Suzie Hobart is Chair of the Knowledge Schools Trust Board of Directors, she was one of the original founders of the West London Free School and has served as a Director and Governor in various roles over the growth of the Trust.  

Suzie is a consultant and programme manager, focusing on transformation and technology programmes. 

Suzie is the mother of three teenage children. She was educated at an Independent Grammar School and went on                                                             to study Engineering at Oxford.

Cosmo Lush

Cosmo is one of the founders of the West London Free School and a Partner at executive search firm True Search. Before starting his career in executive search Cosmo spent 12 years in the media and telecom sectors in a range of commercial and strategy roles at EMI Music, Channel Four Television, Orange and 3 UK. Earlier in his career, Cosmo worked in the not-for-profit sector with a specialist media consultancy advising environmental and social justice organisations on their public advocacy campaigns.

Cosmo lives in Acton with his wife and three children.

Cosmo has a degree in Geography from the University of Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD

Kathryn Cooper

Kathryn is one of the founders of the West London Free School. In 2013 she established the governing bodies of the West London Free School Primary and in 2014, the Earl’s Court Free School Primary. She chaired both boards for three years. They were judged outstanding by Ofsted in June 2015 and June 2017 respectively. Her experience in governance began at her children’s primary school in Chiswick where she was the governor for Inclusion for four years. 

Kathryn was educated in the state sector at a rural comprehensive in the New Forest and then in London where she obtained a Business Studies degree, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Strategy from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Her experience of working with colleagues who have had better educational opportunities than she did, has driven her passion for an excellent education for all.   She is thoroughly committed to the ethos and vision of the schools in the Knowledge Schools Trust.

She is a governor of the West London Free School and a Trustee of the Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust.

In her professional life, she is a communications, change and stakeholder management specialist.

Jane Emmett

Fulham Prep was ranked 'Outstanding' by Ofsted during its most recent inspection in 2014. In the report, Jane's leadership of the school was singled out for praise: "The Principal knows the school extremely well and provides the senior leaders with clear direction and the right mix of support and challenge to inspire them to pursue excellence."

Jane is on the Trust's Curriculum Committee.

Laura is Head of Content Finance for BBC Television and has previously held similar roles in BBC Radio, BBC Online and Corporate Finance, after starting at the BBC in its Internal Audit department. She joined the BBC from Ernst and Young where she qualified as an ACA.

She studied Spanish and French at Cambridge and now lives in Kingston with her husband and two girls.

She has joined the WLFS because of a desire to contribute to education as her children reach school age and was drawn to its curriculum approach, in particular its music specialism.

Penny is a legal director in the employment group at international law firm Bird & Bird LLP. She has clients in a wide range of sectors including music, media, construction and information technology and advises them on the full range of employment issues such as restructuring exercises, sensitive disciplinary and grievance issues and litigation including complex discrimination cases. She also has a sizeable practice advising senior executives. Penny has previously worked at Baker & McKenzie, Clarkslegal (where she was seconded to a client for the duration of a major industrial relations dispute) and DAC Beachcroft. She is also on the training committee of the Employers Lawyers' Association.

Penny was state educated throughout and has a law degree. She was previously a governor of her son's nursery.

She lives in Notting Hill with her husband and two children. Penny is also a trustee of a charity which provides high quality vocational dance training to young dancers from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds.

Alex Conabeare is Chair of Governors for the three Knowledge Schools Trust London primary schools: West London Free School Primary, Earl's Court Free School Primary and Kensington Primary Academy. 

Alex grew up in London, attending an independent school centrally which gave him a broad and varied education. He studied Physiology and Pharmacology at university before developing a career in Marketing and Digital within Financial Services and Professional Services. A father of two, his daughter was a founding pupil at the Earl’s Court Free School and he believes that the principles set out for the schools are very important for the well rounded and confident development of our children.

 

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Ian was state educated before attending Bristol (BA), Warwick (MA) and Oxford (MSt) universities. He can be contacted on i.hunter@wlfs.org   

Anne Wickham - Chief Finance Officer

Mrs Wickham is a qualified accountant who, before she became the Business and Finance Manager of the West London Free School, was the Business Manager of Queen's CE Primary School and, before that, she was a Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

JOHN MCINTOSH CBE