Our Governors

David was educated at Trinity School and studied History and then Law at The Queen’s College Oxford. He worked for a firm of lawyers in Los Angeles for a year before taking a postgraduate LL.B at Cambridge University and qualifying as a barrister in 1975. He spent his career in Whitehall. He was Director General of the Attorney General’s Office from 1997 to 2000 and was Legal Adviser and Director General at the Home Office from 2000 until his retirement in 2012. He received a CB in the New Year’s Honours List in 2005. He was elected a Bencher of Gray’s Inn in 2001 and elected to the Management Committee of the Inn in 2011. He has been Chairman of Reigate Squash Club and of the Remuneration Committee at The Queen’s College Oxford. In 2013 he was appointed by the Secretary of State as the Independent Reviewer of Justice and Security in Northern Ireland. In 2015 he became Chair of the Trinity School Committee and a member of the Court of the John Whitgift Foundation.

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Chris was educated at Trinity between 1991 and 1998. He is the Managing Director of award winning Walter Lilly & Company Limited, a well renowned and long established Croydon based construction company. He holds a BSc (Hons) Construction Engineering Management and Diploma of Industrial Studies, FCIOB. Chris is Chair of the TSC Estates sub-committee.

John was educated in New Zealand and Kings College, London. He has worked has a solicitor for over 30 years and is currently a partner at Linklaters in London. John is a current parent with two children attending Trinity and three as alumni. John is Chair of the TSC Welfare sub-committee.

An Economist by training, Saj is founder of the award-winning talent and creative advisory The Smarty Train. The firm specialises in advising leading employers on talent strategy, employability and training.  Saj started his career as a strategy consultant at global consulting firms Accenture and Ernst & Young, specialising in strategy and human performance. He is registered on several global patents for work undertaken on measuring the value of public sector service delivery. Saj has studied at Trinity School, Harvard, UCL and The London School of Economics, where he received both a Graduate Merit Award and a Faculty Award for academic performance. Saj’s book, The Smarts (Penguin 2019), is a top seller and he was awarded Freedom of the City of London in 2017. Saj is a Trustee of the University of London Convocation Trust, Trustee of Young Enterprise and Chair of the Teaching & Learning Committee at Trinity.

Warwick was educated at Trinity School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1976 he spent most of his career in financial services and banking. He was finance director of a number of commercial organisations until 2006, when he was appointed Finance Director of the Bank of England, a position he held until he retired in 2013. He is the Treasurer of the charity Family Lives, a national charity supporting parents and the wider family, and a member of the Council of the Trinity Midwhitgiftian Association, the school’s former pupils’ association. Warwick is Chair of the TSC Finance sub-committee.

Dr Barry MacEvoy was educated at Trinity School and Balliol College, Oxford. After completing a PhD in Particle Physics, he spent 17 years working on the Large Hadron Collider project at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and teaching at Imperial College London. Simultaneously, he built up a now sizeable business acquiring, managing and developing residential and commercial freehold property in the South-East. His passion is opening access to high quality education for every student with potential, regardless of financial means. He has raised money for Balliol College over a period of 20 years and is a member of the Development Board at Trinity. He is also a member of the Trinity School Committee and Teaching and Learning sub-committee.

Asif trained with Arthur Andersen and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2001. Since then he has worked in the banking sector as an Internal Auditor. Since 2003, he has worked in Group Internal Audit at UBS AG and is currently a Managing Director having held various roles in both the UK and Switzerland. Asif is also a member of ICAEW’s Regulatory Board, which is responsible for the regulatory and disciplinary functions of ICAEW. Asif has a son currently attending Trinity and a daughter in the Sixth Form.

Terence is an award-winning subject matter expert in graduate and early careers, MBA and experienced in talent acquisition and development issues.  He has held senior HR roles at various global financial services organisations including Towers Watson, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, JP Morgan, KPMG and BNP Paribas and currently works for Wells Fargo. Terence is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA), Member of British Psychological Society (BPS) with Level B Full status in psychometrics, Member of Academy of Executive Coaches (AoEC), Fellow of Institute of Student Employers (FISE) and Social Mobility Forum mentor.

Canon Bishop is Croydon Minster’s Priest in Charge, Chaplain to the Whitgift Foundation and Governor on its board of trustees. Andrew has extensive parish experience in London and Winchester Dioceses as Vicar and Area Dean. Prior to coming to Croydon he was a Residentiary Canon of Guildford Cathedral and Chaplain to the University of Surrey and has a keen and ongoing interest in higher education and the welfare of students. He is author of two books, Eucharist Shaping: Hebert’s Liturgy and Society (2013) and Theosomnia: A Christian Theology of Sleep (2018).

Chris Butler

Chris is the Managing Director of award winning Walter Lilly & Company Limited, a well renowned and long established Croydon based construction company. He holds a BSc (Hons) Construction Engineering Management and Diploma of Industrial Studies, FCIOB. Chris is Chair of the TSC Estates sub-committee.

Melissa Jones

Melissa currently works for the Girls Day School Trust as a chartered building surveyor looking after six of the 24 GDST schools. She has a son at Trinity.

Alasdair Rudge

Alasdair is an ex-parent with a background in real estate who is currently a director with CB Richard Ellis.

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter has been involved in the construction industry, and in particular the building services field, as a consulting engineer for over 25 years. A professional chartered building services engineer and also a mechanical engineer, Peter has worked in all construction sectors, including health and education, and is the MEP or Building Services Engineering Director for URS Corporation London.

Keith Bedell-Pearce CBE

Keith was educated at Trinity, Exeter and Warwick and is a solicitor. He retired in 2001 after a 30 year career in the City and was appointed chairman of a number of private and public sector organisations. He is now the non-executive chairman of a technology company, the Honorary Treasurer and an Honorary Professor of the University of Warwick and a member of the investment committee of the Royal Society.

Richard Glennie

Richard is currently working as EMEA Communications Director for Nike, based in the Netherlands, where he is responsible for the development of creative and strategic geo-wide strategies in support of the brand and business. This role involves working with some of the world’s biggest athletes, teams and partners. Prior to Nike, Richard held senior level roles including EMEA Communications Director at Reebok, running the global collaboration with Emporio Armani as well as European Marketing  Communications Director at Tommy Hilfiger. Richard has also worked for WPP’s flagship communications consultancy Hill & Knowlton, with clients including Adidas and the Rugby Football Union, and has published work with leading retail analysts WGSN. Educated at Trinity School and Loughborough University, where he graduated in English and Art History, Richard has also studied at Central St Martin’s and the British Institute of Florence.

Terence Perrin

Terence has held senior roles at global organisations including Towers Watson, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, JP Morgan, KPMG and BNP Paribas. Terence is a subject matter expert in graduate and early careers, MBA and experienced in talent acquisition and development. He regularly presents at global conferences and is an experienced HR professional with a focus on executive coaching, talent management and development and recruitment. Terence is Chair of the TSC External Relations sub-committee.

David Boxall

When David left Trinity School in 1982 he studied design and completed an MA at Central Saint Martins. He managed an international engineering design consultancy for ten years, specialising in long-span bridges. In 1997 he founded a digital design agency, 301 Design, delivering branding, marketing and publishing solutions to businesses such as Johnson & Johnson, Institution of Civil Engineers and Novartis. He continues to lead the design agency and also set up an IT recruitment agency, GEO20, in 2016. David is a keen sportsman and has been Captain of Surrey County Golf and an England Golf selector.

Warwick Jones

Warwick was educated at Trinity School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1976 he spent most of his career in financial services and banking. He was finance director of a number of commercial organisations until 2006, when he was appointed Finance Director of the Bank of England, a position he held until he retired in 2013. He is the Treasurer of the charity Family Lives, a national charity supporting parents and the wider family, and a member of the Council of the Trinity Midwhitgiftian Association, the school’s former pupils’ association. Warwick is Chair of the TSC Finance Sub-Committee

Neil Raishbrook

Neil was educated at Trinity School, leaving in 1977 (39 years before his son who left in 2016) and then Hull University where he studied economics. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he spent his career working in the Group Finance functions of FTSE 250 listed groups. He lives in Oxted with his wife, two boys, two cats and dog.

Roy Wood

Roy was educated at Trinity School. After graduating from Exeter Univeristy, Roy joined Advanced 365, a UK IT managed service and software business, and is now Managing Director. Roy is a member of the Old Mid-Whitgiftians and plays hockey for them regularly, having also been club captain.

Andrew Thomas

Andrew was educated at Trinity School, Cardiff University and Chester College of Law. After completing his training contract with Linklaters, he worked in Hong Kong and then London for most of his legal career and is currently head of projects and project finance at HFW, a London-based, international law firm. He is a visiting lecturer at SOAS, a fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel, a board member of the Canada Club and a Freeman of the City of London.

Tim Broyd

Professor Tim Broyd is an alumnus and ex-parent with previous experience as a governor. He is currently Group Director for Technology and Innovation at Halcrow, an engineering design consultancy, and a visiting Professor at the universities of Reading and Dundee.

Tim Cattell

Tim was educated at Collyer’s School and Downing College, Cambridge. After graduating he served as a teacher, initially at Dulwich College, then at St. Dunstan’s College, Catford as Head of Department and finally for 25 years as, successively, Head of Department, Head of Sixth Form and Senior Master at Trinity School. After retirement in 2002 he has served as Chair of Governors at St. John’s C.E. Primary School in Shirley and as Chair or Panel Member for School Admissions and Exclusion Appeals in Croydon and Sutton.

Saj Jehta

An Economist by training, Saj is Managing Director of the award-winning creative advisory The Smarty Train. The firm specialises in advising government, leading global employers and universities on Early Talent Recruitment Strategy, Employability and Training. The Smarty Train works frequently at C-Suite, Board, and Ministerial Level and comments on Early Talent Strategy in the press. Saj started his career as a Strategy Consultant at global consulting firms Accenture and Ernst & Young, specialising in strategy and human performance. He is registered on several global patents for work undertaken on measuring the value of public sector service delivery. Saj has studied at Trinity School, Harvard, UCL and The London School of Economics, where he received both a Graduate Merit Award and a Faculty Award for academic performance. Saj is Chair of the TSC Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee.

Dr Barry MacEvoy

Barry MacEvoy was educated at Trinity School and Balliol College, Oxford. After completing a PhD in Particle Physics, he spent 17 years working on the Large Hadron Collider project at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and teaching at Imperial College London. Simultaneously, he built up a now sizeable business acquiring, managing and developing residential and commercial freehold property in the South-East. He continues to raise funds for Balliol College, where he is also a member of the governing body of the College Society.

John Crozier

John was educated in New Zealand and Kings College, London. He has worked has a solicitor for over 25 years and is currently a partner at Linklaters in London where he works in Global Practice advising corporates, bank s and public bodies on complex commercial contracts and joint ventures. John is a  current parent with two children at Trinity and two as alumni. John is Chair of the TSC Welfare sub-committee.

Christopher Tolman

Christopher was educated at Trinity School and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating with First Class Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1998, he spent three years teaching at St Albans School before moving to Harrow School in 2001. At Harrow he spent nine years as Head of Economics and ten years as Master in Charge of Oxbridge Applications. Since 2012 he has been House Master of The Grove, one of Harrow’s 12 boarding houses. Having been a member of Trinity Boys Choir, Christopher remains a keen singer and musician. He is also a governor at Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire.

Phil Willis

Phil was educated at Trinity and his son is a Trinity alumnus. He is now retired having worked as a superintendent in the Metropolitan Police.

Rob Anderson

Rob was educated at Trinity School. He has worked in health and safety for 20 years and is Co Founder Director at Havio. Rob is a Chartered Safety Practitioner and Certified Member of the Association of Project Safety. Rob works in construction, retail, education, corporate and leisure environments. He is married to Sarah and has three children.