Plan B Education Governing Body
HARRY HENDERSON
CHAIR
Harry Henderson lives and farms at West Woodhay in Berkshire. High Sheriff for the Royal County of Berkshire 2008 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2009. Investment manager and former MD of Cazenove; Currently Chairman of Witan Investment Trust plc,.Chairman of Farmington Trust (religious education): Trustee of Countryside Learning. Director of the Cadogan Settled Estates Ltd, Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (travelling fellowships) and the Ernest Cook Trust (countryside education).
MATTHEW BERMAN
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Matthew Berman has worked at Plan B since 2011, first acting as Head of Education and then General Manager taking responsibility for partnership development with local authorities. In July 2015 Matthew was appointed Director of Operations and welcomed onto Plan B Education's Board of Directors
Prior to working at Plan B Matthew had many years experience working for and with alternative providers in Lambeth in a quality assurance / education capacity as well as setting up the learning department for the national youth charity ‘Fairbridge’, (subsequently Prince’s Trust), which also required him to travel across the UK as a ‘staff trainer’ for all of Fairbridge’s centres. Matthew brings ‘corporate experience’ through his work with the national youth homeless charity ‘Centrepoint’ where, in addition to setting up formal learning environments, was also the Accreditation Manager and liaised with organisations such as Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in a fundraising capacity. Matthew has provided consultancy advice around learning for organisations as diverse as charities, the Russell Group, (King’s College), Unite and Unison unions and football academies.
GEORGE CROSBIE
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
George set up and led the Pupil Support Service within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea providing both off-site and in-school support for learners whose behaviour was causing concern. He was responsible for the roll-out of the Behaviour Improvement Programme in RBKC and many of the innovative services set up with this grant remain today funded by the schools they support. For over 10 years George was also the Exclusions' Officer as well as a school improvement advisor for a number of schools.
George has worked in Alternative Provision education for over 35 years. He retired from his post of Head of Commissioning and School Support at TBAP last year. Prior to that he was Head of Pupil Support Service with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and developed that service from its inception when the borough took on responsibility for education on the demise of the ILEA in 1990.
George has experience of working in and developing provision to support learners whose behaviour and/ or attendance is causing concern both off-site and in-school. During his time in RBKC he also acted as an Advisor to a number of schools.
As a non-executive director at Plan B George is keen to work with colleagues to take the provision to its next stage of development. That is from a well regarded and innovative AP provider to an outstanding Independent AP School.
OLI HENDERSON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Oli previously spent several years working in the financial markets in the City of London as head of compliance for NYBI Ltd delivering funds throughout Africa to the International NGO & Charity sector for clients such as the US Embassy, Water Aid, Plan International, & the British Red Cross. Oli managed his team to implement and drive the systems and due diligence processes needed to safeguard the charities funds and make sure the aid ended up on the ground where it was most needed.
In June 2013, Oli took over as Managing Director of Plan B Education; it seemed to him that the organisation had the people and the vision most aligned to his own passion ensuring education extended to the hardest to reach young people that often struggle to engage.
