The Trust

Andrew has spent a career in education; following on from his role as Head of History at Tonbridge, Cranleigh and Cheltenham, he was Acting Warden at Radley College until his retirement in 2012. In addition, Andrew has considerable experience as an ISI school inspector and for many years ran HMC’s leadership training for senior management. He is a Governor of four schools and chairman at Summer Fields, Oxford.

In addition, Andrew has published several history books, including ‘Speeches that Changed Britain: Oratory in Birmingham and The Rise of Labour 1899-1951’, and is now writing a commissioned work on the comparative legacies of George Cadbury and Joseph Chamberlain.

Katie studied Engineering at Oxford University before beginning a successful career as a Chartered Engineer. She worked for British Airways in various management roles, before deciding to retrain and undertake a PGCE. After qualifying as a teacher, Katie joined King’s Worcester in 2010 to teach Maths.

Hugh Carslake retired in 2017 as a Consultant at Shakespeare Martineau Solicitors in Birmingham, specialising in private client work. He is a Trustee of numerous trusts for clients and charities. Hugh is also Chairman of the Trustees of the Barber Institute at Birmingham University, President of the City of Birmingham Choir and acts as Registrar for the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham. He is a Churchwarden of his local church.

He has served as a Governor at King’s since 2002 and as Chairman of Governors since 2010. He is a member of the Finance & General Purposes, and Nominations Committees.

Linton has acted as a Trustee of the Development Trust since 2014. After leaving King’s in 1972, he studied Law at Birmingham University, before establishing his own solicitor’s practice. Subsequently, Linton and his brother Philip, also an OV, set up St Cloud Care, a residential care home provider.

With his wife, Denise, Linton was a founder member of the Leadership Group for the SPACE campaign; the Connell Room in the Keyes Building is named in honour of the generous contribution the Connell family has made to the project and its ongoing support for King’s.

Douglas Dale spent two years with Proctor and Gamble, in the Marketing department. He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, moving to Worcester in 1980. He was a partner at the local accountancy firm Ballard Dale Syree Watson LLP, before retiring in 2012, while maintaining his business links. He is Managing Director of a family farming and investment company, as well as a Director of The Three Choirs Festival Association Ltd.

He has served as a Governor at King’s since 2011 and is a member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee.

Fanos began his career as a Chartered Accountant, before moving on to become an investment banker with PwC and JP Morgan. He is now the owner of private investment firm Fogle Investment Ltd which has overseen property renovation within Worcester City Centre.

In addition, Fanos regularly returns to school to give careers talks and to run workshops on investment banking.

Donald read Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant.  Following five years working for a London firm of management consultants, he joined GEC where he became Managing Director of GEC Mechanical Handling Ltd and eventually Group Managing Director of the GEC ALSTHOM Low Voltage Group.

He is now retired.  From 1986 to 2010 he was Chairman of the King’s School Governors and of their Finance & General Purposes Committee.

After studying for a degree in Engineering at Oxford and a post-graduate course in Production Management at Cambridge, Carl left his home county, Yorkshire, and moved to the Midlands where he has pursued a career in IT and Consultancy. He has worked for a number of the world’s largest IT providers and most recently has worked for TCS and Infosys, both India-based companies.

Carl’s association with King’s started in 2009 when his daughter started at the Senior School, and his son started at King’s St Alban’s. Carl was the Chair of King’s School Parents’ Committee.

Patricia has worked for over twenty-five years in various marketing roles, for Beecham Pharmaceuticals, now GlaxoSmithKline (1981-1984), H Samuel Jewellers (1984-1987), Charles Green Jewellery (1987-1990), and Business Link Hereford & Worcester (1997-1999). She has been Marketing Director at the Tube Plastics Group (TP Toys and Muddy Puddles) since 1999. In addition, Patricia has lectured part-time on the Marketing Course at Worcester College of Technology.

She has served as a Governor at King’s since 2011 and is a member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee.

Leanne is an OV. She studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University before moving to London to study the Law conversion course. She now works as a banking and finance lawyer for a large international firm and has spent over three years working in their Frankfurt office.

Leanne has worked on several pro-bono activities encouraging access to Law and Higher Education.

John joined British Aerospace after graduation from Cambridge with a degree in Engineering, and enjoyed a 32 year career, concluding as Chief Executive of BAE Systems. He is now Chairman of a number of engineering companies and was the founder of the e-learning business ‘Learndirect’. John was appointed as a CBE in 1994 and is a Commander of the Order of the Pole Star (Sweden), and a Freeman of the City of London. John attended King’s between 1962 and 1969.