DIrectors (ID 1311)

• Andrew Ndoca
  Chair of the Trust Board
  Andrew Ndoca

  Andrew Ndoca’s background is in finance and business. Dedicated to his Catholic Faith, he has worked as a volunteer in the Diocese of Westminster and his parish. He is currently a diocesan trustee and has served on the Caritas advisory board, the finance board and the investment committee. Andrew served as a school governor with a lead roles in SEND, finance and Religious Education before joining the Southworth Trust board. He has an MBA from Loyola University Chicago.

  Andrew is chair of the Trust Board and serves on the board’s resources and audit committee.

• Mary Benton
  Vice-Chair of the Trust Board & RE and Catholic Life Lead Director
  Mary Benton

  Mary Benton has worked as a city solicitor, a lay hospice chaplain, a school chaplain and a university lecturer in Catholic Education and Religious Education in Primary Schools. She has a particular interest in the promotion of Catholic Life in schools and has carried out research in this area. She is a graduate of Cambridge University where she read Law and has MAs in Pastoral Theology and Catholic Education from St Mary’s University. She has been a school governor/director for many years. She is also a trustee of a homeless charity based in London and a Trustee of the Diocese of Leeds.

  Mary is vice-chair of the Trust Board, chair of the board’s standards committee and lead director for religious education and Catholic life.

• Robert Binyon
  Robert Binyon

  Robert Binyon served as a governor in his local parish primary school for many years before joining the Southworth Trust board. He has extensive experience in the banking industry internationally and has held a number of non-executive chairman and directorship roles. He currently works with churches overseas and is a trustee of Missio in England and Wales. Robert graduated in Modern History from Christ Church Oxford.

  Robert serves on the Trust Board’s resources and audit committee.

• John Creak
  John Creak

  John Creak has a sales, marketing and sponsorship background in the oil industry and in motorsport, working in Formula 1 and IndyCar racing in the UK and USA. As well serving as a local governor at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, John has served in other voluntary roles within his local Catholic community and worked, too, with St Augustine’s Church in Hammersmith on its regeneration project and First Holy Communion programme.

• Anne Evans
  Anne Evans

  Anne Evans has many years of experience as a primary school teacher. She has held school leadership, moderator and mentoring roles and has subject lead knowledge in Religious Education, Personal Social and Health Education and Relationships and Sex Education. Anne brings her prior service as a school governor to her role as a director of the Trust Board and her skills as a police officer, specialising in drugs education, prior to joining the teaching profession.

• Mary Kelliher
  Mary Kelliher

  With a degree in Education, Mary Kelliher has worked in Catholic primary education for over 30 years, most recently as headteacher of a school graded Outstanding by OFSTED during her tenure. Her skills include strategic planning, effective curriculum delivery to pupils with diverse needs and mentoring. Mary is committed to Catholic education and brings her experience as a school leader to her work as a director of the Trust.

• Dr Cornelius Kelly
  Whistleblowing Lead Director
  Dr Cornelius Kelly

  Cornelius Kelly is the Chief Medical Officer of Central and North-West London NHS Foundation Trust; this is a Board position. He previously worked as a psychiatrist specialising in the care of older people and has held a number of medical management roles. He served as a school governor before joining the Southworth Trust Board.

  Cornelius serves on the Trust Board’s standards committee and is whistleblowing lead director.

• Jonathan Lagan
  Safeguarding Lead Director
  Jonathan Lagan

  Jonathan Lagan has worked as a banking and corporate lawyer for over twenty years spending much of this time in leadership roles at UK publicly listed companies. He is currently the General Counsel of the US Fintech, Tradeshift Inc. He was previously the Group General Counsel at CAB Payments PLC and spent ten years at Tesco PLC as Legal Director - Finance, Corporate and Technology.

  Jonathan serves on the Trust Board’s resources and audit committee and is the safeguarding lead director.

• Professor Teresa Pawlikowska
  Professor Teresa Pawlikowska

  Teresa Pawlikowska trained as a doctor and was an oncologist before entering general practice. She went on to pursue a career as an academic, developing medical education programmes for the EU and World Bank which progressed patient-centred care. As inaugural director, she established the Health Professions Education Centre at the Royal College of Surgeons University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Ireland (RCSI), which is focussed on applying research and best practice in teaching and learning. She continues as Professor Emeritus at RCSI.

  Teresa serves on the Trust Board’s standards committee.

• Gabrielle Villani
  SEND Lead Director,
  Gabrielle Villani

  Gabrielle Villani has over twenty years of experience in education including primary and secondary teaching, school management and providing advice to families. She has been actively involved in school strategy and governance for five years and with the Southworth Trust Board since its inception. Her children attend an SJSCAT primary school. Gabrielle’s qualifications include Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Bachelor of Education (Distinction), Master of Arts Early Literacy Development and Master of Media (Distinction) from The Institute of Education, UCL. She is a Fellow of The Chartered College of Teaching.

  Gabrielle serves on the Trust Board’s standards committee and is the SEND lead director.

• Kerry Wallace
  Chair of Resources & Audit Committee
  Kerry Wallace

  Kerry Keane has over 25 years’ experience setting up and running technology, operational and change functions in complex regulated businesses. She is currently Director of Business Management in the CEO Office at LCH (London Stock Exchange Group) with responsibility for Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Property. With a passion for diversity, equity and inclusion she is a sponsor of the LCH apprentice programme, and a member of several inclusion networks. She graduated in Economics and Politics from the University of Liverpool and served as a parent governor at CVMS before joining the Trust Board.

  Kerry serves as chair of the Trust Board’s resources and audit committee.