Channing Governors' biographies

Martyn Agass FRCGP

Attended Cambridge University and King’s College Hospital Medical School. Retired General Practitioner with wide experience in the fields of GP education and the management of primary health care including related contributions to medical literature.

Unitarian.

Andrew Appleyard BSc

Educated at Perse School and Hills Road 6th Form College, Cambridge. BSc degree in Land Management from Reading University and Diploma in Investment Management from London Business School.  Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Securities Industry Management Association.
Since October 2007 Head of UK Specialist Funds (Real Estate) at Aviva Investors with overall responsibility for nine real estate funds.

Unitarian.

Steve Barber BSc (Econ)

Educated at University College School in Hampstead and a former Channing parent. A graduate of the London School of Economics and a long-term resident of Highgate. A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a partner in PriceWaterhouseCoopers until 1998. Subsequently finance director of Mirror Group plc, partner in Ernst & Young and COO of Palladian Group. Currently a non-executive director of Next plc, chairing the audit committee. Also chairman of the Fitzroy Park Residents' Association.

Deputy Chair of Board of Governors

Catherine Budgett-Meakin, BA (Hons)

Educated at Channing School, then the University of Kent (Sociology), and at Oxford University (Post Graduate Certificate of Education).  Taught in inner London comprehensive schools for 15 years.  Worked for the international charity Intermediate Technology Development Group (now Practical Action) for 15 years.  10 years carrying out consultancy work in the voluntary sector with emphasis on development education, sustainability and environment. Now Chair of the Highgate Society.

Malcolm Burns MA (Oxon) Cert Ed

Educated at Highgate School and St Peter’s College Oxford.
Retired teacher of Spanish and French.  Formerly Senior Housemaster and Head of Modern Languages at Rugby School. Three years VSO, university lecturer and then Director of Colombo-Americano Language Institute in Colombia.

Unitarian.

Chair of Education Committee

Baroness Jean Coussins MA (Cantab)

Educated at Godolphin & Latymer School. Read Modern Languages (French and Spanish) at Newnham College, Cambridge. Local resident whose two daughters attended Channing. Early career in voluntary/charitable sector, followed by local and central government positions, then CEO of the Portman Group. Currently an independent consultant on corporate social responsibility. Created a life peer in 2007 and sits as an independent cross-bencher in the House of Lords.

Chair of Appointments Committee.

Jane Dacre BSc MBBS MD FRCP (London) FRCP (Glasgow) FRCP (Edinburgh) FHEA

Educated at Channing School and UCH Medical School, London. Currently Vice Dean and director of Medical Education at UCL. GMC Council Member, Medical Director of the MRCP (UK) examination. Non Executive Director, the Whittington Hospital Trust.

Amanda Davidson BSc (London)

Educated at Channing School, as were her grandmother, aunt and mother. Board member of the FSA, Director at Independent Financial Advisers, Baigrie Davies. Spent more than 30 years as an independent financial adviser following a degree in Maths and Physics at London University. Has completed 12 years of regulatory disciplinary work culminating in membership of the FSA’s regulatory decisions committee. Until April 2010, was deputy Chair of AIFA, the IFA trade association and a participant in AIFA’s working party on the Retail Distribution Review and on its Business Transition work group. Is currently a Director of CFEB.

Unitarian.

Eleanor Jane de Swiet MA (Cantab), PGCE (Institute of Education, London)

Educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Girton College Cambridge. Headteacher of The Henrietta Barnett School 1989-1999. External Adviser in the maintained sector 2000-2009. Governor of Ashmount School (current) and Cheltenham Ladies' College 1999-2008. Trustee of Open Door Crouch End 2000-2009 and Toynbee Hall 2000-2008.

Mihiri Jayaweera MA (Cantab)

Qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992 and obtained the Certificate in Law in 2010. Previous appointments include Managing Director, Strategy, at Nomura International and Managing Director, Head of Business Development, Lehman Brothers.


Cindy Leslie LlB, Bristol

Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and the University of Bristol. Former Dispute Resolution partner and now a consultant with Denton Wilde Sapte. Member of the Council of the University of Bristol, Trustee of the University of Bristol Students' Union and non executive member of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Delva Patman FRICS ACIArb FRSA

Educated at Romford County High School for Girls. Qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1969 and established Delva Patman Associates in 1980. First Lady Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors in 1999/2000. Currently Chairman of the Board of the College of Estate Management in Reading. Honorary Air Commodore of 7010 (VR) Photographic Interpretation Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and Member of the National Employers Advisory Board. Also on the Council of Roedean School and a Governor of Christ’s Hospital School. Daughter attended Channing.

Chair of Estates Committee

Margaret Rudland BSc

Headmistress of The Gololphin and Latymer School from January 1986 to December 2008. Taught Mathematics at Godolphin and Latymer from 1969 to 1972 before working for VSO in a boys’ government Secondary School in Nigeria. Was Head of Mathematics and Second Mistress at St Paul’s Girls’ School, and Deputy Head of Norwich High School. Was President of the Girls’ Schools Association in 1996, having previously chaired the Education Committee. Has represented the independent sector on the General Teaching Council, been on the Board of UCAS and a Council Member of UCS. Currently a Governor of several schools, sits on the Board of AGBIS and Chair of the ESU Education Committee.

Michael Steiner MA (Oxon)

Educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College Oxford. Retired solicitor of the Supreme Court. Partner and then consultant with DentonWildeSapte. Former Chair of the City of London Law Society Insolvency Law Sub-Committee. Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Former Channing parent.

Chair of Board of Governors.

Carol Stephenson, Cert. Ed., London

Educated at Totnes High School, Devon and Philippa Fawcett College of Education, London. Retired Head of Ipswich High Junior School (G.D.S.T.), having taught primary-aged children in both the maintained and independent sectors. Former member of Early Years Education Committee in Suffolk and the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate.

Tessa Stone MA (Cantab) PhD

Educated at Warden Park School (West Sussex), Kelly College (Devon) and Newnham College Cambridge. Chief Executive of BrightsideUNIAID, and prior to that, Director of the Sutton Trust (both national education charities).  Trustee of Into University, Children’s University and the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation.  Governor of Brentwood School (Essex) and the Stephen Perse Foundation (Cambridge).

Dr Anthony G White MBChB (Brist.) FRCP (London) DPhysMed (RCS.RCP.  London)

Educated at Bristol Grammar School, University of Bristol Faculty of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital London. Retired NHS Consultant in Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Whittington Hospital and Consultant Rheumatologist Royal Free Hospital. Member of Medicolegal Society and medical expert witness.  Honorary Consultant, Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, London (voluntary sector) and previously of Royal Free Hospital (NHS).

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