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OUR TEAM
PROGRAMMES
Partnerships & Fundraising
OPERATIONS
TRUSTEES
Ben Williams
Trustee
Ben is a consultant at Boston Consultant Group and was previously a Senior Policy Adviser at Her Majesty’s Treasury. Ben has a range of experience as the Chair of Governors at Northumberland Heath Primary School and as a Director at the Woodland Academy Trust. Ben has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sebastian Hare
Trustee & Co-Founder
Sebastian is a Management Consultant at Deloitte. Sebastian also developed Future Frontiers in its early stages following on from his experience as a teacher in London.
Patrick Dempsey
Trustee & Co-Founder
Patrick is a Head of Business Programmes and Operations at Teach First. Patrick also developed Future Frontiers in its early stages following on from his experience as a teacher in London.
Frances Soul
Chair of Trustees
Frances Soul is an experienced education and governance advisor. Until recently, she was National Director of Education for Academies Enterprise Trust, where she successfully supported the organisation through a period of change and rapid improvement.
Gary Phillips
Trustee
Gary is a qualified teacher and gained extensive senior management experience as a headteacher and deputy headteacher.
Heather Burgess
Trustee
Heather is a consultant at Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, following more than 10 years working in fundraising, most recently as Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships for the Education Endowment Foundation. Prior to this she was Head of Trusts and Foundations at Teach First.
Celeste Cheung
Trustee
Celeste works at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) as a Senior Evaluation Manager. Her works involves commissioning and managing high quality, cost-effective evaluations in education, and providing evaluation guidance and support for researchers and academics. Prior to the EEF, she was the Research and Evaluation manager at The Brilliant Club. She holds a PhD in developmental cognitive neuroscience from Kings College London, with specialism in ADHD and autism.
Henna Fry
Trustee
Henna has over 20 years of experience in transaction advisory, capital raising and deal structuring across public and private markets, working with corporates, government bodies and individual investors. Through her vast experience of guiding and working with boards, executive teams and other key stakeholders at times of change and fast growth, Henna provides independent challenge where appropriate, leveraging her ability to quickly identify risks and related mitigants, and to problem solve to help build strong, growing organisations.
Lisa Danino-Lewis
Trustee
Lisa has spent over 25 years working for leading global investments firms, the last 15 of which have been in senior leadership positions. Her passion is to establish and grow businesses, alongside coaching and developing high performance teams.
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