Chris was happily volunteered for the Chair role in 2012, by his son’s housemaster at Rugby School. He chairs the Board and the Remuneration Committee and serves Health & Safety and F&GP Committees. With a desire to meld the most endearing traditions with best practice and forward thinking, Chris is focused on leadership, governance and supporting the Lockers Park management team.
Married to Valerie with a son and daughter who took the private education route including boarding, he has a life-long interest in education, training and development.
Chris owns a manufacturing engineering business where his passion for design and innovation, solving problems and management have driven him completely mad – at times. Prior to this, during his corporate years in construction, manufacturing, the motor industry, capital goods and service businesses, his career took him beyond the UK into Japan, Middle East, Europe and the US with board positions for 40 years in sales, marketing, operations, finance and general management.
A first degree in Civil Engineering included lateral thinking as a core subject, his second degree, an MBA, included core subjects of entrepreneurship, strategy and analysis. He is a change merchant and makes no secret of continuously improving whatever he takes on.
He is a UK British Standards Industry expert and chairs one of its committees, is a member of several additional committees and in addition, with an active involvement in ESG.
Doug is a Lockers Park Old Boy who attended the school in the early 1960s, during which time his favourite memories include developing a lifelong enthusiasm for art, learning to play squash which continued for a further 50 years and friendly birthday parties in the dining hall! He went on to Repton School and then graduated with degrees from UC Berkeley and Columbia.
In his early career, he occupied positions in marketing and sales with Bass Brewers, before transferring to educational development in the 1990s. He established the Milestones Campaign at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and then was appointed Director of the Harrow Development Trust in 1998. The vast sums he has raised for Harrow School have transformed the facilities and opportunities available to the pupils, not least in building funds for pupils whose backgrounds mean they face significant barriers to progress.
Doug served as a Lockers Park Governor from the early 2000s to 2019 contributing widely on a number of committees. He also supervised fundraising for Lockers Park, which led to the construction of the technology wing, improvements for boarders and facilities for all boys generally. He now serves in an advisory capacity as a Patron of the School.
Oliver joined the Lockers Park governing body in 2016. He chairs the Remuneration, Governance & Nominations Committee and also sits on the Education Committee. Oliver is the nominated safeguarding Governor.
His two sons both flourished as pupils at Lockers Park; they were provided a firm foundation for their senior school, Eton College. These days, his boys can no longer be convinced to accept “slate” (the small slate chips that are currency in the Lockers Park Shrubs at break time) instead of an allowance.
Oliver read Law and Politics at Nottingham University. Shortly after qualification in England, he moved to New Zealand where he worked for three years and also qualified as a lawyer. Oliver is a Partner with international law firm Fieldfisher LLP, specialising in finance transactions.
Kirsty gained a First Class degree in Sport at the University of Birmingham, where, as Captain, she lead the 1st Lacrosse Team to the final of the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championship. Kirsty trained as a Games and PE teacher, gaining a PGCE and a Masters of Education.
She began her teaching career at Wycombe Abbey School, where she was recognised as Coach of the Year in 2015, following her team’s winning success at the U19 1st Team National Lacrosse Championships. Her love of the sport saw her play Lacrosse for England U21 and Senior England, and coach at junior county, regional and England level.
In 2016 Kirsty was appointed at St Albans High School as the Director of Sport and in 2020 was promoted to Assistant Head.
Kirsty regularly volunteers for the homelessness charity Shelter, and is a keen traveller.
Alastair Land, Head Master, Harrow School, attended Manchester Grammar School where he was School Vice-Captain. He first came to understand the positive power of boarding in his gap year teaching at Budhanilkantha School north of Kathmandu. Alastair took a First in Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the College’s Student Union. After completing his PGCE at Cambridge, he began his career at Eton as a teacher of Biology. There, he became a Deputy House Master and held several extra-curricular responsibilities, including command of the CCF. Alastair then spent nine years at Winchester College, where he was Master in College and a member of the Senior Management Team. In 2012, Alastair was appointed Deputy Head Master of Harrow, moving almost four years later to Repton as Headmaster. He returned to Harrow as Head Master in April 2019. He has retained his interests in outdoor activity and is Contingent Commander of the Harrow Rifle Corps. He remains committed to scholarship, teaching Electives (Human Evolution and Consciousness) and giving super-curricular talks.
Alastair is focused on strategic development of boys’ boarding in the 21st century and in developing access for boys of all backgrounds and integrated with local partners. He is a governor at The Beacon, Orley Farm School, Dulwich Prep and Senior schools (and a regular prep school visitor) and a member of Park High School and has acted as an independent reviewer in the appraisal process of senior-school headteachers. He served twice as Chair for HMC London Division and has been a Trustee of both the Zoological Society and the Linnean Society. He is currently on the Council of the Royal Society of Biology and The Heads and Principals Advisory Board of IE University.
Simon studied Fine Art at Kingston University, after which he pursued his interest in combining art practice with teaching at Christ’s Hospital, Sussex, where he also coached a number of sports, gaining a UEFA B licence in soccer and a Level 3 cricket certification. Simon joined Harrow as Director of Art in 2009, also coaching the 1st XI soccer team and accompanying tours to Sweden, Hong Kong, New York and Dallas. Simon became House Master of Rendalls in 2012 and led the House for 11 years before his appointment as Director of Pastoral Care. Pastoral care is at the core of everything we do. Our 12 boarding Houses are home to the boys during term time and our aim is for each House to have the qualities of a nurturing family home. As Director of Pastoral Care, Simon is responsible for all aspects of boarding life in the School, including the work of the House Masters, Assistant House Masters and Matrons, as well as the Medical Centre. He chairs the Pastoral Advisory Committee, which sets the strategy for pastoral care, and is a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and a member of the Pastoral Support Committee. Simon also works closely with the Bursar to assess and co-ordinate the maintenance and upgrading of the Houses.
Judith Murray KC, a current Harrow parent, read Jurisprudence at Oxford University and is now a barrister with over 30 years’ experience specialising in Family Law. Her practice has included public and private Children Law, as well as financial work. In addition to appearing on behalf of private individuals, Judith has represented local authorities and separately represented children, and she is fully conversant in safeguarding issues and procedures.
David is Chief Financial and Commercial Officer of John Lyon’s Foundation, comprising Harrow School, John Lyon’s School and John Lyon’s Charity. He joined in 2023 from the BBC where he was Group Corporate Finance Director.
He began his career with Price Waterhouse in public sector finance in 1992 and subsequently was a management consultant with Logica. He qualified as an accountant with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. From 1998, he was an investment banker with UBS, advising FTSE100 companies, private equity funds and governments on mergers and acquisitions and equity offerings in the UK and across Europe, and was an independent corporate financier advising media companies. Subsequently, in 2012, he joined the Shareholder Executive (now UK Government Investments) as a senior civil servant where he was responsible for a number of relationships between the UK Government and public bodies.
He has held board positions with a number of public bodies, companies and more recently in the university sector and in the NHS
David graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Modern History and from London Business School with an MBA.
