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) - Director, Taylor Bennett

James Bardrick - Managing Director, Citi

Sir Winfried Bischoff - Chairman, Lloyds Banking Group plc

Eric Daniels - Former Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group plc

J D Hoye - President, National Academy Foundation

Dev S Sanyal - Executive Vice President and 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 plc

Margaret Cole - Managing Director, Financial Services Authority

James McCreary - Chief Executive, Career Academies UK

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 Limited

Caroline Hempstead - VP Group Corporate Communications, AstraZeneca plc

Nick Luff - Group Finance Director, Centrica plc

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

Jeremy Palmer - Principal, Beaumont Partners and Chairman of MerchantCantos

Henrietta Royle - Chief Executive, Fanshawe Haldin

Jennifer Scardino - Director of Communications, Santander UK plc

Robert Swannell - Chairman, Marks and Spencer Group plc

David Trott - Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Mike Williams - Executive General Manager, Integrated Financial Systems, National Australia Group

Paul Wilson - Senior Advisor, Bain & Company