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Trustees

West London Zone has an experienced, dedicated and specialist Board of Trustees who volunteer their time to govern the organisation and direct our strategy. 

 
Sir Harvey McGrath

Former Chairman of Man Group and Prudential plc. He is the Chairman of Big Society Capital and an experienced backer of innovative social projects, especially those working with children and young people.

Felicity Gillespie

Education Advisor for the Department for Education as well as a Regional Advisor to the Academies Ambassadors. Previously, she had several leadership roles in the Education sector, worked at the CBI, the National Teaching Awards, the Teacher Training Agency and was the lead author for the Howard Davies review of Enterprise Education. 

Jocelyn James

A chartered accountant and formerly COO of New Philanthropy Capital, Jocelyn moved to the charity sector after a career in finance. She is also Treasurer of the young migrants’ charity, We Belong.

John Storey

A Partner at Goldman Sachs since 2008, and currently leads it’s equity franchise in EMEA. John joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 and has worked in London, and New York, where he supported the Harlem Children’s Zone. He now lives in West London in the heart of the Zone with his family.

Sir David Verey, CBE 

He is Chair of the Friends of Leighton House Museum and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection. He was the former CEO and Chairman of Lazard & Co. Limited where he remains a Senior Adviser.

Radhika Dubé 

Appointed as a Trustee in 2018, Radhika is currently Director of Community Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement. Radhika was previously Head of Strategy and Operations for Public Health for Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea Local Authorities and before that, Head of Strategy and Service Design at the Family Nurse Partnership National Unit. She started her career in the World Health Organisation and has an academic background in Health and Demography.

 Andrew Levitt

Andrew is a director of Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, and is a non-exec on the boards of 10 social enterprises focused on helping individuals to improve their education, housing and employment outcomes.  Prior to his work in the UK, he led a social enterprise in Madagascar working with microentrepreneurs.  Andrew lives in the Zone with his family.

Julie Howarth

Former Executive Headteacher for Kenmont and Wendell Park Primary Schools, West London Zone partner schools. Prior to her teaching career, Julie was involved in women’s health and community development and was on the board for Women and Health where her role included developing support around domestic violence within Camden.

Farial Missi

Farial is the Community Engagement Manager at Imperial College. She was born and grew up in West London where she continues to be a Community Champion building trusted relationships, and has received several awards as a testament to her dedication. Previously, she worked at West London Zone where she joined as one of the first-ever Link Workers, based in Phoenix Academy for our Pilot in 2015. In this role, she helped to shape the programme and role, and then progressed to become the Deputy Head of Link Work.

Beth Humphreys

Beth is Associate Principal, Head of Primary and Designated Safeguarding Lead at King Solomon Academy (KSA), a West London Zone partner school. Beth was the in-school lead for WLZ’s first cohort in the school in 2019. Before joining KSA, Beth was a secondary school English teacher and leader in multiple schools in London.

Published: 12th November, 2018

Updated: 25th April, 2022

Author: Maia Ramzan

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