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Richard Howard
Richard Howard
Chair of NET trustees
Richard Howard
is Chair of NET trustees. He was formerly Chief Education Adviser in Oxfordshire, and has extensive national experience in education, including state/independent schools' partnerships. He is an Honorary Fellow of Oxford Brookes University.

Mike Baker was the award-winning Education Correspondent for BBC News 1989-2007. He is a former Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education and is an Honorary Fellow of the College of Teachers.

Richard Carr is a Director of Q. Learning, a management Consultancy with wide experience in organisational development and change management. He was a primary school Foundation Governor for 10 years

Hilary Hodgson is Director of Education at the Ormiston Trust, and formerly Head of Education at the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. She has a strong background in arts education, previously working as a drama practitioner and for the Arts Council. She is a trustee of Teach First and a school governor.

Pat Jefferson is an education consultant with extensive experience of working with schools, partners and local authorities. She has served on a number of national advisory bodies and was a senior adviser with the DfE. Her work with local authorities included the role of Director for Children and Young People in Lancashire.

Kevin McGrath is a Chartered Surveyor and director of two plc companies. He is founding and equity partner in Reit Asset Management, which has commercial property in London, Mumbai, Munich, Stockholm and Tel Aviv, and a reputation for breaking new ground in innovative property financing.

David Pittaway QC is chairman of the Bar Council's Training for the Bar Committee and Social Mobility Implementation Group. He is a former chairman of the Inner Temple's Education and Training Committee.

Ranjit Sondhi CBE is Chair of Birmingham Primary Care Trust, a Civil Service Commissioner and a trustee of the National Gallery. He was formerly a Governor of the BBC and the Deputy Chairman for the Commission for Racial Equality.

Kay Symons is a freelance consultant specialising in strategy and competitive marketing in the education market. She has been a governor and chair of governors at a number of schools and is currently a trustee of SeeSaw, a charity which provides grief support for children in Oxfordshire.

Sir David Winkley is a former primary headteacher, founded the National Primary Trust and was a member of the government's Standards Task Force. He is a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, visiting professor at Birmingham and Warwick Universities, and adviser to The Sutton Trust.

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