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Dame Christine Gilbert
Dame Christine Gilbert DBE was the Head of Ofsted, also known as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills between October 2006 and 30 June 2011.
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Graham is a Partner at Bain & Company where he ran the Private Equity practice in EMEA from 2005 to mid-2018 and is now Chair. He has 15 years of experience on the firm’s Investment Committee and was also a leader in the Media practice.
In addition to his work with Bain, Graham serves as Chair of Lane Clark & Peacock, With Intelligence, Capital Economics, JMAN Group and Sportscape. He is a Founding Member of bd-capital’s Investment Advisory Committee and Operators Club.
Graham has been involved with Now Teach from its early days and is now Chair. He is one of the founders of Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic fund of funds, and chairs its Investment Committee He is also a board member of the National Youth Theatre.
Prior to joining Bain, Graham was chief executive officer at Miller Freeman UK (now part of Informa); managing director at FT Business and strategy director at Pearson.
Graham holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA from The University of Oxford.
Graham was awarded an MBE for services to the economy in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List.
Naomi Eisenstadt
Naomi is Deputy Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission for Scotland and has had recent fellowships at the University of Oxford and LSE.
Sir Peter Gershon
Sir Peter is a former Chair of National Grid, a non-executive Chairman of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance Management Board and a Trustee of The Sutton Trust.
Lucy Heller
Lucy is Chief Executive of Ark. Lucy joined Ark in 2004 from TSL Education, a subsidiary of News International, where she was joint Managing Director.
Professor Sir Kevan Collins
Kevan is a member of the Cognita Board. He was Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) from 2011 to 2019.
Hanneke Smits
Hanneke Smits is the CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management. She is also Chair of Impetus and Global Chair of 30% Club.
Sonia Thompson
Sonia Thompson is the Headteacher at St Matthew’s C.E. Primary School and the Director of St Matthew’s Research School in Nechells Birmingham.
Sarah Breeden
Sarah Breeden is Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy and Risk, and a member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England – the body tasked by Parliament with ensuring the UK financial system is resilient.
Graham Elton
Graham is a Partner at Bain & Company where he ran the Private Equity practice in EMEA from 2005 to mid-2018 and is now Chair. He has 15 years of experience on the firm’s Investment Committee and was also a leader in the Media practice.