Governors

Chair of Governors

Nick qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and is a partner at a commercial law firm in the City, Quinta Law LLP, which he co-founded in 2020. He also chairs the property strategy committee for a charity, Norwood, which supports children with special educational needs and people with learning disabilities. In addition, he is a trustee of another charity, Behind Every Kick, which uses sport to support young people and to help them develop life skills and to level the playing field generally.  He had a daughter at St Christopher's.

Chair of the Finance Committee

Joe is a founding partner at Trilantic Europe, a pan European private equity firm which was founded in 2009 following a management buyout of the Lehman European Merchant Banking. Previously, he was at Lehman Brothers for 21 years. He is  currently a director of YM&U and a director of Marex Spectron Group Ltd.  He has had two daughters at the school.

Chair of Education Committee

Vivienne has spent all her career in girls' independent education, working at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls and Guildford High School. She became deputy head of South Hampstead High School in 1997, and from September 2004 until December 2015, she was Head of Francis Holland School Regent’s Park, during which time she oversaw an expansion in the school’s roll and considerable improvements to its site and facilities. After two years as director for a schools’ consultancy, Vivienne was the chief executive of The Girls’ Schools Association from 2017 to 2020. In addition, she has served as an accredited ISI schools’ inspector from 1999 to 2015, and for more than 25 years, Vivienne has been a governor, of day, boarding, prep and co-educational schools. She was awarded “Best Head of a Public School” (Tatler Awards) in September 2014. In January 2021 Vivienne was appointed Chair of the Schools Advisory Panel for the Black Business Institute (BBi).

Marc has spent the last 20 years investing in businesses in the stock market and currently works as a senior adviser on investments for a family office. He has two daughters at St Christopher's.

Sarah has worked as a child and adolescent psychotherapist for the NHS in a children’s mental health clinic in East London for the past three years.  Prior to that she was working in an adolescent in-patient unit and a Montessori nursery school. She has experience of working with children of all different ages, and is passionately committed to promoting good mental health in children and young people. She has had three daughters at St Christopher's, the youngest of whom is currently in Year 6.

Sarah Knollys is married with two grown up sons and has taught in both the maintained and private sector. She was the founding Head of Maple Walk School, a mixed, low-cost, no-frills, non-selective school which grew from 2-150 pupils over 8 years. She then moved on to be Headmistress of Glendower Preparatory School in 2012.  In September 2019, she began her third headship at Notting Hill Prep. Sarah is the Hon Secretary for District 1S of IAPS and on the IAPS Education Committee as well as the Joint HMC/IAPS/GSA 11+ Working Party.  She is also an associate member of the GSA and an ISI Team Inspector.

Frances is currently Head of The Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, and was previously Principal of Queen’s College, Harley Street.  She is passionate about combining really high educational standards with warmth and creativity.  Prior to Queen's, Frances worked at Westminster School for 17 years, first as head of history, then Master of the Queen’s Scholars, and finally as director of studies.  Frances's husband is an academic who works in Oxford, and she has two teenage children.

Chair of Partnerships and Bursary Committee

Andrew is an owner of the Academy School, Hampstead and is responsible for all of the curriculum, financial and regulatory aspects of managing the school. He is also an investor in education and healthcare companies, as well as being a passionate promoter of liberal education both here and abroad. Previously, he worked for Kleinwort Benson and Rothschild. He is married to Chloe, head of the Academy School and has two daughters, both of whom are now at university.

Anya was a commissioning editor at Penguin before becoming a freelance editor and writer. She edits an annual schools guide, and mainly writes on schools and education. She is an academic support volunteer for IntoUniversity.  She has three children, and her daughter ­– now at university – was at St Christopher’s.

Helen has worked in medical science and health policy for 20 years, leading the Academy of Medical Sciences from 2009-19 and most recently chairing the UK’s first national Committee on Research Integrity. She serves as Trustee and Scientific Council member of MQ Mental Health Research, and chairs the external advisory committee of the Maudsley Hospital Biomedical Research Centre.

She is also a Trustee of Doctors of Tomorrow in Zimbabwe (DOTZ), which provides hardship funding to medical students.

She has one son and two daughters – one an alumna of St Christopher’s and one a current pupil.