Meet our team

Our trustees

We currently have 17 Trustees who are legally responsible for the Trust. Our Trustees are all unpaid volunteers and many of them live in and around Bedford. They are also parents, local business people (working in a wide range of fields), or education specialists.

Our Trustees make sure the Trust’s income is spent wisely and the endowment is carefully invested.

As well as being a part of the Trust’s Governing Body, our Trustees are also members of our school committees and other sub-committees. These committees make decisions about finances, property, grants and policies.

Trustee recruitment event May 2018

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Rhian Castell

Chair of The Trust

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Rhian is Chair of The Harpur Trust and Chair of the Governance Committee. As Chair, she also attends other committees and subcommittees as required.
Stephen Mayson

Deputy Chair of The Trust

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Stephen is a Deputy Chair of The Harpur Trust and a member of Schools, Endowment, and Governance Committees.
Justin Philimore

Deputy Chair of The Trust

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Justin is a Deputy Chair of The Harpur Trust and Chair of the Finance Committee. He also is a member of Schools, Community and Audit committees and the BGS School Governing Body.
Anne Egan

School Committee Elected Trustee

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Anne is the School Committee Elected Trustee of Bedford School, and is a member both of Bedford School’s and Bedford Girls' School’s School Governing Bodies.

John Fordham

Trustee

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John is Deputy Chair of Bedford Modern School, and is a member of The Trust’s Schools and Finance Committees.
Neil Harris

School Committee Elected Trustee

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Neil is Chair of Bedford Girls’ School and is also a member of Schools Committee.
John Holland-Kaye

Trustee

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John is Chair of Bedford School, and is also a member of The Harpur Trust’s Schools Committee.
Harriett Mather

Trustee

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Harriett is Deputy Chair of Bedford Girls' School and is the BGS Nominated Safeguarding Governor.
George Ratcliffe

Trustee Nominated by New College, Oxford

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Professor Ratcliffe is the nominated Trustee of New College, Oxford, and is a member of the School Governing Body of Bedford Girls’ School.
Robert Rigby

Trustee Nominated by Bedford Borough Council

Jennifer Sauboorah

Trustee

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Jennifer is Chair of the Grants Committee, a member of the Trust Community Committee and of the School Governing Body of Bedford School.
Linbert Spencer

Trustee

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Linbert is Chair of the Community Committee and a Trustee of the Heart Academies Trust.
Andrea Spice

Trustee Nominated by Bedford Borough Council

Murray Stewart

Trustee

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Murray is the Chair of the Endowment and Schools Committees, and is a member of the Finance Committee.
Mark Taylor

Trustee

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Mark is the Deputy Chair of Grants Committee and is a member of the Community and Governance Committees. He is also the Harpur Trust representative on the Bedford Giving Board.
Sarah Wheeler

School Committee Elected Trustee

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Sarah is Chair of Pilgrims’ Pre Prep School, and is a member of the Schools Committee.
Richard Wilson

Trustee

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Richard is Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Finance and Community Committees.