David Jones MA (Cantab) (Chairman)
Was at UBS and Warburg from 1981 to 2007, where he was Managing Director, Head of US Equities and a Global C.O.O. He was a member of the London Stock Exchange.

Roger Cummins
Currently a director of a number of companies in the City of London and has spent most of his business life in advertising and marketing. He has published a number of technical works and edited journals on the law and practice of long-odds betting. He was a founder the National Hospital Trust and was the first secretary of the Lotteries Council.

Jonathan Cubitt BA ACA
Finance Director of The Art Fund, a national art charity, since 1998. Prior to that, spent 15 years in the accountancy profession working for several leading accountancy firms.

David Green Ph D
Director of Civitas: the Institute for the Study of Civil Society and author of a number of books on aspects of welfare policy and civil society, including Reinventing Civil Society.

David Horn JP, MA, ARCM, FCollT, FRSA
Formerly Head of Bancroft's Prep School, Woodford Green. Reporting Inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate and Education Consultant with the National Foundation for Educational Research. Chairman of Governors, Faraday School.

Norman Kudish
A retired chartered surveyor with 50 years experience of property investment, development and management. He has worked as a director or senior executive of Trafalgar House, the Manifold Trust and Lucas Industries.

John Marks MA (Cantab), Ph D (London), F Inst P
Professor of Education at the University of Buckingham and Co-director of the Educational Research Trust, with over 40 years of teaching experience in universities, polytechnics and schools. Author of numerous books and reports on education.

Peter Scott MA DPhil
Formerly Headmaster of Bancroft's School, Woodford Green; Chairman of Governors, Maple Walk School.

Nick Seaton
Chairman of the Campaign for Real Education. Has served as a governor of primary and secondary schools in the state sector. Author of articles and pamphlets on education, with special reference to school funding and finances.

Justin Shaw MA Cantab
A trustee of Civitas, a social policy think-tank which studies the ways in which education and other services can be provided in ways that build up civil society.

Irina Tyk BA (Hons)
Head of Holland House School, Edgware, and author of the Butterfly Book, a phonics-based reading course, and The Butterfly Grammar: a Course for Better English.

Robert Whelan MA Cantab
Author of a number of books on the history of voluntary action. Former director of the Family Education Trust.

Rick Williams
Held senior positions in state schools for 20 years before moving to the independent sector as deputy head then head. He was the founding principal of a secondary boarding school in Nigeria, and CEO of the New Model School Company from 2005-9. Chairman of governors of Stephenson School.