Our People

Peter is the founder and executive chair of the Sutton Trust.  He founded the Trust in 1997 in order to improve social mobility in Britain.  He has given over £50 million to the Trust which has raised an additional £70 million. He’s also chair of the Education Endowment Foundation which is funded by a Government grant of £135 million.

In 1996 Peter funded the successful campaign to ban handguns in the UK in the aftermath of the Dunblane massacre. Before establishing the Sutton Trust, he founded the Sutton Company, a highly successful leveraged buyout firm, which netted £230 million inside a decade. Peter grew up in Yorkshire and Surrey, he has three children and now lives in Surrey with his wife Susan.

To contact Peter, please email his personal assistant, Anna Fellows.

James is the Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust and has been in post since February 2019. Prior to that, James was Deputy CEO of the Trust’s sister charity, the Education Endowment Foundation. He also led the Trust’s £135m bid to set up the EEF in 2011, was its interim CEO and served as a founding Trustee.

James is also a trustee of the Centre for Homelessness Impact and a governor of a comprehensive school in the East Midlands, where he lives.

To contact James, please email Emma Legg.

Laura leads the programmes team at the Trust. She is responsible for our beneficiary facing work, partnerships, impact of programmes and acts as our Designated Safeguarding Officer. Laura joined the Trust in January 2017, after working in both the higher education and voluntary sectors where she managed and developed a range of programmes and initiatives, including access to higher education programmes and employability initiatives sponsored by the Mayor of London’s office. Laura also worked on Sutton Trust Summer Schools as a student ambassador whilst she was studying at university.

Laura is also a trustee of School Home Support, Prime Commitment, and sits on the information, advice and guidance advisory group for the Office for Students.

Doug Thomson leads the development team at the Trust. He began his career in development roles at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, University of Oxford and at the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Doug served as the first Development Director at the Sutton Trust from 2005 to 2009 and has since worked as an independent consultant and at the University of Nottingham as Director of the £242m Impact Campaign.

Carl leads the Trust’s programme of policy-focused research. He has authored reports on subjects including student finance, unpaid internships, school admissions and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on learning.

He is also Co-Investigator on the COSMO (Covid Social Mobility and Opportunities) longitudinal cohort study.

He has been at the Trust since 2016, having previously worked in a variety of roles in social and political research, including NatCen and Democratic Audit.

Stefanie leads the finance and operations team at the Trust. She joined in August 2019 from Global’s Make Some Noise, where she was responsible for finance, governance and grant-making activities. Stefanie started her career at Barnardo’s.

Laura joined the Sutton Trust in 1997 helping Sir Peter Lampl to establish the Trust. Between 1997-2015, she has combined raising a family with a range of roles at the Trust, most recently taking the lead in our early years’ work. Laura remains involved as a consultant for the Sutton Trust and Esmee Fairbairn Parental Engagement Fund.

Sara joined the Trust in January 2020 and manages the Pathways residential conferences, as well as overseeing the Pathways to Law Plus programme and acting as a Designated Safeguarding Officer for the Trust. She has previously worked for youth charities and for a university careers service. Sara studied Modern Languages at the University of Bristol.

Priya joined the Trust in July 2021 as Senior Programmes Officer, and works as part of the Programmes team to deliver a new offering of employability activity to the post-18 group, including alumni from existing Sutton Trust programmes – predominantly reaching those who are studying at undergraduate level.

She previously supported student employability and extracurricular activity at London South Bank Students’ Union, in a year-long placement undertaken as part of the Charityworks graduate scheme. Prior to this she completed her BA in History at the University of Cambridge.

Aiyesha supports on the delivery, communication and evaluation of the Trust’s programmes, including the Sutton Trust Online platform, UK Summer Schools, Apprenticeship Summer School and Teacher Champions. She joined the Trust in September 2021, after graduating with a BSc Geography (Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis) degree at King’s College London.

Whilst at university, Aiyesha interned at Eastside Educational Trust, an educational arts charity which educates young people through direct participation in the arts. A UK Summer School alumnus, she worked on the UK Summer Schools as a Senior Widening Participation ambassador. She also mentored first-year undergraduate students from low socio-economic backgrounds to support their transition into university.

Aiyesha is a regular participant of Mapathons run by Missing Maps London, mapping online the most critical-prone areas in the world in collaboration with the British Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.

Gemma joined the Sutton Trust in November 2019 and works on the Trust’s portfolio of outreach initiatives and Pathways programmes to improve access to the workplace and provide work experience opportunities for young people. A Sutton Trust US programme alumnus, Gemma graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor’s degree in History and still enjoys mentoring and volunteering on the US programme. Prior to joining the Sutton Trust full time, Gemma worked at a start-up company running events to connect the UK’s brightest students with top employers for internships and career opportunities.

Marie-Rose leads the alumni programmes and engagement activity at the Trust. She is responsible for our alumni relations strategy, as well as building new programmes to service the needs of our alumni community particularly in the area of employability. Marie-Rose joined the Trust in February 2021, after working in the higher education sector at a range of institutions including the University of Manchester, Royal Holloway University and London Business School. Marie-Rose’s experience spans alumni relations and volunteer management, as well as digital fundraising and communications. Marie-Rose also spent two years at a start-up – digital fundraising tech provider Hubbub Fundraising, where she worked as an Account Manager and Digital Fundraising Consultant, working with over 40 UK HE and School clients managing their digital projects and advising them on their fundraising campaigns.

Marie-Rose is also a regular volunteer for the charity Streetlink helping process phone and web alerts for rough sleepers across the country, to connect them up with vital services and support.

Katherine joined the Trust in February 2019 to oversee the Apprenticeship Campaign. She has previously worked within the charity and public sector supporting young people develop the skills and confidence to reach their potential in employment. Katherine graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA in English and Education.

Anna has been Sir Peter’s personal assistant and diary manager since the inception of the Sutton Trust and for ten years before that at the Sutton Company. Anna has a BA in German and Russian from the University of Bristol.

Ryan joined the team in March 2022 to support the Trust’s work in policy and public affairs.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2016 with a BA in Spanish, before gaining a PGCE at the University of Nottingham and working as a language teacher in the UK and abroad.

Erica joined the Sutton Trust in February 2020 as Research and Policy Officer. Prior to working at the trust, Erica worked in the field of Public Health. She holds a degree from the University of Southampton in Population and Geography.

Jenny joined The Sutton Trust in January 2022 as Senior Alumni Officer, working on developing our alumni network and providing opportunities for alumni to volunteer their time and expertise to support students and other alumni.

She previously worked for a UK Government scholarship programme, supporting international students and working with British Embassies and High Commissions around the world. She graduated from the University of Essex with a degree in Modern History and Politics.

Beth joined the Sutton Trust in August 2021 and works on the Trust’s Pathways to the Professions programmes to improve access to the workplace and provide work experience opportunities for young people, with a focus on piloting digital delivery models.

She previously delivered skills and employability initiatives at Create Jobs and prior to that worked for the Mayor of London and at Arts Council England.

Emma manages the Trust’s Operations function, working to maintain and improve the Trust’s policies and procedures in HR, recruitment and IT. She also manages James Turner’s diary. Emma graduated from the University of Surrey with a BA in English Literature and French.

Magdalena joined the Sutton Trust in September 2021 as a Programmes Intern and will be working with the team to support alumni relations and create and deliver new opportunities for the alumni community. Magdalena graduated from King’s College London with a Law with European Legal Studies degree this summer. She is a Sutton Trust alumna, who completed the Pathways to Law programmes and a UK Summer School.

Magdalena also volunteers at the Support Through Court, where she offers practical and emotional support to litigants-in-person who are faced with navigating the Court system without legal representation.

Annie joined the Sutton Trust in January 2021 as Programmes Officer. She works on multiple projects across the Pathways and University access programmes to support students in accessing higher education and work placement opportunities. Annie graduated from studying Law at the University of Exeter in 2018 but since then has worked in supporting young people access their full potential. Prior to joining the Trust, Annie worked in schools to support vulnerable students and in a start-up, which connected the UK’s brightest graduates to internships and graduate roles.

Since Rebecca joined the Trust in 2017, she has authored reports on a variety of topics including internships, university access, highly able student from disadvantaged backgrounds, access to the professions and how parents use financial and cultural resources to boost their children’s educations. Rebecca previously completed a PhD at the University of Manchester, and was a Fellow at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

Binda leads on the Trust’s new and exciting innovation work. She looks at how we can have a broader impact on a greater number of young people. Binda was previously our Head of Programmes & Partnerships and former MD of Pure Potential. She is a trustee of PRIME and Access Accountancy, and was a young trustee at the Diana Award.

Maxine has worked in private office for many years spanning both property and politics.

Her work has included setting up a Community Interest Company focusing on education as well as consulting on a charitable project targeting early years reading for pleasure.

She is also a holistic practitioner.

Laura joined the development team at the Sutton Trust in 2018 and leads on our work giving supporters a fantastic experience of championing social mobility. She has previously held fundraising roles at Anthony Nolan, Scope and School-Home Support, with a particular focus on building strategic corporate partnerships. Laura studied theology at the University of Cambridge, followed by an MPhil in philosophy of religion.

Betelhem graduated in 2015 from London South Bank University with a degree in Accounting and Finance. She joined the Trust in November 2018 as Finance Officer. Prior to joining the Trust she worked for an international humanitarian aid charity based in London

Rhian joined the Trust this September as Development Intern, and is now the Development Officer. She works with the Development Team across our portfolio of family and individual supporters, and also focuses on donations from new and current Trusts and Foundations. Rhian graduated from the University of Exeter this year after studying a History degree. Prior to joining the Trust, Rhian completed a 6-week internship at the Department for Education.

Harry joined the trust in October 2019 and works across the Trust’s Pathways programmes, focusing on applications, evaluation and long-term tracking of participants. He has experience in the voluntary and grant giving sectors working on projects which support young people to develop life and work skills. Harry holds a master’s in International Development from the University of Bristol and a degree in Human Geography.

Lewis joined the Trust in September 2021 as a Research, Policy and Communications Intern after obtaining a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University.

He works across all three teams, producing briefings for senior leadership and leading on media and policy monitoring as well as supporting with the Trust’s social media and communications operations.

During his studies, Lewis worked as a student support mentor, for an anti-racist charity and a mental health charity, and took an active role in student volunteering projects.

Jonny manages the Trust’s university access programmes which include UK Summer Schools, Sutton Scholars, personal statement mentoring and our work with teachers. He has previously worked with schools across the country at Shakespeare Schools Foundation and is a trustee of an Arts Centre.

Genevieve joined the Development Team in January 2021 having previously worked for two years at an East London based education charity. Prior to entering the charity sector, she worked as an English teacher at the University of Nantes in France. She holds a BA in French and Spanish and a research MA in French Studies from the University of Sheffield.

Saskia joined the Trust in December on the internship scheme as part of the Development Team. She supports the team on everything fundraising-related, including identifying new potential funders and thanking our regular givers. Saskia spent the previous academic year as JCR President at St Cuthbert’s Society JCR, Durham University, and studied History at Durham University.

James joined the Sutton Trust as Data Analyst and Insights Manager in September 2021. He is responsible for leading the analysis of the Sutton Trust’s programmes, as well as supporting its evaluation work. James also carries out secondary data analysis in contribution to the Trust’s programme of policy-focused research.

Prior to joining the Trust, James worked as a Senior Statistician at the National Centre for Social Research. In this role he worked on a wide range of social surveys, including the British Social Attitudes Survey and the Student Income and Expenditure Study. He also has first-hand experience of the Higher Education sector, having previously taught at the LSE.

Peter is the founder and executive chair of the Sutton Trust.  He founded the Trust in 1997 in order to improve social mobility in Britain.  He has given over £50 million to the Trust which has raised an additional £70 million. He’s also chair of the Education Endowment Foundation which is funded by a Government grant of £135 million.

In 1996 Peter funded the successful campaign to ban handguns in the UK in the aftermath of the Dunblane massacre. Before establishing the Sutton Trust, he founded the Sutton Company, a highly successful leveraged buyout firm, which netted £230 million inside a decade. Peter grew up in Yorkshire and Surrey, he has three children and now lives in Surrey with his wife Susan.

To contact Peter, please email his personal assistant, Anna Fellows.

Stephen is a private investor with interests in impact investing and education. For 30 years he was involved in family-held retail business. He has been active in strategic investing since 2002, and founded Willows Investments in 2008 with the aim of supporting promising ventures with a social mission.

Stephen is currently Chair of the Supervisory Board of The European Climate Foundation and of the Business and Law School Advisory Board of St Mary’s University. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute (USA), a Supervisory Board Member of Pymwymic Group BV (Netherlands) and Member of the International Council of the Global Leadership Foundation (UK). Stephen also sits on the Advisory Board of Auticon (UK) and the European Business School (Germany).

Tim is Vice-Chair of the Sutton Trust. Tim joined Balderton Capital as a General Partner in 2007, before moving into his current role as Senior Adviser in 2021. He was previously a partner of Goldman Sachs where he spent 18 years. At Goldman, Tim held various roles including Global Head of Equity Capital Markets (2002 to 2005) and Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (2005 to 2006).

In 2006 Tim spent a period as non-executive chairman of Betfair. Tim is also a Trustee of the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, The Royal Opera House, Royal Springboard, and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Tim is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Michael A. Carpenter was chief executive officer of Ally Financial Inc. from November 2009 to February 2015. During this time he turned around this $150 billion bank and returned nearly $16 billion to the American taxpayer who funded the company as part of the auto bailout. He retired as CEO in February 2015 and continues to be active through Southgate Holdings which he founded in 2007.

Mike has broad and deep experience in banking, capital markets, turnarounds and corporate strategy. From 1995 to 2006 he held several senior management positions at Citigroup, and its predecessor Travelers Group. His most recent roles were as chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments, and chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup’s Global Corporate & Investment Bank. Previously, Mr Carpenter held senior management positions at Travelers Group, GE and The Boston Consulting Group. Mike is Chair of the South Florida Board of the charity Year Up.

Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nottingham, England, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr Carpenter is a director of various public and private companies.

Mark is a Managing Partner at Antin Infrastructure Partners, a leading European private equity firm focussed on infrastructure investments, which he has co-led since its inception in 2007.

A chartered accountant by training, prior to Antin he had a 14 year career as an investment banker and spent 7 years at Centrica PLC where he was a member of the Executive Committee and had group-wide responsibility for strategy, business development and M&A.

Roger Devlin is Chairman of Persimmon PLC, Britain’s largest housebuilder and a FTSE 50 company.

Previous roles have included chairing William Hill, Gamesys and Marstons as well as a number of private equity exits for Permira, Advent and Phoenix.

Roger was the first Senior Independent Director of the Football Association 2012-19.

In an executive capacity Roger worked for Hill Samuel (1978-1992) and Hilton/Ladbrokes (1993-2008).

He presently chairs Sunningdale Golf Club and owns and breeds racehorses.

In 2015, Roger wrote and produced Breaking the Bank, a feature film starring Kelsey Grammar and Tamsin Grieg, which was nominated for best UK comedy.

Roger was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Wadham College Oxford. He is married with two expensive daughters.

Glenn Earle is a member of the Boards of Directors of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and Rothesay Life Group. Mr. Earle Vice Chairman and Trustee of Teach First. He is also a former Director and Trustee of the Royal National Theatre and of Teach First, and was Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cambridge University Judge Business School.

Glenn retired in December 2011 from Goldman Sachs International, where he was most recently a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in various roles in New York, Frankfurt and London from 1987, becoming a Partner in 1996. From 1979 to 1985, he worked in the Latin America Department at Grindlays Bank/ANZ, leaving as a Vice President.

Glenn is a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and of Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA with High Distinction and was a Baker Scholar and Loeb, Rhoades Fellow.

Fiona set up Off The Fence Marketing as a boutique marketing consultancy offering support on strategy, communication and innovation. The firm has worked with Tesco, Unilever, Disney, William Grant and Pernod Richard amongst others. She began her marketing career at Unilever on a trainee programme where she stayed for a decade working on local, regional and global brands.

Fiona’s key charitable interest is social mobility in the UK. She has also been the sponsor and been on the Governing body for an Ark Academy school for the last seven years. She supports bursary schemes in local private schools and Trustee for Get Further. During the pandemic, Fiona launched the ‘September for Schools’ campaign, calling for return to school to be a government priority. Fiona attended state schools in Warrington and read Modern Languages at Durham University.

Marc is an executive and director of several operating businesses, including U.S. exchange traded GAMCO Investors, LGL Group, and Associated Capital Group. As a fund manager, his focus is global value equity investments. He manages the Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, an investment trust trading on the London Stock Exchange. He has managed several Morningstar five star mutual funds, and a Lipper #1 ranked global equity mutual fund.

Marc is active in a variety of charitable educational efforts in the United States. He has lived and worked in the U.K. at various times, beginning in 1990 while at Lehman Brothers International. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Sloan School.

Sir Peter is a British businessman and former civil servant. He is currently Chairman of enfinium, the largest pure play waste-to-energy business in the UK. Sir Peter is former chairman of the National Grid, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance and Tate & Lyle. He has held senior executive positions in the UK computer, telecommunications and defence industries as well as being the first chief executive of the Office of Government Commerce. In 2004/5 Sir Peter, at the request of the Prime Minister and Chancellor, led a major review of efficiency in the UK public sector which recommended significant savings. He is a trustee of the Sutton Trust as well as the chairman of the Dreadnought Alliance and Join Dementia Research. He is married with three children and six grandchildren.

Sir Peter was awarded the CBE in 2000 for services to the Defence Industry and was knighted in 2004 for his work on public procurement. In 2016 he won the FTSE100 non-executive director of the year award.

Sir Peter was educated at Reigate Grammar School and Churchill College, Cambridge.

Anthony is co-head of Investment Banking Services in EMEA and co-head of UK Investment Banking. He is a member of the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director in 2007 and was named partner in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, Anthony spent seven years at Citigroup. Earlier in his career, he qualified as a corporate solicitor at Freshfields in London.

Anthony earned a BA in Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford University, and a CPE and LPC degree from the London College of Law.

Andy is co-Fund Manager of the Veritas Global strategies. He joined the company in 2003. He previously worked as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at WP Stewart from 2001 to 2003 and Newton Investment Management from 1996 to 2001. In 2021 Andy became a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

A Chartered Accountant, Andy also worked as a Tax Consultant at Price Waterhouse from 1993 to 1996.

Meg Headley is the co-founder of Atticus Social Purpose, a Corporate Responsibility consultancy. She has spent her career in Human Resources with Accenture and PA consulting, and most latterly as the HRD of a global professional services firm.

Andrew Law is the Chairman and CEO of Caxton Associates, a global macro hedge fund. He joined the London office of Caxton in 2003, was appointed global Chief Investment Officer early in 2008, and to his current position effective 1st January 2012.

He attended a state school in Manchester, and graduated from Sheffield University in 1987 with a First Class degree in Economics. Prior to Caxton, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, as head of FICC proprietary trading in London.

His philanthropic interests include his role as a founding Trustee of both the Law Family Charitable Foundation, and the Law Family Educational Trust which sponsors a large multi academy trust in Greater Manchester. He is also Chairman of Speakers for Schools, and former deputy chair of the New School Network.

Joe joined PIMCO in 1998 to open and head the firm’s London office, its first presence in Europe.

When Joe retired from PIMCO in 2014 the firm had close to $300 billion in third-party assets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Joe spent 33 years in the financial services industry, having previously worked for Salomon Brothers in New York and London, and Merrill Lynch in Seoul, Korea.

Following university he spent three years in Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer working in public health. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College, where he serves on the board of trustees, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Sir Harvey is Chair of Big Society Capital. He is the former Chairman of Prudential plc, Man Group plc, and the London Development Agency, and former Deputy Chair of the Mayor of London’s Enterprise Panel. Prior to taking on the Chair of the London Development Agency he was Chairman of London First, the capital’s influential business campaign group, a director of Gateway to London, the inward investment agency for the Thames Gateway and Chairman of the East London Business Alliance, a partnership of substantial businesses engaged in the social and economic regeneration of East London.

Sir Harvey is also Chairman of Heart of the City, which helps companies develop responsible business practices through learning from one another; Chairman of the Prince’s Teaching Institute, which promotes subject based professional development for teachers; and a trustee of a number of other charities including New Philanthropy Capital, a research based charity which gives advice and guidance to donors and charities; icould, an online careers resource; and the Mayor’s Fund for London.

Ian was a founder and Managing Partner of Vitruvian Partners. He has 25 years of experience in private equity including eight years at BC Partners and three years at Schroder Ventures (now Permira). Prior to this, Ian worked in corporate finance at Schroders for five years. He has an MEng from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.

Ian is a governor of the school he attended in Bolton and an Elizabeth de Clare Fellow of his college in Cambridge.

Kasia has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking and private equity, in the UK, US and Europe. She is currently active in early stage investing, is involved in various businesses in Poland and has sat on a number of PLC boards.  Kasia holds a MSc degree in Engineering/Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from the Stanford Business School.

Peter is the former Global Head of Equities at Deutsche Bank,  prior to that he spent 23 years at Goldman where he was latterly the co-head of Global Equities Trading and Execution Services. He spent 13 years in London and 10 years in New York.

Peter is a board member of Cambridge in America and the St. George’s Society. He also serves on the investment committees of two UK charities, Buttle UK, a children’s charity, and the Turner Contemporary Gallery.

Peter earned an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in 1994.

Prior to joining Lightyear Capital in October 2014, Martin was Deputy Chairman of Willis Group Holdings plc and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Global Solutions.

Previously, Martin was President and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group Inc., where he worked for 37 years. He serves on the Board of Directors of Lightyear Capital portfolio companies, Cerity Partners, Datalot and Ygrene Energy Fund. He is also Chairman of Navigators Underwriting Agency Ltd and Navigators International Insurance Company.

Richard is Chairman of Greenhill International, a leading independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice globally on significant mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, financing and capital advisory to companies and other organisations. He joined the firm in 2020.

Richard was formerly Chairman of Global Corporate and Investment Banking at Barclays Plc. He held a number of roles in his nine years at the firm, including: Co-Head of Global Investment Banking Division; Head of Investment Banking Division for Europe; and, on joining, Head of UK Investment Banking. Prior to joining, he spent nearly 11 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was most latterly Head of UK and Ireland Corporate and Investment Banking. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he worked at HSBC Investment Banking for 10 years.

Richard is a member of the campaign board of Historic Royal Palaces. Richard holds a first class Engineering degree and, prior to entering investment banking in 1991, qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen.

Ian is a Senior Partner and Managing Director at BCG London, where he leads both the Financial Institutions and Education practices.

He has led numerous projects for The Sutton Trust, on GCSE under-performance, university entry, vocational education and access to the City.

Ian has also led projects for the Education Endowment Foundation, Teach First and the New Schools Network.

He has a Bachelor in Commerce and Masters in Finance from University College Dublin, where he was a member of the Governing Authority.

He qualified as a barrister at the King’s Inns in Dublin and is a member of the Irish Bar.

Tim is recently retired from nearly 30 years in finance. Over the past 10 years he has served as Head of London for Balyasny Asset Management and Head of Macro for Citadel Ltd Europe; both large Chicago based hedge funds. Prior to that he ran Fixed Income Proprietary trading at Lehman Brothers Europe.

Tim attended state school in the London Borough of Havering then completed a degree in mathematics at the University of Bristol followed by a master’s degree at Imperial College London.

Tim’s philanthropic interests include Essex Community Foundation and the National Theatre.

Christopher is Chairman of EMAlternatives LLC in Washington DC, an emerging markets-focused asset management firm, and of YIMEI Capital Ltd in China. Since 1987 he has been a Director of Merifin Capital, a privately owned, Brussels-based investment company.

Until mid-2003 he served as Head of Private Equity for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital and was a Group Board Member of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson working in New York, Los Angeles, London and Frankfurt with global responsibility for alternative assets as well as for certain other activities of the Dresdner Bank Group in North America. He acted as chairman of various investment funds prior to and following the latter’s integration with Allianz A.G. He is a co-founding board member of Roper Technologies Inc (NYSE) and of IDOX plc (AIM), and continues to serve on the board of Roper.

Christopher is affiliated with and/or has sat on various boards of several other financial institutions, including Artio Global Asset Management Inc., Hansa Capital LBG., Campbell Lutyens @Co Ltd., CdB Webtech SpA., Standard Bank Group of South Africa, GP Investimentos (Brazil), IL+FS (India), and IDeA Alternative Investments SGR.

He is a graduate of Oxford University and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance. He is a Foundation Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

David Gregson is the former Chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association; an advisor on the Olympic Stadium; and a member of the Advisory Boards of Phoenix Equity Partners and of the Apeldoorn Conference Series, which promotes shared understanding between the British and the Dutch. Until recently, David was Chairman of the Investment Committee of the London Legacy Development Corporation, which is transforming East London following the 2012 Games.

Previously, David was a co-founder and Chairman of Phoenix, a leading UK mid-market private equity business. Over his career, he has been a director or Chairman of some thirty companies or charities.

Based in London, Andrew manages global portfolios and oversees the firm’s European, Asia-Pacific, Emerging Markets and Global investment teams. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and the Executive Committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2006, he was an economics correspondent and columnist for the Financial Times in London, New York and Washington DC. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford, a Master’s degree from Harvard University and was a lecturer in Economics at Keble College, Oxford. 

James is currently a commercial barrister at Fountain Court Chambers. He grew up on a council estate in Ewell, while his mother was a hospital receptionist and his father worked as a part-time barman and part-time security employee. He attended his local comprehensive school, where he was on free school meals. 

In the summer of 1999, James attended the Sutton Trust summer school programme, studying law for a week at Oxford University. That was James’ first experience of both Oxford and law, and it was a week that changed his life. He applied to Oxford the following autumn, as the first of his family’s generation to go to university, and went on to obtain a First in Law and then a Distinction in his Masters (BCL). 

James is now keen to give back through the Fellowship to help others from non-privileged backgrounds to fulfil their potential and gain life-changing experiences. 

Debbie retired in 2014 from a 26-year career in executive search focused on the European Private Equity sector, previously having worked in investment banking in the US and the UK. 

A 2015 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University within the Advanced Leadership Initiative, she spent her time at Harvard exploring and formulating strategies to widen the reach of the Accelerate and Access Foundation’s (AAAF) activities which centre on the creation and incubation of higher education access programmes in the UK with the aim of improving social mobility. The AAAF’s flagship programme is the Kent Academy Network University Access programme which she co-founded in 2013 with seed funding from the Sutton Trust. 

Other non-profit activities include various roles with the Sutton Trust US Summer School, the Natural History Museum, Working Chance (recruitment agency for women ex-offenders) 

and a co-chair of the Centennial Circle at Dartmouth College, a groundbreaking alumnae-led initiative. An American living in London since 1988, Debbie has an AB degree in Government from Dartmouth College in the US and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth. A keen sportswoman, she is an avid skier and a competitive rower. 

Ian retired in 2012 after 12 years as Chief Executive of Babson Capital Europe, following a successful career analysing and financing European private businesses. Prior to leading Babson from inception, Ian spent 18 years appraising a broad range of businesses on behalf of 3i and the Royal Bank of Scotland. 

On graduation from Glasgow University in 1976 Ian trained as a Chartered Accountant with PWC before a 5 year financial management career with GKN and Hawker Siddeley Group. 

Ian lives in Northumberland, is married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren. He is actively involved with The Prince’s Trust in Newcastle. 

Tina was educated in the state sector at Wolverhampton Girls’ High School and subsequently read Physics at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation, she spent a year working in Singapore, and following that held a number of senior marketing positions in the publishing and professional services sector, including Deloitte. Tina is currently on a career break whilst raising her three children, and has recently completed a postgraduate qualification in business continuity, with a focus on risk management in the education sector. 

John Langley is the Head of Wells Fargo International, Regional President of the Wells Fargo Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) for EMEA. He is based in London, United Kingdom. 

John joined Wells Fargo in 2019 as the EMEA Regional President and was appointed Head of International in April 2021. He is responsible for the overall strategy and execution for Wells Fargo International and has regional responsibility for all businesses that operate internationally: Corporate & Investment Banking, Commercial Capital and Treasury Management. 

Before joining Wells Fargo, John served as Global Head of Capital Markets at Barclays PLC, with responsibility for DCM, ECM, Leveraged Finance, Risk Solutions, and Debt Syndicate businesses globally. During his 11 years at Barclays, John held a number of senior leadership positions, including Global Head of Risk Solutions Group. 

Prior to Barclays, John held several senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, including Head of Corporate Risk Advisory Group and Global Head of FX Derivatives Trading. 

John is a trustee of the Kings School, Chester and a fellow of The Sutton Trust, an organisation that champions social mobility through programs, research, and policy influence. He holds a M.A. in natural sciences from Cambridge University. 

Anthony is the founder of Pets at Home. He opened their first store in Chester in 1991 and grew a chain of 150 stores by 2000. Anthony began his career as a financial controller for the ICFC (now 3i) and went on to work for the family business, Preston Cash and Carry, distributors of domestic hardware. Anthony was born in Eccles, Manchester. He attended Manchester Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he is a Foundation Fellow. 

Oliver Quick has worked in a number of roles in the private equity and venture capital industries, and was previously a partner in the Sutton Company. He currently works as a company advisor and private investor, and is based in London. He has also worked in a part-time capacity at the Trust. He is a graduate of Oxford University and holds post graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and King’s College London.

Dan Riggs attended the Sutton Trust Summer School at Oxford University in 1999 and went on to gain a place at the LSE to study Economics, making him the first person in his family to attend university. For the past 17 years Dan has worked in the investment management industry, firstly with Goldman Sachs and now at Brevan Howard Asset Management where he is head of UK Institutional Sales. 

Edward Shuckburgh is a Director at Montagu, a European private equity fund, where he is responsible for the UK and Ireland and Nordic regions. He is / has been a board director for a number of Montagu’s portfolio companies including Wireless Logic, Janes, Parentpay, ITRS, Servelec, Visma, Miraclon, Deas, Open GI, CliniSys Group, CAP, and BCA. Prior to Montagu, he was a consultant with McKinsey and also worked at the Financial Times. Edward has an MBA from Harvard Business School, studied maths at Magdalen College, Oxford, and attended Verulam School in St Albans. 

Geoff is a Nephrologist practicing in Dallas, Texas since 1981 associated with Dallas Nephrology Associates, a single specialty group of over 100 doctors providing care to patients with kidney disease. They provide out-patient and in-patient care as well as dialysis support and renal transplantation to patients with chronic kidney disease. 

In England Geoff worked as lecturer in medicine for 4 years for Manchester University and prior to that as a trainee physician at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. He graduated from Leeds University Medical School in 1972. Geoff is an Elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians and also Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 

Geoff plans to retire from clinical medicine after 50 years in the profession in July 2022. 

Patrick founded Metapack in 1999 and as CEO grew the eCommerce software delivery platform to European leadership, before selling the business in 2018. Patrick still holds a part-time executive position at Metapack. He is a non-exec and investor in software company Segura, building ethical and sustainable supply chains in retail. With 20 years’ experience, he is still active as a school governor and has commissioned and co-authored work on the need for policy stability in English education. Patrick founded the Target Schools access program at Oxford University in 1982.

Leanne Wood is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Vodafone Plc. With over 20 years’ international experience in large businesses across the consumer, luxury and retail sectors, Leanne brings experience of strategic planning, running effective organisations and developing talent.

Prior to joining Vodafone, Leanne was the Chief People, Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer for Burberry Plc and the Group HR Director of Diageo Plc. Leanne is a Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nomination and Audit Committees at The Go-Ahead Group Plc. She is also a Trustee to The Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone’s charitable arm.

As Education Secretary from 2016-18, Justine put social mobility at the heart of the Department for Education’s strategy through the Social Mobility Action Plan, alongside introducing Opportunity Areas, the Early Careers Framework and Gender Pay Gap reporting. She left Cabinet to fully focus on her Social Mobility Pledge campaign with employers and universities. Through the Levelling Up Goals architecture, Justine is working with leaders across the private and public sectors to develop levelling up strategies delivering change on the ground for communities.

Between 2011 and 2018, Justine served as a UK Cabinet Minister, as Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities, Secretary of State for International Development and Secretary of State for Transport and prior to that from 2010-11 as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.

Professor Colin Bailey began his career as an apprentice draughtsman after leaving school at 16, before going on to study for a degree in Civil and Structural Engineering at Sheffield University, where he finished first in his year and offered a scholarship to study for a PhD. He joined the University of Manchester in 2002 as Professor of Structural Engineering, and became Head of the School in 2007. He was then appointed Vice-President of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, before becoming Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 2014.

Over his career he has gained significant non-executive experience, including as a non-executive chair, sitting on the Board of a number charities and organisations.  He is currently a member of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel advising government on building safety following the Grenfell fire. Colin is author of more than 130 research papers and practical design guides, and has been awarded nine prizes for his research work. This has included the publication of the ‘Bailey’ fire design method, which has been used in design software and distributed to 2,500 companies in 20 countries.

He is a Chartered Structural, Civil and Fire Engineer and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He joined Queen Mary as President and Principal in September 2017.

Joanna is the Chief Executive Officer of Tees Valley Collaborative Trust, a multi-academy trust comprising a two-site 16-19 academy of 2000 students, a primary school, a pupil referral unit and a Montessori day nursery located across Teesside.  With over thirty years’ experience in education, Joanna was previously a sixth form college Principal in Wigan and then in Stockton.  She is whole-heartedly committed to inclusive excellence in education.

Maria is the Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission. Educated in the US and in Europe, she worked for the BBC from 1991-2009 as a producer and senior editor. She then returned to the US on a Nieman fellowship at Harvard and subsequently founded Latitude News. In 2014, Maria joined the launch team of The Conversation US, a non-profit digital daily with content authored by academics and edited by journalists, working for four years as their Editor-in-Chief. Maria has had extensive contact with universities and academics on both sides of the Atlantic and is a strong supporter of expanding international educational and cultural exchange.

Kevan has worked in public service for over 30 years and became the first EEF Chief Executive in October 2011, stepping down in 2019.  He was previously Chief Executive in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Prior to this role he led a distinguished career in education – starting off as a primary school teacher, leading the Primary Literacy Strategy as National Director, and then serving as Director of Children’s Services at Tower Hamlets. More recently, Sir Kevan was appointed by the Prime Minister to advise the government on its pandemic education catch-up strategy.

Naomi is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

In 1999, Naomi became the first director of the Department for Education’s Sure Start Unit. In early 2006 she was the Secretary of State’s Chief Adviser on Children’s Services before taking over as director of the Social Exclusion Task Force in the Cabinet Office.

In 2015, Naomi was appointed the independent adviser on poverty and inequality to the First Minister of Scotland.

Jane is the headteacher of Carlton Bolling School in Bradford which is situated in one of the most deprived areas in the city; a serious organised crime hotspot. The school’s rapid improvement journey gained them an “Outstanding” rating from Ofsted in 2017 less than two years after coming out of Special Measures.  In 2018 Carlton Bolling was awarded “World Class Schools” Status and in October 2019 the Pearson National Teaching Award for Secondary School of the Year. Jane has over 30 years’ experience in education, holding leadership roles in three schools. She is also a founding member of the Bradford ICE district partnership board, aligning industry and education to the needs of the local and regional economy.

Mick is Director of External Affairs for Capital One UK, where he has responsibility for the business’s corporate communications, public policy advocacy and corporate social responsibility agenda. Prior to joining Capital One, Mick was a director at a City-based communications agency. He was, from 2004 until 2007 special adviser to the then Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon John Prescott. Prior to that, Mick worked at the Labour Party, working in the policy unit helping to draft the 2005 general election manifesto and helping manage the party’s policy making process.

Mouhssin Ismail is the Principal of the Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (the NCS) and Director of Standards (Sixth Form) for the City of London Academies Trust.  Prior to becoming a teacher, Mouhssin qualified and worked in the city as a banking and finance lawyer.  In 2014 he was appointed the founding Principal of the NCS which serves students from the second most deprived borough in London.  Since their first set of A level results in 2016, NCS students have secured offers to study at  some of the most prestigious universities in the UK and abroad, including Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Oxford and Cambridge all on full scholarships worth £250,000 each.

John Jerrim is a Professor of Education and Social Statistics at the University College London Institute of Education. He is a significant contributor to the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and became the first recipient of the ESRC Early Career Outstanding Impact award. The OECD Programme has been conducted tri-annually since 2000 and aims not only to publicise the success of teaching and learning in individual nations, but also to investigate the reasons for their success and share best practice with the rest of the world.

Dame Sue was the headteacher of Lampton School in Hounslow from 1997 to 2015, transforming it into an outstanding school. Dame Sue also worked as a National Leader of Education and as project manager for some of London’s most challenging and complex schools. From 2011 to 2014 Sue served as a Non- Executive Director at the DFE and also served on the Future Leaders and Teaching Leaders Boards. Sue is also Chair of the Brilliant Club Board of Trustees, a Teach First Innovation Partner and Executive Director of Challenge Partners.

Farouk is the co-founder of All Africa Partners, an investment firm specialising in African public equities. Prior to returning to the UK in 2019, Farouk was based in the Middle East for ten years where he was in charge of regional investments for a Saudi sovereign entity, as well as heading an investment research division for a local firm.  Farouk started his career in London at Lehman Brothers and subsequently Nomura, focused on European public equities. Farouk holds a MA degree in Economics and Management from the University of Cambridge. Farouk was born and raised in Lancashire and took part in the Sutton Summer School in 2001 where he spent a week at the University of Cambridge in the Economics programme.

Ann was formerly Digital Publishing Director & Editor of the TES. She started her career as a music titles and joined TES’s sister publication the Times Higher Education Supplement in 1994. She held a number of roles at the newspaper and helped it relaunch as the Times Higher Education magazine in 2008. She served as the magazine’s editor between May 2008 and January 2012.

Mike joined the University of Cambridge in October 2021 as Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Participation, having previously held similar roles at the University of Bath (2014-21), University of Oxford (2006-2014) and the University of Essex (1998-2006). He is also a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

He is a Trustee of the Council of International Schools and a Trustee of the AQA Exam Board and has recently joined the Rethinking Assessment Advisory Board. Since 2019 he has been a member of the Universities UK Fair Admissions Advisory Group.

Mike graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in English and History, being the first member of his extended family to attend university.

Cecil is Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Advancing Black Pathways for EMEA at JPMorgan Chase & Co. a role encompassing 34 countries and 25,000 employees.   Prior to these roles, Cecil was a career technologist, beginning as a trainee computer operator after leaving school at 18, before becoming responsible for the delivery of encryption-based Data Protection Technologies at JPMorgan.  He has an MSc in Information Systems.

Cecil currently serves as a Non-executive Director of JPMorgan Jersey Trust Limited, and on the advisory board of UK Black Business Week and Bubblr Inc., an ethical tech company. He has been recognized as a finalist in the 2020 UK Black Business awards (STEM category).

Helen Pike is Master of Magdalen College School, Oxford. Educated in the state sector, she read Modern History at the University of Oxford, was a postgraduate student in the USA, and taught at the University of Warwick. She began her school teaching career at Westminster, then spent many enjoyable years in pastoral and academic roles at City of London School, St Paul’s, and RGS Guildford. From 2013-16 she was Headmistress of South Hampstead High School. She is also a novelist and academic editor.

Rachel Appiah is an entrepreneur and Pathways to Law alumni from the 2017-19 cohort. Currently studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Exeter, she has always taken an interest in access to higher education and careers opportunities for students of colour, as well as social mobility.// Nowadays, you’ll likely find Rachel supporting those around her through her university’s African Caribbean Society, mentoring or researching decolonial thought and strategy.

Passionate about enacting social change through access to education, Victoria has spent the last eight years engaging in projects and initiatives that align with this. She uses her personal experiences through public speaking, mentoring and advocacy work to support people from diverse backgrounds to overcome barriers to education, providing them with access to opportunities to reach their full potential. During her time at university she was nationally recognised with the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ at the House of Lords for the Student Social Mobility Awards. Most recently, she became one of the global winners of the 2021 McKinsey Achievement Award.

Ask me about…

Victoria is a Keynote Speaker and Writer discussing topics around: social mobility, diversity, intersectionality, personal development, cultural identity, music and pop culture.

Yasmin is a first-year medical student at Imperial College London. She attended the Cardiff Medicine Sutton Trust Summer School in 2019. Coming from a low-income background, she appreciates the importance of social mobility and access to higher education. She has been involved with Sutton Trust as an Alumni Advisor. She also sings in the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, plays in orchestras and fundraises for charities. 

Ask me about…

Life as a medical student and succeeding in medical school applications!

Roger grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales, and attended the 2008 Sutton Trust programme at the University of Cambridge, from which he graduated. He has since moved between the public and private sector, and between the UK, New Zealand and Latvia. He is currently living in London, working for the Joint Biosecurity Centre.  

Ask me about…

The Civil Service, working overseas, studying geography, or at the University of Cambridge, using shared parental leave, becoming a reservist officer.

Kayley is from a farm outside Newry in Northern Ireland and took part in the 2015 US Programme. She graduated from University College Dublin in August 2021 with a degree in Commerce, during which time she worked with Microsoft as a Supply Chain Manager and within Operations with Amazon. She is now working in the Buying Department of Applegreen, a leading forecourt retailer in Ireland, UK and the US.

After gaining such confidence and skills from her Sutton Trust programme and then experiencing the vast educational inequality in her university in Ireland, she gained a deeper appreciation for the brilliant work the Sutton Trust are doing to remove barriers in education in the UK. Armed with these motivators, she is driven in working with the ALB to further social mobility and equal opportunity for all within the UK.

Ask me about…

She would love to hear from alums from Northern Ireland and is happy to chat to anyone with an interest in Big Tech or retail roles, or help anyone looking to study or get into business!

Rory is studying MSc Global Politics at the London School of Economics. Prior to that, he completed a BSc in Political Economy at King’s College London, during which time he spent three years working in the UK Parliament, advised the European Commission as a Young leader of Industry, and stood as a 19-year-old Parliamentary Candidate in the 2017 General Election. He sits on Amnesty International’s first ever Youth Task Force and work on social impact projects as a member of the London Global Shapers hub – an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

Last year, he was recognised by Target Jobs as one of the UK’s Top 10 Undergraduates of the Year for Impactful Social Action, from over 4500 applicants. In 2014 he attended the Sutton Trust’s Economics Programme at the University of Cambridge. He is also on the Civil Service’s Fast Stream graduate programme, the first year of which he’ll spend in the Department of Health and Social Care.  

Daniel is from Peterborough, and is in his second year of studying History and Politics at the University of Oxford. He participated in the Durham University History summer school in 2019, and is the first in his immediate family to got university. Daniel decided to get involved in the Alumni Leadership Board because he wanted to give back for the support the Trust continually provides. Daniel works with a variety of organisations including Zero Gravity, The Social Mobility Foundation and Potential Plus UK among others, focusing on educational inequality and levelling the playing field.

Ask me about…

Studying at Oxford, having a disability, and volunteering in the social mobility space.

Lucy is a Brand Strategy Consultant at Lippincott and an independent musician. She was a participant on the Sutton Trust’s US programme and won a scholarship to attend Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from which she holds a BA in Political Science and English.  

Ask me about…

The creative industries, especially branding and advertising. I also love to chat with anyone from the midlands, or anyone looking to hear more about studying in the US.

Originally from the North East of England, Dan attended a Sutton Trust Summer School in 2007 and went on to read Medicine at the University of Manchester. He graduated with a first class BSc in Pharmacology & Physiology, partly thanks to a Wolfson Scholarship, alongside his MB ChB (Hons) in 2014. He is currently working as an Anaesthetic Registrar in London. Outside of clinical work, he has a passion for mentorship, education and championing social mobility. 

Zoe is a strategic advisor and certified coach who has spent a decade working in strategic and operational talent roles within technology companies, startups and venture capital. Zoe is currently Talent Partner at EQT Ventures, a global multi-stage VC firm where she supports the investment team and portfolio companies to attract, select and develop people. Previously Zoe was part of the founding team at talent-investor Entrepreneur First (EF) where she built the global talent function, and has also worked in talent roles at Mind Candy and Apple. Zoe is passionate about diversifying the leadership landscape in tech. 

Abda is a business development professional with work experience in cybersecurity companies and tech start-ups in London. She has worked with private and public sector organisations to provide robust security solutions amidst the rising cyber threats. // Abda has decided to get involved in the ALB to contribute to Sutton Trust research projects and build a Sutton Trust Alumni network of professionals in London.

Sofia is from and currently lives in Port Talbot, South Wales. She attended the University of Cambridge Summer School 2013 for Modern Languages. Being the first in my family to enter higher education, she graduated from University of Bristol in 2018 with a First in Italian and Spanish BA. She now works as a freelance journalist and creative consultant. She has written for The Independent, VICE and Cosmopolitan, all with a particular focus on social justice, and most recently is working as a researcher on a documentary series. She is also a Project Co-ordinator of A Writing Chance, a scheme co-founded by Michael Sheen to support aspiring writers from under-represented backgrounds by providing mentoring, bursaries and more. She has long been passionate about social mobility and equality, with a particular focus on increasing opportunities for under-represented voices in the media and creative industries. She firmly believes that when we open up access to these sectors, we can all benefit from a richer culture and a fairer, more democratic society. She is particularly excited to contribute to this goal through the ALB. She has long admired and been influenced by Sutton Trust’s work around Access to the Workplace, and was compelled to be part of shaping policy and direction through joining the ALB.

Ask me about…

Journalism, media and the creative industries, as well as translation and advice about working internationally. She also has a special interest in increasing opportunities for alumni based in Wales.

Muzammil is a Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance and has worked across the firm’s Corporate, Real Estate and Capital Markets groups on keynote transactions spanning Europe, Asia, Africa and the US. He has further experience working with investment banks, insurers and start-ups. // He holds an LLB in Law from the University of Leicester and a Masters in Law from BPP University, prior to which he attended the Pathways to Law programme with the University of Nottingham. He works with several schools, colleges and universities with the aim of supporting social mobility and has joined the Alumni Leadership Board to further champion the same.

Ask me about…

Feel free to reach out to Muzammil for any questions related to the fields of Law or Banking!

Farouk is the co-founder of All Africa Partners, an investment firm specialising in African public equities. Prior to returning to the UK in 2019, Farouk was based in the Middle East for ten years where he was in charge of regional investments for a Saudi sovereign entity, as well as heading an investment research division for a local firm.  Farouk started his career in London at Lehman Brothers and subsequently Nomura, focused on European public equities. Farouk holds a MA degree in Economics and Management from the University of Cambridge. Farouk was born and raised in Lancashire and took part in the Sutton Summer School in 2001 where he spent a week at the University of Cambridge in the Economics programme.

Tom is a Policy Advisor at the Cabinet Office, working within the Government Equalities Office as LGBT Education, Data and Monitoring Lead. He previously worked in EU Supplementary Negotiations at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Before joining the Civil Service, Tom was an experienced teacher and middle leader in West Yorkshire. He completed Teach First’s Leadership Development Programme in 2019. As a teacher, he worked with the UK Parliament to develop pupils’ understanding of Parliament and democracy, and became an accredited UK Parliament Gold Teacher Ambassador. Tom continues to be Vice Chair of Governors at a primary school in his local area.

As an undergraduate, Tom studied Law at Newcastle University. He completed the Pathways to Law Programme in 2013 (at the University of Nottingham) and the Pathways to Law Plus Programme in 2014-15. Tom has a Masters in Educational Leadership.

Ask me about…

He is always happy to discuss his experiences with alumni, and he has a particular interest in how education can be used to level-up regional inequalities.

Dani is an MChem Chemistry student at the University of Oxford despite attending a failing secondary school in North Yorkshire. He is passionate about youth social action and widening access to higher education. At university, he is JCR President at Worcester College and is a Chemistry Outreach Ambassador for the Salters’ Institute. He attended the Chemistry Summer School in 2019 at Imperial College London.