Governors

• Nominations and Governance Committee
• Finance and General Purposes Committee

Tom is a former Bradfield parent. Following a career in business Tom was Chief Financial Officer of the Girls’ Day School Trust and is currently Chief Executive of Prep Schools Trust. He is currently a Director of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools and has held a number of other non-executive positions in the education sector.

• Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee
• Estates Committee

Ian has a legal background and is a Senior Partner of Field Seymour Parkes LLP. He was a Non-executive director of Reading Football Club for 20 years. Ian is Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee and also an Old Bradfieldian.

• Chair of the Pastoral Committee
• Child Protection Governor

Catherine has an NHS background. She is a qualified nurse and public health specialist and former emergency planner. She was also a Bradfield parent.

• Chair of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

Graham is a chartered accountant. He has high-level experience across a number of market sectors with businesses ranging in size from SME to fully listed. He is currently retired.

• Chair of the Estates Committee
• Finance & General Purposes Committee

David has a background in property and a degree in Estate Management. He is a Chartered Surveyor and Partner in a West End surveying firm. He is also a former Bradfield parent.

• Chair of Education Committee

Barbara was the head of a leading girls day school and has an extensive education background in both day and boarding schools. She is also a governor at two nearby Prep and Primary schools.

• Chair of St Andrew’s Committee
• Estates Committee

Philip has a background in property with extensive experience of school and college estates, and has degrees in Surveying and Geography. He is a Chartered Surveyor and the Managing Director of a firm of property consultants. He was previously a governor of St Andrew’s School.

• Education Committee
• Nominations and Governance Committee

Alastair has a business and marketing background. He is the Global Chairman of a media agency group and a current parent.

Simon has a business background in accountancy, investment and private banking. He is an Old Bradfieldian.

• Finance & General Purposes Committee

Geoff has a broad range of financial experience ranging from global companies to small fast growing entrepreneurial businesses and is a Partner at PwC in London. He was previously a governor of St Andrew’s School.

• Nominations and Governance Committee

Nicola is the Chief Executive Officer IBM UK and Ireland.  She loves outdoor pursuits including off road biking, skiing, tennis and swimming.

• Pastoral Committee

Toby has a legal background having worked as a solicitor in private practice and in-house. Since then he has moved into Learning & Development and is a Visiting Fellow of Reading University.  He is a current Bradfield parent.

Kate is Director of Education at HMC, The Heads’ Conference – a member association for the Head teachers of leading independent schools in the UK and abroad.
As well as being an experienced Modern Foreign Languages teacher, Kate has extensive experience of working across the education sector in organisations including the Department for Education, UCAS, Ofqual (examinations regulator in England) and at a university.

• Pastoral Committee

Lucy is an Old Bradfieldian and current parent. She has a background in management accountancy and is an active member of the OB shooting society.

Simon has an education background. He was the Head of a leading London prep school and has considerable experience in boarding schools and as a governor.

Srikanth has a business background in Technology and Sports. He is an entrepreneur and founder of Reeble – Sports Technology business and Skore Sports – high performance cricket academies associated with Chennai Superkings (CSK).

He is a current Bradfield parent.

• Education Committee

Robert is Vice Chancellor of Reading University and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His academic field is the archaeology of the sea.

• St Andrew’s Committee
• Pastoral Committee

Jo’s teaching career spanned more than 35 years in a wide variety of schools, both state and independent, including grammar, preparatory and senior schools (day and boarding). She was a governor of St Andrew’s School for over 10 years.