The Governors

The address for the Chairman and Foundation is:

c/o The Clerk

Lady Eleanor Holles

Hanworth Road

Hampton

TW12 3HF

Tel: 020 8979 1601

The Lady Eleanor Holles School: A company limited by guarantee.
Registered in England: Company Number 6871042
Registered Office: Lady Eleanor Holles, Hanworth Road, Hampton Middlesex TW12 3HF
Registered Charity Number: 1130254
Member of the GSA and HMC

Staff Directory

Mr David King

Chair of Governors
Qualifications:
BSc, FCA

Chair of Nominations Committee Member of Finance and Estates Committee David qualified as a chartered accountant with a predecessor firm of EY. His career has included experience in the accountancy profession and also in banking where he held a number...

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Mrs Deborah Warman

Vice Chair
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), CFPID

Nominated Safeguarding Governor Member of Education, Staff and Wellbeing Committee Deborah worked for Marks & Spencer for 38 years and specialised in HR as the executive responsible for Reward, Executive Remuneration, Employment Policy and Performance Management. She was a Fellow...

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Mrs Sarah Aziz

Compliance and Risk Committee
Qualifications:
LLB

Member of Compliance and Risk Committee Sarah read Law at University College London and is currently board advisor to L’Oreal UK & Ireland, as well as L’Oreal’s Head of Legal Innovation & Operations and Deputy General Counsel. Sarah also sits...

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Ms Sampa Bhasin

Nominated Safeguarding Officer
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) and PGDM

Sampa is an independent Director on various boards along with being a business mentor and leadership coach. Previously a senior Director with EY, Sampa is a management postgraduate as well as a certified coach. She has more than 30 years’...

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Ms Annabel Blair

Finance and Estates Committee
Qualifications:
LLB

Annabel worked for over 20 years in finance, most recently as Chief Executive Officer & Head of Investor Relations at Lijaro Asset Management (UK) LLP.  Prior to joining Lijaro, Annabel worked in Equity Sales and in the Prime Brokerage division...

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Mr Paul Davies

Chair of Compliance and Risk Committee

Member of Finance and and Estates Committee Following a varied and successful 24-year career as a military engineer, Paul left the army for the public sector in 2001 and held Estates and Operational leadership roles at The British Library and...

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Mr Martin George

Chair of Marketing & Development Committee

Member of Nominations Committee and Compliance and Risk Committee Martin had a career in marketing and communications including almost 20 years at British Airways plc, latterly as Commercial Director. He was Customer Director at Waitrose from 2017 until December 2022....

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Mrs Sarika Haggipavlou

Finance and Estates Committee and Development and Marketing Committee
Qualifications:
BSc, FCA

Sarika is a Chartered Accountant and founded her own business advisory firm in 2019. Previously, Sarika worked in several services-based companies across architecture, product design and PR. She graduated from the London School of Economics after which she joined PwC...

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Mrs Allison Heau

Marketing & Development and Education, Staff and Wellbeing Committee
Qualifications:
BA (Hons)

Allison is an LEH alumnae who studied languages (French and German) at the University of Bath. She works for the University of Cambridge as Director of Executive Education at the Cambridge Judge Business School. Leadership development and management education became...

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Mr Simon Hotchin

Chair of the Finance and Estates Committee
Qualifications:
MA, BA (Hons)

Chair of the Finance and Estates Committee Simon heads the Policyholder Investment Office in Asset Management at Phoenix Group, the FTSE-100 insurer. Simon’s career is in investment/global banking, working with global brands including Morgan Stanley and HSBC. He is an...

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Mrs Barbara Parson

Education, Staff and Wellbeing Committee
Qualifications:
Cert.Ed, B.Ed (Hons)

Barbara was a Primary School Teacher before becoming an Advisory Teacher for Primary Science with the Inner London Education Authority. She became a lecturer at Roehampton University, working across London for 22 years.  Barbara has two daughters, both of whom...

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Mr Tim Woffenden

Chair of the Education, Staff and Welfare Committee
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), MA, PGCE (Oxon)

Tim taught in a wide variety of schools over a 37-year career. He served as Head of History and then, for nine years, Director of Studies at Haileybury, where he introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. He also played a...

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Mr David Heaford

Finance and Estates Committee
Qualifications:
BEng (Hons), ACA

David, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG has gained over 20 years’ experience in leadership roles across the real estate, defence and technology sectors. He is currently Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board at the...

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Mr Richard Hinton

Finance and Estates Committee

Richard is a Chartered Accountant and spent 27 years with KPMG’s financial sector practice. He joined Blick Rothenburg (part of the Azets Group) in May 2023 where he is currently Head of Financial Services. He also has significant experience in...

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Clerk to the Governors

Mrs R Peasnell, BSc (Hons), PG Dip (Law)

Note: Current parents cannot be appointed as Governors.