Committee

The Committee

The Court of Governors is responsible for convening the Annual Meeting of Life Guardians. At this meeting, the Life Guardians appoint a Committee of up to 12 members - which meets 4 or 5 times a year to perform the following duties:

- Assisting the Court to identify suitable candidates for election as Governors to the Court.

- Providing Trustees to the McClure Memorial Trust and approving payments to the Trust.

- Encourage Old Millhillians to become Life Guardians

- Maintain active channels of communication with the Court, the Old Millhillians Club, the CEO & the Director of the Foundation Appeal

- Reporting periodically to Life Guardians on relevant matters

Julian Pollock,
Chairman

BIO: Belmont 1983-88, Mill Hill 1983-88 (music and academic scholar). Captain of 1st XV and 1988 World Rugby Tour. Hatfield College Durham University 1989-92. OMRFC 1986-2004 (played for every team from the Colts to the OOMs). Director of Clubland Investments. Commercial real estate partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. Married with 2 children including a son at Belmont.

Ian Lowden,
Deputy Chair

Responsibilities: Governor Recruitment/ Skills Audit, Website

BIO: Mill Hill 1972-77. Married, 2 children. After completing Business Studies degree worked in various sales & marketing roles for Rank Xerox & other pan-european companies. Managing Director of Ernest Thomas (Hendon) Ltd / ADP Supplies Ltd & CEO of Anything Left-Handed Ltd

Anthony Ward,
Treasurer

Responsibilities: Treasurer, Membership administration

BIO: Mill Hill 1982-87. Read law at Oxford. Chartered Accountant. Managing Director Grunwick Group 1994 - 2011. Commercial Property Landlord. Former Captain OMGS. Married with three children who all attended the Mill Hill School Foundation

Joanna Potter,

Responsibilities: Recruitment

Ciera Radia

Responsibilities: Fundraising

BIO: Mill Hill, Weymouth House 2010-2012. Mathematics and Economics University of Essex 2012-2015 (2.1 Honours).
Six years experience in Asset Management; current role: Junior FI Portfolio Manager at Legal and General Investment Management. YOMS Ambassador.

Myles Jacobson

Responsibilities: Fundraising

BIO: Belmont 1981-1986 and Mill Hill 1986-1991. Played rugby for OMRFC in the 1990s. A licensed insolvency practitioner, with 30+ years experience of insolvency, restructuring & business recovery. An active member of R3, the industry's trade body - sitting on a number of their committees including one for the Insolvency Practitioners Association, a licensing body for insolvency practitioners. Myles is a trustee of a charity and an avid Spurs supporter!

Roger Higginson

Responsibilities: Member Recruitment

BIO: Mill Hill School, Murray House, 1965 – 1970. Career civil servant focused mainly on EU and wider international policy and representational work in multilateral organisations, with an emphasis on the communications and cultural sectors. Also secretary to the policy committee dealing with university funding programmes in the former Office for Science & Technology. Ph.D. from Sussex University in 2021 on the history of the British Mandate in Palestine. Currently a Research Associate at Sussex University on the modern history of Iran, Russia, and Turkey and UK Government policy towards them.

Gordon Mizner

Old Millhillians Club Representative (non voting member)

BIO – Mill Hill 1965 - 1969, Murray House. Read Aeronautical engineering at Queen Mary London followed by a PhD. Shell International 1976 – 2005 including two stints overseas, then Global VP Commercial fuels and Bitumen. 2005 – 2017 CEO Engineering Development Trust. OMs Rugby 1970 – 1976; OMC Engineering dinner organiser 2010 – 2023; OMC President 2019 – 2021; OMC Chair 2024 – present. Married with 2 sons and 3 grandsons.

Mitesh Vekaria

Responsibilities: Member Recruitment

BIO: Mill Hill 1990 - 1993. A Chartered Surveyor, Mitesh has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector and is the MD of Vascroft Contractors Ltd. Mitesh is a member of the Young Presidents Organisation, a Trustee of the Vascroft Foundation and Patron of DAWN, a charity which helps victims of domestic violence and abuse. He has previously served as a Governor for 2 Schools in Harrow.

Ronald Pole

Responsibilities: Member Recruitment

BIO: Mill Hill 1961-66. Boxing Hon. Sec. After school continued with piano lessons and learned guitar. Studied photography and worked with Kodak in Europe. Later taught guitar at University in India; my mother's family and I were born and had lived in the subcontinent. Did TESOL and taught English. Worked for MIND and have been assisting at a Hospital, winning Harrow Carer of The Year award for 2024. Sing for our choir and provide audio aids.

TBC, Clerk to the Life Governors

Responsibilities: Ensuring the smooth running of the committee !