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 2021/22

  Meetings Attended Of a possible
P Shalson 3 3
P O’Hear 3 3
Dr M H Platt 1 3
Lord Leigh of Hurley 1 3
J Menell 3 3
B Shalson 2 3
S Pollins 2 3
M H Van Praagh 2 3
N J Portelli 2 2
P McGrath 3 3
S Kahan 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 District Scouts

A Trigg

Trustee

AIM North London Governor
AIM Deansbrook Governor

Princess Project Maidstone - Trustee

St Francis Primary School - Chair of Governors

B Shalson

Trustee
London Academy Governor

West Warren Residents Association Ltd

C Boyd-Bowman

Trustee

Triffid Capital Limited

Octopus Securities Limited

Triffid Vietnam Technology Joint Stock Company

Aidaco Limited

Centaur Joint Stock Company

IDG Capital Vietnam Pte. Ltd

Viet Tin Securities

Viet Tin Financial Corporation

C Hutley

AIM North London Governor

Maltings Academy (Academy Council Member)

Assistant Director of Education, Essex County Council

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 Salesforce UK / Director

J Menell

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor
Chair - Finance & Audit Committee

Faccombe Manor Services Limited
TTG Inc
Bluebell Mattress Company LLC
NSA Industries LLC

K Hathaway

Member

None Declared

K Ryan

AIM North London Governor

None Declared

L Mansbridge

AIM North London Governor

Consultant to PiXL

Lord Leigh of Hurley

Trustee
London Academy Governor

https://members.parliament.uk/member/4295/registeredinterests

M Damyanovska

London Academy Governor

Director - MV-Motors Ltd

M Glass

London Academy Governor

None Declared

M Van Praagh

Trustee
Chair - AIM Deansbrook
Finance & Audit Committee

None Declared

N Portelli

Member

None Declared

N Zeidan

London Academy Governor

Trustee - Coleridge Families

P McGrath

Member
Director
Executive Principal / CEO / AO

None Declared

P O'Hear

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

Chair of LGB, Red Oak Primary (Active Learning Trust)

P Shalson

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor

Stapleband Ltd

R Hatter

Member

None Declared

S Arnold

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Essjaya Limited - Director 

Sobell Rhodes Audit Limited

London Region Arts Club

The Jeremi Kroliczewski Educational Trust

S Goh AIM Deansbrook Governor RNIB, East & North Herts NHS Trust

S John

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Council Member - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Honorary Fellow - Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cybersecurity

NCC Group / Chief Technology Officer

S Kahan

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Finance & Audit Committee

None Declared

S Pollins

Trustee
London Academy Governor
Finance & Audit Committee

The Mezzanine Lending Co. Limited

Mezzanine Lending 1 Limited

S Tang

AIM Deansbrook Governor

None Declared

Minutes

Funding Agreement

Finance

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AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Aug 24
Congratulations to all the students and staff at London Academy who are celebrating their best GCSE results ever.
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Congratulations to all our students and staff at London Academy who are celebrating their best ever A Level results, with 60% of all A Level students achieving top A*-B grades
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Stop into London Academy Primary's Christmas Fair this afternoon. Lots of fun to be had and prizes to be won...there might even be a special visitor! #ChristmasTime #Festivities
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IT'S THE CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION TODAY FOR LONDON ACADEMY PRIMARY! We can't wait for our parents to come and watch. The children have been working very hard on their performance #ChristmasTime #Nativity
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Rehearsals are well under way for the London Academy Primary Christmas Production tomorrow! #ALittleBirdToldMe #ChristmasNativity
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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