National Advisory Board

Career Academies UK is governed by a formidable Advisory Board of senior business leaders and educationalists. Founded by the business community, we’re proud to remain business-led in all we do.

Trustees

Dr Heather McGregor (Chair), Taylor Bennett

James Bardrick, Managing Director, Citi

Sir Winfried Bischoff, Chairman Lloyds Banking Group

JD Hoye, President, National Academy Foundation

Dev S Sanyal, Executive Vice President & Group Chief of Staff, BP plc

Other members of the National Advisory Board

Paul Ashdown, Principal, Sixth Form College, Solihull

Amanda Baldwin, Director, Corporate Human Resources EMEA, The McGraw-Hill Companies

Alison Brittain, Managing Director, Lloyds Banking Group

David Buckley, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co International

Howard Dawber, Strategic Advisor, Canary Wharf Group

Martin Doel, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges

John Dowd, Principal, Haverstock School, Camden, London

Frederic Drevon, Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Moody’s Investors Service Ltd

Caroline Hempstead, Vice President of Group Corporate Communications, AstraZeneca

Nick Luff, Group Finance Director, Centrica plc

James McCreary, Chief Executive, Career Academies UK

Leslie Morrison, Chair, Career Academies UK Northern Ireland Regional Council          

Jeremy Palmer, Principal, Beaumont Partners and Chairman of MerchantCantos.

Henrietta Royle, Chief Executive, Fanshawe Haldin

Jennifer Scardino, Santander UK plc  

Robert Swannell, Chairman, Marks & Spencer plc  

David Trott, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Paul Wilson Senior Advisor, Bain & Company