The Governing Board

Education Committee, F & GP Committee, Nomination & Governance Committee, Remuneration Committee (Chair)

Formerly Deputy Head Master, of a leading independent co-ed secondary school where amongst other things he taught history and politics.  Since retirement until recently he acted as the school's Archivist and has helped to raise funds for means tested scholarships.  

He is married with three children, all educated locally and was himself educated at St Albans School.  His wife formerly taught Maths at Queenswood School.  He was appointed MBE in 2009 for his service to the Combined Cadet Force. From 1992-2001 he was an Hon Canon, Cathedral Warden and Chairman of the Finance Committee of St Albans Cathedral.  Jeremy is a Liveryman of the Drapers’ Company, a Freeman of the City of London and a member of  MCC. He enjoys walking and playing golf ( indifferently) and watching rugby and cricket. He is also a regular volunteer on a steam railway.

Mr Bromfield can be contacted directly via this email address j.bromfield@aldwickbury.org.uk

F&GP Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee

Currently Executive Officer and Company Secretary at King’s Ely, Cambridgeshire, a co-educational independent school for children aged 1 to 18. He was employed previously at Mill Hill School Foundation in North London where he was Deputy Bursar and Clerk to the Court of Governors. He has been a Lecturer in History and Education and a Teacher. During his career at Mill Hill School Foundation he was a Boarding Housemaster, Head of Department, Registrar and Company Secretary of Mill Hill School Enterprises, which was the Mill Hill School Foundation’s trading arm.   He was a Local Councillor for Barnet in London and also the City and District of St Albans. He has a PhD from the University of London and a Certificate in Accountancy from the Open University.  He is a JP.
 

Safeguarding Governor, Education Committee (Chair)

Phil has over 33 years experience in education. He served as Vice Principal of a teaching school and was awarded Specialist Leader in Education status, leading in Initial Teacher Training.   Latterly, he became an Ofsted Inspector, conducting inspections in secondary schools around eastern England

Educated in Elstree and North London, Phil has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Hertfordshire,  B.Ed (Hons) in Primary & Secondary English and Certificate of Further Professional Studies from Cambridge University. 

He is married to Cathy, has a son who attended Aldwickbury and two daughters. 

He is a keen martial artist having studied Aikido, karate and achieved 3^rd dan black belt in Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art.  He was a qualified coach and competition judge. He now practices Tai Chi and enjoys the sport of fencing when his knees allow.

Currently, Phil is studying for a PhD.

Marketing Committee (Chair)

Currently Commercial Director of Global Clients at Dentsu Aegis Network, who specialise in the planning and buying of media and marketing for many international clients.
 
Chris is married to Caroline and has one daughter who is a Birmingham University graduate (French and Spanish), and two sons who both attended Aldwickbury. One son went on to Haileybury, graduated from Liverpool University and has a MSc in Real Estate from the Henley Business School, whilst the other son went on to St Albans School and is currently at Edinburgh University studying Chemistry.

Chris enjoys a variety of sports and has previously served as a manager of various Wheathampstead Wanderers football teams, but his active sporting focus is now primarily concentrated on the driving down of his handicap (unsuccessfully!).

Tahsin is a Solicitor within the Wills, Trusts and Tax team at SA Law in St Albans, where she specialises in Private Client Law having qualified in 2018.

As a member of her firm’s charity committee, Tahsin is involved with organising, coordinating and hosting fund raising events throughout the year.

Tahsin is married and moved to the area around 2 years ago. She was previously based in Buckinghamshire, where she grew up and attended Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School.

F & GP Committee

Currently Managing Partner of Ainsley & Partners, where for Twenty years he has worked closely with a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors specialising in the independent schools and colleges market place as Project Manager/ Quantity Surveyor.  Ainsley & Partners have worked with Aldwickbury School as Quantity Surveyors on major projects such as the Castle Dining Room & Chidell Hall.

Andrew is a member of the MCC and as well as being an Old Denstonian, he is a Governor at Denstone College, where he is Chair of the Premises Committee.  He is married with a family and his daughter attended Haileybury College.

Nomination & Governance Committee (Chair)

Currently Director of Operations at the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools.  Rachel previously worked in programme and project management across Trusts and professional bodies.  She grew up in Welwyn, where she now lives with her husband and son.

F & GP Committee, Education Committee

Chris is an experienced business executive with over 30 years of corporate experience, most recently as a Global Chief Commercial Officer where he was responsible for business strategy, sales, and marketing in a £2.6bn business. Now retired, he has a portfolio of interests. 

In his youth - he attended Bradford Grammar School and then Manchester University where he studied Law. He and Sarah have two sons who attended Aldwickbury: his eldest son went on to Haileybury and then Millfield and went on to Leeds Becket University. He is now an executive search consultant in London.  His younger son went to St Albans School, then studied History at Cardiff University. He is now in the Aviation Reinsurance Broking business in London. 

Chris is a keen golfer and is currently Chairman of the Management Board at Harpenden Golf Club. 

Catherine is a qualified Chartered Accountant. From 1988 to 2002 Catherine worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers latterly as an audit partner based in Johannesburg. Catherine has pursued a non-executive portfolio since 2004.
Catherine is currently a trustee of WWF-UK, and was appointed by the Secretary of State as a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural England Board.  She has worked in the NHS since 2012 and currently holds a non-executive role at Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust. She was formerly vice chair and trustee of Action for Children and Chair of Victim Support.

James is Head Master at Bedford School, before which he was Usher (Senior Deputy Head) at Magdalen College School in Oxford.  Educated at Wellington College, James read Classics at Durham University (1988-1991) and, after a couple of years with Ernst and Young in London, completed his Classics PGCE at Cambridge University in 1994 (where he was a cricket blue).  He spent six years teaching in Sydney, before returning to the UK where he was appointed at Tonbridge School as a Boarding Housemaster and Director of Admissions.

Graham was born in St Albans, attended St Albans Grammar School for Boys (now known as Verulum School), and later graduated from the University of Birmingham where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree.  

He began his career at Touche Ross (now Deloitte) in Manchester where he became ACA qualified before transferring down to London to join the Information Technology Consultancy.

In the late 80's he backpacked overland to Hong Kong where he teamed up with Hans Snook whilst working in the Telecommunications Division of Hutchinson Whampoa. Their partnership lead to the launch of the mobile phone company 'Orange' in the UK in 1994.

Initially, as Chief Financial Officer, Graham led Orange's debut flotation in March 1996 and in June 1996, Orange became the youngest company ever to enter the FTSE 100. As Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, Graham saw Orange become Europe's second largest mobile operator.

In June 2003 he took up the role of Senior Non-Executive Director of Cable and Wireless before becoming Chairman of Promethean, an education company that uses technology as an enabler to raise learning standards in the classroom.

He is married to Jane and has three sons, all of whom were past students at Aldwickbury between 2000-2011. 

Graham has always enjoyed a physical challenge, which he has managed to combine with raising funds for a number of worthwhile causes. Challenges have included the Coast to Coast cycle ride, cycling from Lands End and John O'Groats and more recently trekking to the summit of Mount Kilamanjaro .

Graham is also an Honorary Life Member and keen supporter of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts).

Education Committee, Marketing Committee

Jim Lewis is a former student, Deputy Head Boy, Deputy Head of Prep and Director of Communications, Admissions and Development at St Columba’s College, an association spanning forty-three years.

He grew up in Harpenden, and has hugely fond memories of his childhood, cycling in the ups and downs and being the first at the entrance gate in the summer holidays, for what used to be the open-air swimming pool in the park. 

Jim’s wife Gill, is Head of Maths at St Columba’s College Prep, his daughter is sitting A Levels and his son is at University. Jim has always been driven by a desire to give students and their families the best possible all-round experience, academically, pastorally and socially, building and promoting relationships and connections in and outside the classroom, to help achieve greater progression and success. Jim has a particular interest in championing social diversity in education.

Jim recently retired from education to focus on other interests.  He briefly swapped roles to become the student, working part time at Majestic Wines and studying for his WSET qualifications, before returning to full time employment with Agrigum International Ltd, where he is responsible for Business Development, European Sales and Global Marketing and Communications.  He is also a Director on the St Albans and District Chamber of Commerce and actively supports a number of local charities.

Jen is Deputy Head Academic at Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School where she was previously Head of Maths and Teaching and Learning coordinator.  

Originally from Durham, Jen read Maths with Economics at Exeter University (1998 – 2001). After a short stint training to be an actuary, she completed her PGCE at Roehampton in 2004.  

She has experience of teaching from KS1 to KS5, having taught in primary schools in London and being a Maths teacher at Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate in York. 

She lives in St Albans with her husband and enjoys keeping fit by walking and looking after her young niece.  

Bill has extensive experience in the independent schools sector having been Head at Bishop’s Stortford College Prep School since 2012. Prior to this held the positions of Headmaster at Yarm Prep School and Deputy Head at King's School, Worcester.

Bill has a BA(Hons) degree in Geography from Nottingham University and went on to study for an MSc in Educational Management and Leadership and latterly a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Bill is the current Chair of IAPS’s Membership Committee.

Married with three sons, Bill has varied interests outside of work. He is interested in all sport and still plays the occasional game of cricket and is a keen reader, gardener and wooden boat owner!

Simon Mumford was a Partner in a major international law firm for over 20 years and continues to work part time as a consultant for that firm. He is a commercial lawyer managing large infrastructure projects in the environmental and waste management sectors within the UK and overseas.

Simon is an alumni of Aldwickbury School attending from Pre-Prep through to Common Entrance in 1981. He then moved to St Albans School and subsequently studied Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford. He qualified as a solicitor in 1994.

Simon is an Independent Governor at Oxford Brookes University and a member of their Finance and Resources Committee and Nominations Committee and is also a trustee of a small medical charity.

Simon is married to Jacqueline and has three children and one granddaughter. His son Charlie went to Aldwickbury and Bedford School and having played first class cricket for Hampshire is currently studying at Exeter University.  

He is passionate about Aldwickbury School and the school continuing to provide the outstanding holistic educational opportunities that will allow all its pupils to achieve their potential at their senior school of choice and beyond. 

Grant is a Chartered Banker and holds the MCIB banking qualification.  He is currently a Managing Director in the Corporate and Leveraged Finance team, at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, which he joined in 2007. He is also Chair of the Credit Agricole CIB UK Legacy Pension Scheme.

Originally from Dundee, he began his banking career at Bank of Scotland in 1977, before moving to London in 1983.  Other than several years in the late 1990’s when he was based in La Défense Paris, he has spent most of his working life in The City of London.  Between 1990-93 he undertook a secondment to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, a London based UK regulatory body charged with administration of the Takeover Code.

An Investment Banker by background, he has over 35 years of debt financing large multi-million cross border deals for European leveraged buyouts, working exclusively with the private equity community. 

His life is shared with his partner Laura and his two children. His son is a former pupil at Aldwickbury School, who now attends St Albans School, while his daughter currently attends St Albans High School for Girls.