Education Endowment Foundation:Governance

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.

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. 

Graham is a Partner at Bain & Company where he ran the Private Equity practice in EMEA from 2005 to mid-2018 and is now Chair. He has 15 years of experience on the firm’s Investment Committee and was also a leader in the Media practice.

Sir Peter Lampl was the Founding Chair of the EEF 2011 until December 2023. He is now Chair Emeritus.