Our Governors
This page contains information about the South Thames College Governors and links to the College's Governance documents.
If you are interested in becoming a Governor at the College, please contact Natalie Lynch. All enquiries for Governors should be directed to:
Natalie Lynch, Clerk to the Corporation
South Thames College, Wandsworth campus, Wandsworth High Street, SW18 2PP
Email: Natalie.lynch@south-thames.ac.uk
Telephone: 0208 918 7122
Governor - Principal & Chief Executive - Sue Rimmer OBE
Former Chair of the Association of Colleges (AoC) London Region and a London Development Agency (LDA) Board Observer.
Member of:
LSC External Advisory Group
The Women's Leadership Network Steering Group
Helena Kennedy Foundation Trustee
LSIS Council Member
Governor - Godfrey Allen
Chair of the Corporation of South Thames College
Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee
Chair of the Review Committee
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Search and Governance Committee
Chief Executive Officer of Apex Charitable Trust Ltd
Formerly, CEO Apex Trust, Government Task Force Leader for the Department of the Environment, MD OPP International Ltd, CEO Fullemploy Training Ltd, Race Equality Officer for Ealing Racial Equality Council and Chairman of South West London NHS Support Service Partnership Board. Currently a Non Executive Director of NHS Wandsworth, Director & Trustee of Saferworld, the Feltham CCP and a serving London Magistrate.
Godfrey Allen is currently serving as a Member of the AoC Regional Committee and the AoC Governors Council.
Governor - Professor Martyn Jones
Chair of the Quality and Performance Committee.
Martyn is currently the Pro-Vice Chancellor for External Relations at Kingston University, London. His academic interests are programme design, business strategy and HRM. He came to Kingston University from the University of Kent where he was the Director of the Business School. Prior to this he was the Head of the School of Management and Business at the University of Wales.
He is a member of the International Accreditation Advisory Board and the International Accreditation Management Board for the Association of MBAs. Academic appointments have been at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham and at Cranfield School of Management, where he was Director of the MBA. Prior to this he was a Colonel in the Army.
Governor - Daud Ilyas
Chair of the Audit Committee
Practising Barrister
Served as Counsel to several International and Commonwealth organisations on a range of matters and for the last 15 years has been a member of the Executive Committee of St Peters Society, a registered Charity.
Governor - Paul Robinson
Member of the Finance and Resources Committee
Director of Children's Services for Wandsworth Borough Council
Governor - Cllr James Maddan
Chair of the Search and Governance Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Ward Councillor
Trustee of London Neighbourhood Watch Association
Trustee of Putney & Wandsworth Crime Prevention Panel
Academic Staff Governor - Adedamola Aminu
Member of the Quality and Performance Committee
Adedamola Aminu is a lecturer in Business and Computing at South Thames College. Adedamola is also a local Councillor in Lambeth representing Tulse Hill ward, he is currently the Deputy Cabinet Member for Children and Young People for London Borough of Lambeth, a school governor and Trustee for a charitable organisation. Cllr Aminu currently sits on Joint Meeting of the Appointments, Overview and Scrutiny Committees, School Organisation Advisory Board for the London Borough of Lambeth and other outside bodies such as London Councils - Children and Young Peoples Forum, Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London. He holds bachelor honour degrees in Business Studies from London Southbank University, Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing, Masters Degree in Marketing from Greenwich University and Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE cantab).
Cllr Aminu has ten years teaching experience and has lectured at various FE Colleges and sixth forms. He also has taught across a broad range of disciplines notably the Business & IT, Marketing and Management.
External Co-opted Governor - Tim Morris
External Co-opted Member of the Audit Committee
Previously a full Corporation Member at South Thames College
Chartered Accountant and Partner at Liles Morris Chartered Accountants
Governor - Cllr Stuart Thom
Member of the Search and Governance Committee
Stuart is a graduate of Edinburgh University and Manchester Business School. He has spent his life in international business, working in Africa, and subsequently joined the Foreign Office where as First Secretary (Commercial) at the British Embassy in Moscow he assisted British exporters promote their products to Russia. He then joined Ernst & Young, the consultants and accountants, to set up their office in Moscow. As Business Development Director he advised clients on how to do business in Russia and Central Asia. He is currently a Wandsworth Councillor for Fairfield Ward, which includes the the South Thames College Wandsworth Campus.
Governor - Andrew Brown
Member of the Finance and Resources Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Andrew is currently COO of an investment management business, which he co-founded in 2010. In this role, Andrew has responsibility for finance, operations, IT and risk management. Before this, he worked in banking, in both strategic advisory and operational roles. Andrew started his career in a Corporate Strategy Consultancy after graduating from Cambridge with a Masters of Engineering.
Governor - Yvette Stanley
Member of the Quality and Performance Committee
Yvette has worked in Education and Children’s services since 1986. Having begun her career in the Inner London Education Authority and subsequntly holding senior education management posts in several authorities, she is now Director of Children Schools and Families for Merton.
Yvette has a passion and commitment for education and learning and for ensuring that young people have access to education and learning opportunities that support their personal development into adulthood as well as enabling them to participate actively in the social, economic and civic life of their communities.
Governor - Cllr Brenda Fraser
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Quality & Performance Committee
Brenda has worked in the NHS for twenty-seven years, holds various Nursing and Midwifery qualifications and has extensive knowledge and understanding of Health issues. A Lecturer in Further Education for fourteen years and an Associate Lecturer with The Open University, Brenda brings knowledge and understanding of the Education System to the post of Governor at South Thames College.
A Degree in Law and a Masters in Business Administration, Brenda's expertise supports her present role as member of the Audit Committee and Quality and Performance Committee at South Thames College. In addition, she is also a Magistrate at the Local Magistrate Court, a Local Councillor at South Thames affiliated Borough (Merton), and a Primary School Governor. Brenda is delighted to be a South Thames Governor and is passionate about the teaching and learning of young people.
Governor - Russell Pocock
Russell came through the FE system, completing his BTEC National Diploma at Tiverton College in Devon, which in turn led to attending and achieving at University.
Jobs at Glaxo Smith Kline and Brand learning followed. Russell is currently working at City & Guilds responsible for the marketing of global products and services, City & Guilds is an educational charity that reinvests its surplus back into vocational education. Russell is an Area Board member of the charity Young Enterprise.
Student Governor - Kareem Maizi
