Nick Wakeling
Co-opted Governor
Term: from 09/07/2024
Governor Type: Co-opted
Role: Curriculum / Teaching, Learning and Achievement
Membership: Teaching, Learning and Achievement, Finance and Resources, Safeguarding and Inclusion
Relevant Business Interests: Alice's Arc (children's cancer charity) - Trustee
Nick has lived in the local area for over twenty years. He was previously director of finance at a community bank, non-executive director of a local housing non-profit and parent governor at Newington Green Primary School. He is currently trustee and treasurer of a charity funding research into improved treatments and a cure for children’s cancer.
Nick has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bristol and an MBA from the University of Navarra, IESE Business School in Barcelona. He is also qualified as a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Nick has over twenty years' experience in governance, strategic planning, law, finance and accounting, working in the UK, Australia, Spain, the USA and India.