Development Board Members

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Development Board Members

Somerville’s Development Board is a group of committed and dedicated volunteers who have worked closely with the College over a number of years to help the College to seek additional support and who advise on key strategic issues concerning future funding. The Board have led by example and all members have supported the Campaign substantially in terms of their time and personal gifts. 

Clara Freeman OBE - Chairman of the Development Board, 1971 - Former Executive Director of Stores and Personnel, Marks & Spencer and Deputy Chairman of the University of the Arts, London, Honorary Fellow

Hilary Newiss - Deputy Chairman, 1974 - Lawyer, former Head of Intellectual Property, Denton Hall

Tom Bolt - Franchise Performance Director, Lloyds Bank

Sam Gyimah, 1995 - Managing Director, Workology, MP for Surrey East

Lynn Haight, 1966 - Foresters, Chief Operating Officer (Toronto, Canada)

Niels Kroner, 1996 - Barclays Capital Professor of Applied Finance (European University at St. Petersburg) and Chairman, AEE Renewables plc

Nicola Ralston, 1974 - Director and Co-Founder, PiRho Investment Consulting, Non-Executive Director, Honorary Fellow

Jane Sender, 1974 - Founder & President, Sender Legal Search (Boston, USA)

Sybella Stanley, 1979 - Reed Elsevier group Ltd., Director of Corporate Finance

Sian Thomas Marshall, 1989 - Former Brand Manager, Proctor & Gamble and Account Director, Saatchi & Saatchi

Alice Prochaska, - Principal, Somerville College

Honorary Development Board Members

Harriet Maunsell OBE- 1962, Former Chairman of the Development Board, - Retired Lawyer; Former Non-Executive Director, Serious Fraud Office; Honorary Fellow

Doreen Boyce, 1953 - Former President of The Buhl Foundation; Former Chair, Franklin and Marshall College Board of Trustees; Honorary Fellow (USA)

Margaret Kenyon, 1959 - Former Headmistress, Withington Girls' School, Manchester, Honorary Fellow

Nadine Majaro, 1975 - Chartered Accountant; former Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers and member of the CAF Venturesome Investment Committee

Alison Palmer, 1969 - Active committee member for several not for profit organisations (USA)

Roger Pilgrim, - Chartered Accountant; Partner, Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP