Education Endowment Foundation:Governance

Sir Peter Lampl has been chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation since it was set up in 2011.

Naomi is Deputy Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission for Scotland and has had recent fellowships at the University of Oxford and LSE.

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.

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.

Kevan is a member of the Cognita Board. He was Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) from 2011 to 2019.

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

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. 

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. 

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.

Martyn Oliver is the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) and a National Leader in Education.

Sir Michael served as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills from 2012 to 2016.

Kate is the Headteacher at Rosendale Primary school in Lambeth.

Peter was a managing director at The Boston Consulting Group and is now a senior advisor to the firm.

Sir Mark became Headteacher of Shireland High School, near Birmingham, in 1997. The school serves one of the most deprived wards in the country.

David is a trustee of the Sutton Trust and a governor of Swanlea School in Tower Hamlets.

Hang is head of JPMorgan Chase Foundation for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Russell joined Teach First as CEO in September 2017, building on more than 15 years developing and promoting leadership in schools.

Professor Wei Li is Director and Dean of the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Social Research.

Professor Steve Higgins is Professor of Education at Durham University.

Sir Frank currently serves as the Associate Director For Leadership at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF).

Ann is editor and digital publishing director of Tes. She sits on the education advisory group of the Sutton Trust and the advisory board of the Education Policy Institute.

Dame Alison was appointed became the Chartered College of Teaching’s Chief Executive on 1 January 2017.