RFC Educational Consultant

    Ambassador FED (Foundation for Educational Development)

    Governor Saracens High School

    Member of Executive Committee Commonwealth and Foreign Council House of Lords

    Guest Lecturer UCL

    Former: Head Hendon Prep

    Principal Merchant Taylors’ Junior School

    BEd (Hons) Exeter

    D.Phil (Strategy and Leadership), Jesus College, Cambridge

  • Managing Partner- Lewis Advisors

    BBC Podcaster- ‘When It Hits the Fan’

    Non Executive Director Innovate Finance

    Chairman Young Enterprise UK

    Former:

    Chair of Governors University School Hampstead

    Vice Chairman EMEA & Global Head of Financial Service, Strategic Communications

    Chief Executive AFME (Association of Financial Markets) (2010-20)

    Director of Communications and Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (2009-10)

    Group Director Corporate Affairs Vodafone (2005-10)

    Managing Director , Europe Centrica (2001-5)

    Communications Secretary to The Queen, The Royal Household (1991-2001)

    Director Corporate Affairs Centrica (1997-9)

    Director Corporate Affairs NatWest (1993-7)

    MA Political Science and Government University of California, Berkeley (Fulbright Scholar)

    MA PPE Brasenose College Oxford

  • Vice- Chair of Governors Beaudesert School

    Former: Head South Hampstead Junior School

    MA French St Andrew’s

  • Former:

    Housemaster Marlborough College

    Head of Windlesham

    Head, The Hall Prep School

    Interim Head Westminster Under School

    MA French Trinity College, Oxford

  • Research Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford

    Emeritus Professor of History, University of Virginia

    MA, D.Phil, Oriel College, Oxford

  • Senior Contemporary Art Specialist & Auctioneer, Sotheby’s

    MA Art Business l'Institut d’Études Supérieures des Arts ( Paris)

    BA Fine Art l'Institut d’Études Supérieures des Arts ( Paris)

  • Emeritus Professor of Metaphysics, University of Leeds

    Former Head of Dept of Philosophy. University of Leeds

    Stanton Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, Cambridge (2007)

    Former Editor of Religious Studies

    Former President of British Society for the Philosophy of Religion

    MA Philosophy and Psychology Oriel College, Oxford

    PH.D Philosophy, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

  • Former: Head King’s College School, Wimbledon

    Deputy Head Lancing College

    Chair of Governors Lancing College

    Governor Brighton College

    Director Independent Schools’ Council

    MA History Sidney Sussex College Cambridge

  • Associate Rector of Youth and Family, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, MA

    Rector & Chaplain, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

    Doctorate of Ministry in Educational Leadership

    Virginia Theological Seminary (Alexandria, VA)

    MA Biblical Studies, King’s College, London

    MA Theology, Ripon College, Oxford

    BA Classics, University of Vermont

  • Governor Wimbledon College

    Barrister, South Square, Gray’s Inn, London

    Emeritus Dean of Faculty of Law, University College London

    Emeritus Professor of Law, McGill, University of Canada

    BCL

    BA Jurisprudence

    Rhodes Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford

    MA McGill

    BA University of Alberta, University, Montreal,

  • BBC CBBC

    BMBCh DTMH MPH Sommerville College, Oxford

    Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Liverpool

    Diploma in International Humanitarian Assistance, Fordham

    Master’s in Public Health, Harvard Fulbright Scholar

  • BBC/CBBC

    Associate Professor, UCL

    BM BCH Medical Sciences St. Peter’s College, Oxford

    PhD University College London

  • ISI Team Inspector

    Former: Second Master, Worth School

    Headmaster, Downside

    Director of University Strategy, Rugby School

    Head, Woldingham School

    MA English Language and Literature, Hertford College, Oxford

    M. Phil, Modern Poetry, Stirling

    PhD University of Manchester (Thomas Hardy and the Poetry of Empire)

  • Physics, Digital Strategy and AI Consultant

    Former: Director of Digital Strategy, Head of Science, Head of Physics and Head of Careers, Radley College.

    School Governor- Our Lady’s Abingdon

    Team Inspector ISI

    Electronics Warfare Officer RAF

    Engineering Officer RAF

    MA Engineering and Economics St. Peter’s College, Oxford