Finance Committee

Paul Kenny (Chair)

Paul Kenny is currently a director of the IT management group at British Telecom where he has worked for 27 years. During his career Paul has been responsible for the development and implementation of some of the major computer systems that underpin BT service and products. He is currently working on BT's 21st Century Network project, which will bring about the replacement of the UK telephone Network.

Paul is married with four grown-up children. He came to the trust via his role as a Governor at Brantridge School, where he was deeply involved with the transfer of the school from Greenwich LEA to the Trust.

Lloyd Richards

Lloyd Richards is a Chartered Banker of over 30 years experience within the NatWest/RBS Group. His career focus has been on people and change management, having spent 20 years in HR management and the balance of his career in leading national change programmes covering systems, performance and behavioural issues.

Lloyd is highly community service oriented and has been actively involved in charitable activities for a quarter of a century, culminating in joining Brantridge School as a Governor in 2000 and becoming a Director of Grafham Grange Special Education Trust in 2002.

He holds two other Directorships.

Lynda MacDermott

Lynda MacDermott is a linguist and founder partner of an internet-based translation and internet web marketing company. Communication, by a variety of media, has been an all pervasive thread throughout her career. At first this was in the field of education where her main interest was the development of teaching expertise.

After leaving teaching in 1997, she became editor of an on-line language learning service and subsequently manager of an international market research centre.

She has considerable experience of selecting and managing personnel from a wide array of cultures in her present and previous roles in international communications. Within wider society, she plays a leading role with a variety of campaigning groups.

She became a Director of Grafham Grange Educational Trust in 2000 and is a Governor both of Grafham Grange and Brantridge schools.

Tony Lees

Tony Lees was head teacher of a special residential school (MLD/EBD) for 25 years and worked for the ILEA and Tower Hamlets. Until recently he was a long serving magistrate with the Sussex Magistracy and has maintained close contact with special education in both training and school governor capacities.

He is extensively involved in charitable concerns and is Chairman of an East Sussex hospice as well as holding a Paul Harris Fellowship in Rotary. Tony is a director with GGSET and a governor to Brantridge School.

Ray Winn

Ray Winn was head teacher of a special residential school (EBD) for 23 years, with qualifications in education and psychology.

He is now retired from education but works for the Care Standards Tribunal and is actively involved as a magistrate in West Sussex (Deputy Chairman of Northern Division). He is trained as an appraiser of CST members and magistrates.

He is now Vice Chairman of GGSET Directors, Vice Chairman of Grafham Grange School Governors and Governor of Brantridge.

Colin Young

Colin Young is chairman of Cranleigh Freight Services and has over 30 years experience of the international transport industry. He has a lifelong commitment to the local community and the development of young people for which he was awarded the MBE in 2003. A Governor of Grafham Grange since 1997 and a Director of the GGSET since that time.

Colin has, for the past 11 years, been mentoring in main stream schools for Surrey Education Business Partnership to year 10 and 11 students. Colin is also actively involved in St. John Ambulance and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Susan Tresman

Personnel Committee

Colin Young (Chair)

He has been a Governor of Grafham Grange since 1997 and a Director of the GGSET since that time. Colin has, for the past 11 years, been mentoring in mainstream schools for Surrey Education Business Partnership to year 10 and 11 students.

Colin is also actively involved in St. John Ambulance and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.