GOVERNOR PROFILES CHAIR MR JOHN M V REDMAN BSc FIDM MIOD Appointed: June 2013 Committees: Finance and Property, Remuneration (Chair), Governance, Nominations Working Parties: Marketing, Finance Scrutiny John Redman was born in Belfast and educated at Campbell College, Belfast and Aston University, Birmingham He has held various posts in human resources and general management with Glaxo, Fisons, Booker, Novo Nordisk and Merck prior to relocating to Hull in 2010 as Group Managing Director of Merck Consumer Healthcare and Managing Director of Seven Seas Ltd. John has 18 years’ experience as a Governor of a Church of England Primary School in East Sussex and 8 years as a Governor of Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School in Kent with an interest in finance, facilities and health and safety. He is married to Val with 3 grown up children. VICE CHAIR MR MIKE P ASTELL BEng MBA FIMechE CEng Appointed: December 2017 Committees: Academic, Governance (Chair), Health & Safety (Chair), Nominations, Remuneration Mike Astell was born in Hull and educated at Hymers College and Imperial College. He has held various industrial leadership roles covering operations, projects, corporate and general management in the UK and overseas, and most recently was Managing Director and Regional Director for Centrica. Mike has a number of years in senior governance roles both as an executive, non-executive director and through involvement with industry and educational bodies. He has a strong commitment to education having been involved in a range of industry and education initiatives. GOVERNORS MRS SAMEERA ANWAR WEST LLB LLM Appointed December 2017 Committee: Academic Sameera Anwar West was educated at the University of Leicester and the Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III). She is a Senior European Employment lawyer and has served in-house in a variety of organisations and industries including over a decade with Warner Bros. Entertainment (Europe). Sameera is currently working as a freelance employment legal consultant specialising in anti-bullying/anti-harrassment training and diversity & inclusion. Sameera is a Hull resident and also works with arts organisations in the area including Hull UK City of Culture. 1 MR P ADRIAN B BEECROFT BSc MA MBA FInstP Appointed: February 2008 Adrian Beecroft was educated at Hymers College, the University of Oxford (Physics) and Harvard Business School. He worked initially in the computer industry and then in strategy consulting, becoming Vice President of the Boston Consulting Group. In the early 1980s he helped to found Apax Partners, which was initially a venture capital investor but more recently has focused on private equity transactions. He retired from his position as Senior Managing Partner of Apax. Adrian is the joint sponsor of an Academy school in Oxford and is the sponsor of the Beecroft Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Oxford, where he is an Honorary Fellow of Queen's College. For six years he was the Chairman of Chance to Shine, a charity aimed at bringing cricket back to state schools, and is now a Trustee of the MCC. PROFESSOR GLENN BURGESS BA MA PhD FRHistS Appointed: December 2012 Committee: Academic (Chair) Glenn Burgess was educated at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the University of Cambridge. His academic career for over 30 years has included various posts as University Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) of the University of Hull. He is currently Professor of Early Modern History. Glenn has experience in strategic planning, financial management and budgeting and is a member of the University Council. Glenn also sits on the Hull2017 City of Culture Board. His son attended Hymers College. JOHN F CONNOLLY BSc Appointed: December 2016 Committees: Finance and Property Lead Responsibility: IT / Digital John Connolly was born in Beverley and educated at Hymers College, Dundee University, and Newcastle University where he studied Computer Science. He has extensive experience of setting up technology businesses and taking them from concept through to profitability. He is Co-Founder and Managing Director of C4DI (The Centre for Digital Innovation) based in Hull. C4DI is a privately funded technology incubator helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate. Alongside this he sits on the boards of a number of tech start-ups and acts as a non-exec director for a couple of charities. He is married to Kathryn and has two sons. MR DOMINIC A GIBBONS BSc MRICS Appointed: December 2010 Committees: Finance and Property (Chair – Property), Remuneration Lead Responsibility: Capital Projects Working Group Born in Hull, Dominic Gibbons attended Hymers College between 1979 and 1989. After completing his degree in Estate Management in 1992 he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor whilst working for a National firm of Surveyors based in London. 2 He joined the Hull based Wykeland Group in late 1996, became a Director of its main subsidiary in 1999, joined the Board of the Group in 2004 and became Group Managing Director in July 2009. Wykeland are a property development investment company based in Hull but with a commercial property portfolio stretching from Grimsby to Glasgow. The main operational area is the Yorkshire and Humber region, where the business has a £400M development programme. Dominic also sits as a Lay Member of the University of Hull’s Council and Finance and Investment Committee, Chairs a Charity called Run With It and is a Trustee of Holy Trinity Church Developments Limited. Dominic is married to Alex with 2 young children. Pastimes are limited to skiing, road cycling and a season pass holder for Hull City – when children’s weekend activities permit! MR WILLIAM (BILL) H GORE BSc MSc PhD ACA Appointed: December 2012 Committees: Governance, Nominations Bill Gore is an Old Hymerian and was educated afterwards at Queen Mary College, London and Aston University. He qualified as both a Chartered Engineer with British Gas and a Chartered Accountant with what is now PWC. Forsaking corporate life, he has become an industrial Investor Chairman in a wide range of companies in the UK, Europe and North America. Bill chaired the Council at Essex University for 5 years and is currently on the Governing body of Coram, the oldest known Children’s Charity in the world, and the Foundling Museum. Bill also sits on the University of Essex Knowledge Gateway Board. MRS GLENDA A GREENDALE Appointed: October 2001 Committees: Academic, Pastoral (Chair), Nominations, Governance Lead Responsibility: Safeguarding Glenda Greendale was educated in Hull and left school after A Levels to join Marks and Spencer as a Management Trainee. Her final post with the Company was in the Personnel Department in York. She left Marks and Spencer to bring up a family and has since worked for various voluntary organisations, in particular as Schools Fundraising Co-ordinator for the NSPCC. In 2017, Glenda retired from working with Special Needs children in the Primary and Nursery Sectors. She is on the Governing Body of a local primary school. Her husband is an Old Hymerian (1961-67) and her children all attended Hymers College. MR MARTIN C S HALL BSc Appointed: February 2008 Committees: Health and Safety, Finance and Property Lead Responsibility: Health and Safety Martin Hall was educated at Hymers College. He joined the British Army in 1975 and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1976. He left the Army in the rank of Captain in 1987, his last posting being in Oman. Prior to this he saw service in a variety of roles in Kenya, Germany, Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands and Brunei. He studied Civil Engineering at The Royal Military College of Science and joined his family’s construction business based in Hull. He now owns and Chairs a Joinery Manufacturing business and is a Trustee of various charities. 3 He is a great advocate of review, adapt and monitor to ensure businesses and organisations stay at the head of their game and are best placed to be able to deal with the challenges put in their way. He has 3 grown up children, 2 of whom have also benefited from a Hymers education. He continues to be involved with The Old Hymerians’ Association and was its President in 2008/9. His hobbies include long distance running/walking/hobbling, skiing, motorbike touring and field sports. MR JONATHAN G LEAFE Appointed: July 2016 Committees: Finance and Property, Health and Safety Lead Responsibility: Marketing Jonathan Leafe was born in Beverley and attended Hymers College. After leaving school he was a professional musician for four years before working for the family firm. Following a posting overseas to Spain, he changed work direction and on his return to the UK joined an Advertising Agency. Three further years in Southern Spain followed and on his final return to the UK in 1989 he set up his own Marketing Agency. He finally exited the business, Strawberry, in 2017 and is now pursuing a third career as a consultant to other Marketing Agencies around the UK and Ireland. He became involved with Hymers in 2006 as a Business advisor to their Young Enterprise programme with some success and was appointed President of the Old Hymerians’ Association in 2017. MRS ELIZABETH A MALIAKAL LLB Appointed: June 2017 Committees: Academic, Pastoral Elizabeth Maliakal was born and educated in Hull. She attended the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to study Law and then completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, York. She returned to Hull to train as a Solicitor qualifying in 1998. Having worked in the North East of England and as an in-house Solicitor in Leeds, she now works in private practice in East Yorkshire specialising in medical litigation. Outside work, as well as being a governor at Hymers College, she is a regular volunteer for a charity providing free legal advice.