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Previous officers 101

  1. Alicia Kearns 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Luke Patrick Graham 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Andrew Thomas Pittam 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Andrew John Gwynne 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Rupert Joe Fairfax Ainley 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Dr Charles Quan Li 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Robert Thomas 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Charles Chetwynd Douglas Haswell 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Victoria Mary Boswell Prentis 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Alexander Giles Pinfield 2017-2020 Director View profile
  11. Caroline Margaret Elliot 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Dewi Knight 2016-2016 Director View profile
  13. Professor Jude Howell 2014-2021 Director View profile
  14. William George Henry Godwin 2014-2021 Director View profile
  15. Gareth Edward Ward 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Joanna Roper 2012-2013 Director View profile
  17. Liam Byrne 2011-2020 Director View profile
  18. Duncan John Hames 2011-2015 Director View profile
  19. Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham 2011-2018 Director View profile
  20. Madeleine Frances Sturrock 2009-2016 Director View profile
  21. John Charles Hughes 2009-2016 Director View profile
  22. Julia Margaret Longbottom 2009-2012 Director View profile
  23. Ian Christopher Lindsley 2007-2011 Director View profile
  24. Christopher Paul Julian Fitzgibbon 2007-2019 Director View profile
  25. Clare Arabella Hammond 2007-2013 Director View profile
  26. Hugo William De Burgh 2006-2012 Director View profile
  27. Stephen Lillie 2006-2009 Director View profile
  28. Sir Christopher Owen Hum 2006-2017 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Halper 2005-2011 Director View profile
  30. Dr Lifen Zhang 2005-2011 Director View profile
  31. Helen Jane Brunker 2004-2011 Director View profile
  32. Lady Patricia Mirrlees 2004-2010 Director View profile
  33. Denis Edward Peter Paul Keefe 2003-2006 Director View profile
  34. Robert Thomsitt 2003-2008 Director View profile
  35. Peter Graham Batey 2003-2014 Director View profile
  36. Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe 2002-2010 Director View profile
  37. Lorna Ball 2002-2014 Director View profile
  38. Hugh Llewelyn Davies 2002-2016 Director View profile
  39. Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan 2001-2010 Director View profile
  40. Robert John Seabrook 2001-2007 Director View profile
  41. Richard John Walker 2000-2004 Director View profile
  42. Richard Jonathon Rodwell Kirkby 2000-2003 Director View profile
  43. Sir Leonard Vincent Appleyard 2000-2003 Director View profile
  44. Syed Athar Hussain 2000-2006 Director View profile
  45. Professor Elisabeth Joan Croll 1999-2007 Director View profile
  46. Lord Edward Henry Garnier 1998-2010 Director View profile
  47. Sir David Alexander Warren 1998-2000 Director View profile
  48. Shelagh Jane Vainker 1998-2004 Director View profile
  49. Martin Laing Gordon 1998-2004 Director View profile
  50. Sir Geoffrey Allen 1998-2000 Director View profile
  51. Adrian Ditchburn Johnson 1998-2004 Director View profile
  52. James Keith Chapman 1997-2010 Director View profile
  53. Ian Stewart 1997-2010 Director View profile
  54. Goodlad, Alastair Robertson, Right Honourable Sie 1997-1999 Director View profile
  55. Michael Thomas Hancock 1997-2010 Director View profile
  56. John Samuel Swire 1997-2003 Director View profile
  57. Sir David William Brewer 1997-2004 Director View profile
  58. Lord Peter Henry Goldsmith 1997-2001 Director View profile
  59. Martin Stuart Davidson 1996-2025 Director View profile
  60. Baroness Emma Harriet Nicholson 1996-1997 Director View profile
  61. Elizabeth Anne Wright 1995-2001 Director View profile
  62. Michael Benjamin Yahuda 1995-2001 Director View profile
  63. David Coates 1995-1998 Director View profile
  64. Gordon Stephen Barrass 1994-2000 Director View profile
  65. Darcy Terence Norman Payne 1994-2005 Director View profile
  66. Professor Jessica Mary Rawson 1994-1995 Director View profile
  67. Anthony Douglas Sprake 1994-1995 Director View profile
  68. Timothy George Freshwater 1994-1996 Director View profile
  69. Andrew John Bernard Rowe 1994-1997 Director View profile
  70. Theodore Michael Mcintyre 1993-2001 Director View profile
  71. Dr Jeremy Bray 1993-1997 Director View profile
  72. Miao Ling Thompson 1993-1999 Director View profile
  73. Professor Hugh David Roberts Baker 1993-1999 Director View profile
  74. Romesh Chitral Gunesekera 1992-1996 Director View profile
  75. Dr Abraham Sek Tong Lue 1992-2002 Director View profile
  76. Professor Sir David Alan Hopwood 1992-1998 Director View profile
  77. Sir Alan Traill 1992-1997 Director View profile
  78. Dr Elisabeth Frances Wood 1991-1997 Director View profile
  79. Rt Hon Lord Richard Gordon Holme 1990-1996 Director View profile
  80. George Foulkes 1992 Director View profile
  81. Graham Carleton Greene 1997 Director View profile
  82. Sir Russell Johnston 1990 Director View profile
  83. Professor Glen Dudbridge 1994 Director View profile
  84. John Nicholas Elam 1994 Director View profile
  85. Robert Adley 1993 Director View profile
  86. Stewart Addis 1991 Director View profile
  87. James Theodore Lester 1997 Director View profile
  88. Sir John Anthony Swire 1994 Director View profile
  89. David Allan Chipp 1994 Director View profile
  90. Gerard Evelyn Herbert Mansell 1996 Director View profile
  91. Dr Peter Tolman Warren 1991 Director View profile
  92. Martin Ellis 1991 Director View profile
  93. Jellicoe, George Patrick John Rushworth, the Rt Hon Earl 1991 Director View profile
  94. Professor John Sutton 1990 Director View profile
  95. Elizabeth Rose Kerr 1995 Director View profile
  96. Andrew Faulds 1997 Director View profile
  97. Lady Pamela Youde 2000 Director View profile
  98. Richard Pascoe 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  99. Calum Bruce Macleod 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  100. Katharine Maria Lee 1995-2004 Secretary View profile
  101. Nicola Catriona Macbean 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other education n.e.c.
Incorporated
10/01/1975
Registered office
London
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

18 directors on the board

5.6y median 4.8y
average tenure
20.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 5Education 3Professional services 3Tech and media 3Business services 1Dormant 1Other services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01196043
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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