AGBIS Board
AGBIS is a registered charity (No 1108756) and company (No 0521716) limited by guarantee governed by a Board which meets at least once every school term. Board members are nominated by school governing bodies and serve initially for a three year period. The Board is advised by three committees: Training and Membership, Nominations & Governance and Finance. The Board is entrusted with the management of the Association and has absolute discretion in applying the funds in furtherance of the objects of the Association.
As one of seven Associations which are members of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), AGBIS has two seats on the ISC Board and a similar level of membership on relevant ISC committees. The Chief Executive and Director of Training also meet informally with their opposite numbers in the ISC Associations.
Meet the AGBIS Board
The elected and co-opted members of the Board are:
Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a Governor at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and Folkestone Academy. Having worked in the City, Mark's career as a Bursar started in 1993 at Cranbrook School, appointed to Dulwich Prep School, Cranbrook in 1996, Bedales Schools in 2003 and the King’s School, Canterbury in 2010. Mark was elected ISBA Chairman from 2013 – 2016.
Mike Gregson
Mike Gregson has a life-long interest in education and recently retired as Chair of The Edinburgh Academy, a co-educational day school with over 1,000 pupils aged between 2 and 18 years. He remains connected to the school as Chair of The Edinburgh Academy Foundation and The Eric H Stevenson Charitable Trust. He has also been a trustee of a number of charities and pension funds and is currently Chair of the RSNO Pension Scheme.
Diana Robinson
Diana Robinson is a chartered accountant by profession, and was Bursar/DFO and Clerk to Governors for three independent schools from 2004 until retirement from full time employment in 2022. She has served as governor on the Board of Westbrook Hay School for 9 years, including 2 years as Chair of the Finance Committee and for the last two years as Chair of the Board. She is currently Clerk to the Governing Body at Westminster on a part-time basis.
Rosie Allen: Governor at City of London School
Tom Beardmore-Gray: Chief Executive at The Prep School Trust
Julie Cornell: Governor at St George's School, Windsor Castle
Paul Dillon-Robinson: Director at Hurst Education Trust Ltd
John Edward: Former Director of Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS), Head of Operations at The Scottish Council on Global Affairs
Caroline Jordan: Governor at New College School
Christine Keunen: Governor at Stonyhurst College
Irfan Latif: Governor at Greenfield School, Governor at Leighton Park School in Reading
Charlotte Marten: Rugby School
Barney Northover: Partner VWV
Nigel Taylor: Court of Governors, Mill Hill Foundation; governor, Hazelwood Prep School
Sophie Rees: Thomas's London Day Schools
Diana Robinson: Chair of Governors at Westbrook Hay Preparatory School
David Stanton: Governor at Westminster School