Company
The British Institute in Eastern Africa
Post-graduate level higher education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Laura Sophie BasellDirector · since 2026
- Thomas PalmerDirector · since 2026
- Dr Martha Maneno GayoyeDirector · since 2025
- Dr Cedric BarnesDirector · since 2024
- Dr Sharath SrinivasanDirector · since 2022
- Professor Wale AdebanwiDirector · since 2022
- Professor Emma HunterDirector · since 2019
- Mark Jonathan Mortlock SimmondsDirector · since 2016
- Professor Justin WillisDirector · since 2013
- Dr Gabrielle Mary LynchDirector · since 2010
Previous officers 63
- Professor Daniel Peter Branch 2025-2026 View profile
- Sanjeev Gupta 2024-2026 View profile
- Vinod Gordhandas Mandavia 2023-2023 View profile
- Vinodrai Gordhandas Mandavia 2023-2026 View profile
- Vinod Gordhandas Mandavia 2023-2023 View profile
- Dr Sada Mire 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki 2019-2022 View profile
- Dr George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane 2019-2022 View profile
- Professor Ambreena Manji 2019-2025 View profile
- Dr Adam Branch 2019-2022 View profile
- Dr Matt Davies 2019-2022 View profile
- Sir Jeffrey Russell James 2019-2023 View profile
- Dr Ceri Ashley 2018-2025 View profile
- Professor Victor Murinde 2018-2023 View profile
- Robert Tench 2018-2023 View profile
- Dr Mpalive-Hangson Msiska 2016-2022 View profile
- Dr Reginald Cline-Cole 2016-2022 View profile
- Dr Pedram Rowhani 2016-2022 View profile
- Dr Catherine Clare Mitchell Thomas 2016-2019 View profile
- Dr Iwaleso Omosalewa Salami 2016-2022 View profile
- Professor Henrietta Louise Moore 2015-2021 View profile
- Professor Paul Lane 2015-2022 View profile
- Dr Matthew Ivor John Davies 2014-2018 View profile
- John Philip Attree 2013-2018 View profile
- Sally Dora Claire Healy 2012-2016 View profile
- Dr Chege Githiora 2012-2018 View profile
- Professor Patricia Orchid Daley 2012-2018 View profile
- Professor Andrew Shaw Goudie 2011-2016 View profile
- Dr Mike Jennings 2011-2021 View profile
- Dr Stephanie Wynne-Jones 2010-2022 View profile
- Dr Michael Thomas Jennings 2010-2018 View profile
- Dr Donna Cherry Leonardi 2010-2019 View profile
- Professor Graham Lytton Furniss 2006-2008 View profile
- Myles Antony Wickstead 2005-2008 View profile
- Prof Robert Earl Dewar 2005-2010 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Emma Watson 2004-2018 View profile
- Dr Joann Mcgregor 2004-2009 View profile
- Dr Duncan Andrew Mcewan Reid 2004-2009 View profile
- Professor Lawrence Stephen Barham 2004-2009 View profile
- Dr Hassan Arero 2003-2010 View profile
- Professor David Mark Taylor 2002-2012 View profile
- Dr Margaret Rachel Maclean 1998-2006 View profile
- Professor Peter John Mitchell 1998-2022 View profile
- William Vivian Davies 1997-2005 View profile
- Beckingham, Charles Fraser, Profrssor 1997-1998 View profile
- Professor Wendy Rosalind James 1997-2012 View profile
- Professor Mohamed Fekri Abdel-Fattah Hassan 1997-2002 View profile
- Christopher Crompton Wrigley 1997-1999 View profile
- Dr John Amyas Alexander 1997-2005 View profile
- Professor Brian John Mack 1997-2016 View profile
- Sir William Roger Tomkys 1997-2000 View profile
- Professor David Walter Phillipson 1997-2015 View profile
- Professor William Mark Adams 1997-2007 View profile
- Edmund O'Connor 1997-2003 View profile
- Ingham, Kenneth, Emeritus Professor 1997-2001 View profile
- Professor John Richard Gray 1997-1998 View profile
- George Henzell Moody Stuart 1997-2000 View profile
- Professor Andrew Dunlop Roberts 1997-2008 View profile
- Professor David Bevis Birmingham 1997-1998 View profile
- Professor John Davies Evans 1997-2001 View profile
- Jennifer Kathleen Lucy Beever 2006-2011 View profile
- Peter Wilfred Henry Brown 1997-2013 View profile
- Professor David Mcbeath Anderson 1997-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Post-graduate level higher education
- Incorporated
- 27/03/1997
- Also a registered charity
- British Institute in Eastern Africa
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- John Philip Attree ceased 2018-02-01
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-07 - Robert Tench ceased 2023-03-23
significant influence · notified 2018-03-08
Group
- The British Institute in Eastern Africa
is controlled by John Philip Attree
Evidence
ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-07, ceased 2018-02-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by John Philip Attree.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
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.
10 directors on the board
- Dr Sharath Srinivasan Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Justin Willis Director · appointed 2013
- Professor Wale Adebanwi Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Cedric Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Palmer Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Laura Sophie Basell Director · appointed 2026
- Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Emma Hunter Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Gabrielle Mary Lynch Director · appointed 2010
- Dr Martha Maneno Gayoye Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Professor Justin Willis Director · appointed 2013
- Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Emma Hunter Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Gabrielle Mary Lynch Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Professor Justin Willis Director · appointed 2013
- Professor Wale Adebanwi Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Cedric Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Palmer Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Laura Sophie Basell Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Emma Hunter Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Gabrielle Mary Lynch Director · appointed 2010
- Dr Martha Maneno Gayoye Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Sharath Srinivasan Director · appointed 2022
- Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds Director · appointed 2016
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Ceri Ashley Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
- Vinodrai Gordhandas Mandavia Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Sanjeev Gupta Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Professor Daniel Peter Branch Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 03341342
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- 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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