Notable GDST alumnae
Professor Mary Beard (Shrewsbury) Professor of Classics at Cambridge, and Fellow of Newnham College
Senior Management Team
Lorna Cocking Chairman
Helen Fraser Chief Executive
Baroness Janet Cohen (South Hampstead) Former Chairman of BPP Holdings; GDST Associate
Baroness Ilora Finlay (Wimbledon) Professor of palliative medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine and a consultant at the Velindre cancer centre in Cardiff. Life peer
Lady (Stephanie) North Deputy Chairman
Tom Beardmore-Gray Director of Finance and Operations
Stephen Dance Deputy Chairman
Caroline Hoare Director of People (and Company Secretary)
Mary Chapman
Amanda Riddle Director of Communications
Karen Easton (Sutton) Co-founder of Café Rouge restaurant chain Beverly Hodson (Blackheath) Former Managing Director of WH Smith; GDST Associate Penny Hughes (Birkenhead) Former Head of Coca Cola UK; Trustee of the British Museum; President of the Advertising Association Jane Platt (Birkenhead) Chief Executive, National Savings & Investments Law
Baroness Sally Morgan (Belvedere) Chair of Ofsted, former Minister of State for Women. Life peer
Judge Frances Kirkham (Heathfield) Senior Circuit Judge; founder member of the UK Association of Women Judges
Professor Dame Louise Napier Johnson (Wimbledon) Professor of Molecular Biophysics at Oxford – awarded DBE for services to biophysical science
Cathryn McGahey (Howell’s) Barrister, Junior Counsel to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern (Bromley) Former Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge; Mistress of Girton College Arts AS Byatt (Sheffield) Author – winner of the Man Booker Prize Pippa Harris (Oxford) Film producer, Neal Street Productions – production credits include Starter for Ten, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road Sandy Powell (Sydenham) Costume designer – won Oscars in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love, 2005 for The Aviator, and 2010 for The Young Victoria Indhu Rubasingham (Nottingham) Theatre director – productions include The Ramayana at the National Theatre and Yellowman at Hampstead Theatre Fay Weldon (South Hampstead) Author and Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University
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Sandie Okoro (Putney) Global General Counsel, Barings Bank Media Mary Berry (Royal High, Bath) Celebrity chef; writer and journalist Bettany Hughes (Notting Hill & Ealing) Historian and broadcaster – presented television series on The Spartans and Helen of Troy Becky Mantin (Norwich) ITV weather reporter Miriam Stoppard OBE (Central Newcastle) Doctor, author of the Children’s Medical Handbook, television presenter and agony aunt Caroline Raphael (Putney) Commissioning editor, Radio 4 Miriam Margolyes OBE (Oxford) Actress – best known for roles in Harry Potter and Blackadder June Whitfield (Streatham & Clapham) Actress – best known for roles in Terry and June and Absolutely Fabulous
Claire Hicks MBE (Brighton & Hove) Director of Impact Foundation – awarded MBE for services to international development
Clara Freeman Professor Sue Iversen John Jay
Dame Mary Marsh (Birkenhead) Former CEO of NSPCC, Director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme
Jane Richardson
Margaret Bryan (Croydon) British diplomat – first ambassador to Panama and GDST Associate
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller (Northampton) Former Director General of MI5 and life peer Esther McVey (Belvedere) Conservative MP for Wirral West, former TV presenter; GDST Associate Dame Stella Rimington (Nottingham) Former Director General of MI5, and first female DG of MI5. Author of several spy fiction novels Sport Sam Davies (Portsmouth) World-class yachtswoman – sailed nonstop, single-handed around the world to come fourth in 2009’s Vendee Globe Sam Eve (Ipswich) Member of the first all female team to complete the polar challenge; GDST Associate Karen Pickering MBE (Brighton & Hove) Swimmer – Olympic Gold medallist; Chair of the British Athletes Commission; GDST Associate
Kevin Stannard Director of Innovation and Learning
Tom Wheare
Politics and Civil Service
Baroness Elspeth Howe (Royal High, Bath) Former Deputy Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission and former Chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Life peer
Zoe Smith Director of Estates
Nick Stuart
Giving the gift of education June 2011
Professor Alyson Bailes (Belvedere) Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the University of Iceland
Council of the Trust (Trustees)
Dr Mary Baker MBE (Bromley) Former CEO of Parkinson’s Disease Society and President of European Federation of Neurological Associations
Front cover photography and picture on page 5, top right: Cleverbox. www.cleverbox.co.uk
Academic and education
Non-profit and charity
Emma Bridgewater (Oxford) Pottery designer – renowned for polka dot designed potteryware and accessories
Print: Wellington Press.
This is just a selection of our wonderful alumnae to give a flavour of their wideranging and remarkable achievements.
Business
Design: FONDA.
The GDST Alumnae Network is the alumnae group for former pupils of GDST schools. It was established as the ‘Minerva Network’ in 1994 to unite our diverse alumnae community. There are nearly 50,000 active members throughout the world and it provides an unrivalled opportunity to meet old friends, network and mentor. Anyone who attended a GDST school can become a member and there is no joining fee. Simply submit your registration online at www.gdstalumnae.net
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Great schools survive and prosper due to the stewardship of earlier generations. Providing opportunities for a high standard of education in the 21st century is more expensive than ever before and the pressures on our schools even greater. Of crucial importance to our schools is the ongoing ability to offer places to gifted students from all backgrounds. Philanthropy has always been at the heart of the GDST. Several schools have established an Annual Fund, and school legacy societies build on a history of kind bequests. We welcome contributions from alumnae, parents and former staff to our Bursary and Scholarship Fund. The Bursary and Scholarship Programme aims to ensure that GDST schools continue to be accessible to a wide range of talented students regardless of their financial circumstances. If you would like to find out more about how you can support the GDST, or a particular school, or if you have any questions, we’re always happy to hear from you. Just call the Development Department on 020 7393 6607 or email Janice Larden-Price on j.larden-price@wes.gdst.net or write to us at the address below. Or to give today, visit http://donate.gdst.net
100 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1JP T 020 7393 6666 info@wes.gdst.net Twitter @GDST1872 www.gdst.net The Girls’ Day School Trust, a limited company registered in England No. 6400. Registered Charity No. 306983. Registered Office: 100 Rochester Row, London, SW1P 1JP
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