Governors

Julie is Managing Director of Chichester College Group (CCG) – overseeing a portfolio of commercial businesses including an Examination Board, chain of childcare nurseries and international education. She also leads on employer engagement, apprenticeships, sales/marketing and public affairs. CCG has campuses in Chichester, Crawley, Horsham and Brinsbury and supports around 30,000 learners each year. She is a Board Member of the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership, Gatwick Diamond Business and the Institute of Economic Development; she also chairs the Chichester Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Julie has a background in consumer marketing and PR working for clients including Scottish Courage and Procter & Gamble. She was Director of Business Programmes at the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), managing a portfolio of contracts including Business Link and Finance South East. She also worked on the London 2012 Olympics, overseeing a major legacy programme to encourage volunteering and community engagement in sport.

Julie lives in Surrey with her husband and two young children.

Anthony Merrett is the Deputy Director of Admissions at Brighton College. Anthony, was educated at Christ College Brecon in Wales and read Physics at Imperial College London. After completing a year of work at Bede’s Prep School he took his PGCE at Brighton University before embarking upon his first teaching post at Brighton College. Whilst here, he has also been a Housemaster and Deputy Head of Lower School.

He is a keen climber and swimmer and lives in Brighton with his wife and two children.

Andrea and her husband were part of the Pennthorpe parent community for a combined total of 13 years –from 2004-2017 as their 2 sons progressed through Pennthorpe from Honey Pot to the end of year 8.

Andrea works for Pfizer, one of the World’s premier pharmaceutical companies. An experienced Commercial Director, Andrea brings to the Governor group a depth and breadth of commercial business experience, a strong strategic business focus and proven commercial track record gained through extensive business and people leadership from almost 20 years at Pfizer UK.

Emma’s association with Pennthorpe began in 2005 when the first of her 2 children started the Pennthorpe journey in Reception and continued until 2019 when her second child left in year 8.

During that time the family played an active part in school life including holding key roles in the Friends of Pennthorpe (FOP) committee.

Emma is an experienced Commercial director, who has worked in Financial services for over 20 years, specialising in Operations, change, transformation and risk management.

Lloyd Dannatt is Deputy Head – Academic at Hurst College. He was educated at Bancroft’s School and went on to complete a Masters Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London. Lloyd started he teaching career at Caterham School as a Physics Teacher before becoming Head of Physics, he also ran the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Caterham School. In 2012 Lloyd moved to Hurst as Head of Science, becoming Director of Studies in 2014 and moved into his current role in 2015. Lloyd lives in West Sussex with his wife and 4 children.

Jon read Engineering at Christ’s College, Cambridge and has had a broad and varied career. Beginning with Andersen Consulting, via running small businesses in both UK and Chile, to senior leadership positions with Pfizer and more recently as Director of Commercial Operations (Northern Europe) for Zoetis, the world’s largest animal health company.

He now provides business advice, mentoring and non-executive services from his home in West Sussex, where he lives with his wife and 2 young boys who attend Pennthorpe.

In his spare time, Jon enjoys DIY, rugby, golf, mountain biking and Lego.