Following a competitive interview process which was held in November and December 2024, the Capital City College Board is delighted to announce the appointment of five new board members who started in post on the 1st January 2025. They are as follows:
Stephen is currently the Chief Procurement Officer for Kantar, an international market research agency based in London which has around 30,000 employees in over 90 countries, advising some of the largest global companies on advertising, brand strategy and customer experience. Stephen has worked for a number of other leading companies including Hewlett-Packard, Pearson PLC and Vodafone. Stephen is also a governor at St John Baptist Catholic Secondary School member.
Lars founded My Nametags in 2004, which sells name labels for children to over 150 countries around the world. The company won the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2018. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he was a senior executive for a number of companies within the Corporate finance sector, including Australia Mutual Provident and Cavendish Corporate Finance. Amongst a number of non-executive roles, he is a master and board member at the Worshipful Company of World Traders and is a non-executive director at the Guild of Freemen.
Caroline is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Barb Audiences, which is the UK TV’s industry agency for analysing what people watch. She is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of key operations to ensure that the organisation’s strategic objectives are met. Before this, she held a number of senior positions at Kantar including Global Operations and Transformation Director, as well as the Head of Data Collection.
Tina is the Human Resources Director at the Houses of Parliament, where she is responsible for leading the Recruitment, Learning, Careers, Change and people strategy for over three thousand employees. Before this, she held a number of senior HR positions within City and Guilds including HR Director of Recruitment, Talent and Development and Group Head of HR Professional Services. Tina also brings are wealth of senior corporate HR experience having held positions with the BBC and BT Global Services.
Katherine is an experienced senior leader who is passionate about tackling poverty. In her current role as the Director of the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) she has been successful in accrediting over 15,000 employers who have committed to paying the living wage. Before leading the LWF, Katherine was the Assistant Director for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) a non-departmental public body which provided strategic leadership on skills and employment issues.
Find out more about our governors as well as meetings, board minutes, plans and reviews on our governance page.