AIM Academies Trust Board

The composition of the Trust Board is: 

  • Peter Shalson – Sponsor
  • Philip O’Hear – Chair of the Trust
  • Dr Michael Platt – Vice-Chair of London Academy Governing Body
  • Jeremy Menell
  • Brian Shalson
  • Angela Trigg
  • Charles Boyd-Bowman
  • Lord Leigh of Hurley
  • Simon Pollins
  • Paddy McGrath - Executive Principal
  • Michael Van Praagh – Vice-Chair of Deansbrook Junior School
  • Spencer Kahan

Trust Committees

Name Chair
Finance, Audit and Risk Mr Jeremy Menell
Pay & Renumeration Mr Phillip O Hear

 

Trust Board Attendance 2022/23

  Meetings Attended Of a possible
P Shalson 3 3
P O’Hear 3 3
Dr M H Platt 3 3
Lord Leigh of Hurley 2 3
J Menell 3 3
B Shalson 2 3
S Pollins 3 3
M H Van Praagh 3 3
P McGrath 3 3
S Kahan 3 3
A Trigg 3 3
C Boyd-Bowman 3 3

 

Local Governing Bodies

Academy Chair Principal  
London Academy Mr Phillip O'Hear Mr Alex Warburton  
AIM Deansbrook Mr Michael Van Praagh Mr Simon Putman  
AIM North London Mr Phillip O'Hear Ms Clare Darley  

For full details of the LGB, including attendance, click on the name of the Academy above. 

Members

Name Date of Appointment Business & Pecuniary Interests
Mr Peter Shalson 01/10/2012  
Mr Jeremy Menell 08/09/2004  
Mr Phillip O Hear 14/10/2009  
Mr Richard Hatter 08/09/2004  
Mr David Meller 01/09/2019  
Mr Gary Wyatt 01/09/2019  
Mrs Kelly Hathaway 01/09/2019  
Mr Neville Portelli 01/09/2022  

 

Declarations of Interest

Name

Role

Declaration of Interests

A Greig

AIM Deansbrook Governor

None Declared

A Jacobs

London Academy Governor

District Trustee - Harrow Scout District

A Trigg

Trustee

London Academy Governor

AIM North London Governor
AIM Deansbrook Governor

Chair of Governors - St Francis Primary School, Maidstone

Trustee - Princess Project Maidstone

B Shalson

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Director - West Warren Residents Association Limited

C Boyd-Bowman

Trustee

Director - Viet Tin Financial Corporation

Director - Viet Tin Securities Joint Stock Company

Director - Triffid Vietnam Technology Joint Stock Company

Director - Octopus Securities Limited

C Hutley

AIM North London Governor

Assistant Director of Education, Essex County Council

Academy Council Member - Maltings Academy

D Bernardo

London Academy Governor

None Declared

D Meller

Member

None Declared

Dr M Platt

Trustee
London Academy Governor

None Declared

G Wyatt

Member

None Declared

I Rulia

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Director - Salesforce UK

J Menell

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor
Chair - Finance & Audit Committee

Director - Jack Russell Inn Limited

Director - Faccombe Manor Services Limited

Director - Paladone Group Holdings Limited

Director - TTG Inc

Director - Blue Bell Mattress Co LLC

JPS Finance Limited (Employee)

K Hathaway

Member

None Declared

K Ryan

AIM North London Governor

None Declared

L Mansbridge

AIM North London Governor

None Declared

Lord Leigh of Hurley

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Register of Interests for Lord Leigh of Hurley - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament

M Damyanovska

London Academy Governor

MV-Motors Ltd

M Glass

London Academy Governor

None Declared

M Van Praagh

Trustee
Chair - AIM Deansbrook
Finance & Audit Committee

Corporate Travel Management (UK) Limited (Employee)

N Portelli

Member

None Declared

N Zeidan

London Academy Governor

Trustee - Coleridge Families

Mettle by Natwest (Employee)

P McGrath

Member
Director
Executive Principal / CEO / AO

Director - Powerful Action Steps Ltd

P O'Hear

Member
Chair - Trust Board
Chair - AIM North London
Chair - London Academy

Trustee - Reydon Village Hall

Chair of Governors - Red Oak Primary School (part of the Active Learning Trust)

P Shalson

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor

None Declared

R Hatter

Member

None Declared

S Arnold

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Director - Essjaya Limited (part of Sobell Rhodes LLP)

Director - Sobell Rhodes Audit Limited

Director - London Region Arts Club (now the Arts and Humanities Society)

Trustee - The Jeremi Kroliczewski Educational Trust

S Goh

AIM Deansbrook Governor

East & North Herts NHS Trust (Employee)

S John

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Member of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Honorary Fellow of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cybersecurity

NCC Group (Employee)

S Kahan

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Finance & Audit Committee

None Declared

S Pollins

Trustee
London Academy Governor
Finance & Audit Committee

Director & CEO - The Mezzanine Lending Co. Limited

Director - Mezzanine Lending 1 Limited

Minutes

Funding Agreement

Finance

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London Academy will break up for the Christmas break on Friday 22nd December 2017. Students will be dismissed from site at 1pm #ChristmasHolidays #Festive