Lucy Heller

Education Endowment Foundation:Lucy Heller

Lucy Heller

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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.

Her previous roles include General Manager of The Observer and Executive Chairman at Verso, a trade and academic publisher.

She has worked for many years with a number of charitable and voluntary organisations including the Marshall Commission, Community Links and the Bush Theatre.

She is currently a trustee of the Standard Life Foundation.

Dame Christine Gilbert

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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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Naomi Eisenstadt

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.

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Sir Peter Gershon

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.

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Lucy Heller

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.

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Professor Sir Kevan Collins

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.

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Hanneke Smits

Hanneke Smits

Hanneke Smits is the CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management. She is also Chair of Impetus and Global Chair of 30% Club.

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Sonia Thompson

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. 

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Sarah Breeden

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. 

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Graham Elton

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.

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