School Governors

CHRIS HUNT

Headteacher

Appointed September 2022

Member of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Member of the Standards and Staffing Committee

NICOLE RICHER

Chair Of Governors

Local Authority Governor (Trust Member)

Appointed 22nd March 2022

Member of the Standards and Staffing Committee

Nicole graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a BA in History in 2014. Following on from this she  completed a CIM (Chartered Institute for Marketing), Certificate in Professional Marketing.

SANA LAKHANY

Community Governor (Trust Member)

Member of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Appointed 11th December 2019, Member from 7th July 2021

Sana has worked in the property sector for over four years, specialising as a Planning Consultant. Qualified as a chartered Town Planner, she has advised on a multitude of mixed-use developments in London including several redevelopments of Free Schools. Currently Sana is a Planning Manager at Argent LLP and on behalf of Brent Cross South Limited Partnership, she will help to deliver the Brent Cross South development including the redevelopment of Whitefield School.

LEENA PESHAWARIA

Parent Governor

Appointed 27th January 2020

Member of the Standards and Staffing Committee

Leena has worked in childcare and early years education for over twenty years both in the UK and in Europe.  She currently works at Dollis Infant School as part of the Early Year Foundation Stage.  As well as being a mentor for other staff members she is involved in training, supporting and supervising students who are studying towards a qualification in child care.  Amongst these roles, she is also the MGB union representative and continually supports members of the union within the school.  Being committed to education at all levels, she volunteers to help adults at a local college who are learning English as part of an ESOL education.

Since September 2015 Leena has been an active member of the Whitefield Parent Teacher Association and has helped organise and run various events within the school.

LEE JEROME

Vice-Chair of Governors

Community Governor (Trust Member)

Appointed 6th December 2017, Member from 29th April 2020.

Chair of Standards and Staffing Committeer

Safeguarding Governor

Lee Jerome is Associate Professor in Education at Middlesex University and has worked in education for over 25 years as a teacher, teacher educator, lecturer and researcher. His main areas of interest are citizenship education and teacher education. In citizenship education he helped to establish the Association for Citizenship Teaching and edits the journal 'Teaching Citizenship'. In teacher education he has co-written 'Effective Medium-Term Planning for Teachers' and coordinates the Professional Education and Partnerships research group at Middlesex University.

AKUA BRODERICK 

Community Governor

Appointed 20th March 2019

Member of the Standard and Staffing Committee.

Akua previously worked as a Junior Activities Manager for Virgin Active fitness health club gym.   Experienced in organizing activities and mentoring young children. Passion for fitness, boxing and dance choreography in African, Soul and hip-hop dancing. 

Over 15 years of Early Years Foundation Stage, safeguarding procedures and Level 3 diploma in Children's and Young Peoples Workforce. Privately managed various childcare services for various parents locally in Barnet and Brent. 

Director of a successful IT Network Design and Implementation Company, managing the accounts and contracts on a part-time basis delivering IT solutions with husband.   

Focussing on providing health and fitness education to young children and teenagers.

SHAAN OWUSU-AFRIYIE

Community Governor

Member of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Appointed 22nd January 2022

Throughout my time in school, I have volunteered my time to support, teach and mentor fellow students, in addition to this I have organised and run multiple events to promote the physical and mental development of my peers.

I am currently a student of Economics at the School of Oriental & African Studies (with more to come) and it is the difference that school has made in my life, that has inspired me to encourage aspirations in students and help them achieve their best.

ANWAR ZAIDI

Community Governor

Member of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Appointed 22nd January 2022

Anwar brings an established track record of exceptional and diverse managerial skills in the financial services sector. He has extensive experience of business transformation during periods of technological disruption and competitive change.

Having being on the Board of two banks, he retired in 2018 and has since worked on a number of community projects as a volunteer, including as a school governor and Trustee of a medical charity.

He holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from IBA as well as an MSc in Computer Science from UCL. He has had occasion to read further for an Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman at The Guild of International Bankers.

GEORGE DEVEREUX

Community Governor (Trust Member)

Chair of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Appointed 22nd January 2022

George currently works at a growth focused activist hedge fund. Prior to that he worked at Boston Consulting Group as a strategy consultant focused on private equity, corporate development and strategy, and government crisis response strategy. He has a first class bachelors equivalent in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MPhys specialised in Theoretical Physics from the University of Warwick.

JAMES CORCUT

Community Governor

Member of the Standards and Staffing Committee

Appointed 22nd January 2022

James works at Sense, the national disability charity. Before that, he worked at Wise (formerly TransferWise), where he was part of the team that turned a small start-up into one of the UK’s most successful and prominent tech companies. He worked in its London and New York offices in various marketing and communications roles. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge in English.

JOSHUA CAVENDISH

Community Governor

Member of the Finance and Facilities Committee

Appointed 22nd January 2022

"I currently work for Royal Bank of Canada as an M&A analyst. Previously I have undertaken strategy and financial facing roles with Google, Tishman Speyer and Eastdil Secured, specialising within London Corporate Real Estate. I hold a Masters in Management Degree from London Business School and a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts (History & Classics) from Durham University.

ANTONIO SALVETA

Staff Governor

Member of the Standards and Staffing Committee

Appointed 2nd March 2022

"My academic background is in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics and, following my years in research and publishing, I qualified as a teacher in 2010. I moved to the UK two years later, taking a job at an academy in Brent, and worked my way to deputy head of Science before moving to Whitefield in 2017 as head of Chemistry. 

THANDIE LAWRENCE

Parent Governor

Appointed 1st October 2022

"After working in retail for over 25 years, I decided to go back to University to pursue a career in health. After graduating with a Degree in Healthcare Management coupled with a Postgraduate in Community Leadership, I have been working for the NHS in the last 18 months as a community connector.

One of my other passions is working with children and I have had the opportunity to volunteer as a Sunday school teacher at my local church which I have enjoyed for many years.

I am very much looking forward to being part of the Governing Body at Whitefield where all my 3 children attend secondary school. Just like every parent at this school, I want the very best for my children hence I feel that it is important that every child at Whitefield should be happy, safe, confident and strive to do their best in and outside school."