Steve Phillips has over 30 years’ experience in leadership and board roles within education. He is the Chair of the Board at Regent College London, and Chair / Vice-Chair of British schools overseas in Turkiye and Algeria. His extensive background includes leadership positions at Mander Portman Woodward (MPW), Twin Group, and Regent’s University London. Additionally, he has served as Chair of the English UK Board, and on the advisory board at The British Council. Steve is also a senior lay official / Church Warden at Annunciation, Marble Arch, a Fellow (FCIM) at the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and a qualified English Language Teacher (Cambridge PG Diploma).
Dave has spent his entire career in financial services working for global banks in risk, sales, product management and senior management positions. Since 2022 he has been focussed on non-executive director/trustee roles, consulting and lecturing.
He has an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University, a PGCert from Edinburgh Business School and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Management Institute and The Association of Corporate Treasurers.
David has spent most of his working life in international education and for the last 12 years has been leading schools in Thailand and Mongolia. He is currently the Executive Headmaster at Wycombe Abbey School, Changzhou in China.
David is passionate about improving opportunities for young people to flourish in and out of school settings. He is studying for an Educational Doctorate in International Leadership which has inspired him to understand more about the importance of how a sense of belonging positively impacts academic success at school.
John is currently the Head of Innovation and Continual Improvement with responsibilities covering strategy development and implementation. Since moving from industry in the early 2000’s, he has gained significant experience in education from a delivery, managerial and awarding body perspective and is currently involved in training in a defence environment.
He is passionate about Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, seeing this as fundamental to the levelling up agenda. His Doctorate explored the development of professional identity and individual development is central to his approach to leadership through aspirational coaching. He has a PGCert, MEng, and B Eng and is a level 7 Executive Coach.
Daniel Wellings is an experienced education and corporate finance professional with a career spanning investment banking, school leadership, and international advisory. Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, he spent ten years in investment banking before becoming proprietor of several UK independent schools, including Greens College in Oxford.
He is the founder of Sanderson Charles, a Hong Kong–based consultancy that supports cross-border education investment, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships, and co-founder and chair of the Divergent School Group, a UK not-for-profit pioneering innovative SEN provision.
Daniel also serves on the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a new role that he is enjoying greatly is supporting the British Council on global strategic initiatives to support the organisation’s long-term sustainability and value creation.
A committed musician and performer, he values oracy as a vital skill for confidence, communication, and opportunity, and brings this perspective into his education and charitable work.
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