J Withers Green
S P D Hardy
C D L Hogbin, C J W Madge, F W Neate, Sir Alexander Graham GBE DCL, R C Cunis, Professor the Rt Hon the Lord McColl of Dulwich, The Rt Hon the Lord Baker of Dorking CH, J M Dennis, J H M East, Sir Nigel Thompson KCMG CBE, R J Smith, B M Jones, The Rt Hon the Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Professor D S H Abulafia CBE, T M Adeyoola, Rt Revd R W B Atkinson OBE, Professor M D Bailey, P R A Baker, R S Baldock, S C H Bishop, J R Blair CBE, N St J Brooks, R D Burton, W M A Carroll, Professor P A Cartledge, M A Colato, R K Compton, T J D Cunis, A C Day, S J Dennis MBE, Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO, CBE, C G Duckworth, A R Duncan, J A H Ellis, R A Engel, D H P Etherton, The Rt Hon the Lord Etherton of Marylebone PC, Sir Brian Fall GCVO KCMG, N J Fitch, Sir Simon Fraser CMG, KCMG, GCMG, B R Girvan, The Rt Hon the Lord Godson of Thorney Island, T J R Goode, D J Gordon-Smith, M S Gould CMG MBE, The Rt Hon the Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham, Professor F D M Haldane, H A Hampson, S R Harding, S P D Hardy, R J G Holman, J A Howard, S A Hyman, S D Kerrigan, P J King, R M Kinnear, T G Knight, J W S Lyons, I C MacDougall, G C Matthews, Professor C P Mayer CBE, R G McIntosh, A R M McLean CLH, M H Modiano, J D Morgan, A K Nigam, N H Norgren, The Rt Hon George Osborne, Sir Mene Pangalos FRS, T B Peters, D M Porteus, R M Rayner, The Rt Hon the Lord Razzall of Mortlake CBE, J A Reed CBE, The Rt Hon the Lord Renwick of Clifton KCMG, Sir Bernard Rix, B M Roberts, J M Robertson, J E Rolfe, Professor S J Russell OBE , M K Seigel, J Sherjan, J C F Simpson CBE, D R Snow MBE, S Strauss, A G Summers, R Summers, R Ticciati OBE, The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE, VR, Sir Mark Walport FRS, Professor the Lord Winston of Hammersmith
Jeremy Withers Green (President and Chairman of the Committee)
Jeremy Withers Green (1975-80) read history at Magdalene College, Cambridge before starting work in finance. After 27 years in the City, he left J.P. Morgan Cazenove and began working as a volunteer and trustee in the charitable sector at The Haller Foundation, The 999 Club and Friends of the Elderly. In 2016 he joined the OPC Executive Committee and has worked as Communications and Engagement Director and Editor of Atrium. In June 2023, he started his two years as President.
Simon Hardy (Deputy President)
Simon ‘Chip’ Hardy left St Paul’s in 1979, having started at Colet Court 10 years earlier, and read French and German at Oxford. For the next 25 years he worked at Nestlé in brand marketing and business strategy in the UK, USA and Switzerland. In 2010 he founded his own wine business in Switzerland, Fitting Wines, having gained the WSET Diploma in Wines & Spirits. Back in London since 2019, he now organises Swiss Wine Week London and is the co-founder of Alpina Vina, a new transnational guide to Alpine wine regions. He is the Regional Ambassador for Switzerland at The Old Vine Conference and a judge at the International Wine Challenge. He played OP rugby for several years in the last century, has been a director of Colets Health & Fitness Club, as well as Chairman of the Old Pauline Trust, and is currently an Apprentice Master at the Guild of Mercers’ Scholars.
Tom Arnold (Secretary)
Tom studied War Studies at KCL from 2012-15, and then decided he had not yet had enough and did another year as an MA in the History of War, focussing on naval and maritime history. Since 2018, he has been working as a Finance Officer at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. In his spare time, he volunteers on HMS Belfast (mostly hitting things with a hammer and/or painting them grey) and also enjoys going for long walks in the countryside away from anything, or anyone.
Nick Brooks (Treasurer)
Nick Brooks (1966-1970) qualified as a Chartered Accountant and practiced in the City for over 40 years. On retirement, he started writing and, in January 2025 published his third novel. He played rugby and cricket for the OPC. He is a Vice-President of the Club and has been Treasurer for the last 10 years. He is also Treasurer of the Old Pauline Trust Limited. As a father of an Old Pauline and grandfather of a current Pauline, his association with the St Paul’s runs into seven decades.
Kut Akdogan (US)
Kut Akdogan (2001-06) runs Gaussian, a technology and services holding company. The companies he’s founded and led in the past have spanned medtech (Hero Health), fintech (Visor), and worktech (Sapeum Strategy). Over the course of investing (Newton Three) and running incubators (Brainchild and Newton Three), he has advised companies across domains like healthcare, robotics, SaaS, and industrials. Previously, he was a consultant at Bain and a theoretical aerospace engineer. He grew up in London and attended St Paul’s before attending Princeton University. He is the US Representative on the OPC Exec Committee and President of the Colet Foundation in the US, with a mission to grow and enrich OP connectivity across the country.
Jaipal Chawla (30s Decade)
After leaving St Paul’s, Jaipal read Maths at university and has since been working in investment banking. He looks forward to engaging OPs in their 30s through our professional networking and social events.
James Grant (Sport and AROPS)
James works at St Paul’s School as Associate Director St Paul’s Community, and is responsible for Alumni Relations. He serves on the Executive Committee as Sports Director and is also Chair of the Old Pauline Cricket Club and Hon. Secretary of the Old Pauline Golfing Society. His previous career included working in commercial events and various senior fundraising roles for a national military charity.
Sam Hyman (Co-Opted, Surveyor)
Sam has been proprietor of Hyman Developments, a family-run residential developer in the Cotswolds, since 2009. He is a chartered surveyor, having qualified at Donaldsons/DTZ where he specialised in retail development, compulsory purchase and regeneration. He is also the proprietor of Hyman Estates Limited which provides Energy Inspections including commercial and domestic energy performance assessments. Sam is also Managing Director of VinoVeritas Asia Limited, a Hong Kong based wine company specialising in the wholesale of Italian wine to the trade and private markets. Sam is a founding Board Member of the company and holds a Level 3 (advanced) WSET qualification.
Dave Methuen (40s Decade)
Dave is a Senior Director at CBRE, valuing commercial property in Central London. Amongst the clients is The Mercers’ Company property portfolio. He has played cricket for OPCC since he left the school and been on tours with the club to Barbados and Sri Lanka. He played rugby for the OPFC until it started to hurt too much. He attends the OPC/SPS Real Estate networking events and was previously a director of The Old Pauline Trust.
Elizabeth Monro-Davies (Parent)
Lizzie trained as a solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after obtaining a degree from Cambridge University in Law. Following a career break, Elizabeth returned to corporate law at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Elizabeth lives in Barnes and has four sons – three Old Paulines and one current Pauline.
Nog Norgren (50s Decade, Legal)
Nathaniel “Nog” Norgren is a senior lawyer with nearly 30 years’ experience in multi-jurisdictional asset and project finance, the investment funds industry, growth finance and general corporate work. He currently runs his own practice, Norgren Legal, which was established in July 2011 and focuses on providing legal support to early-stage technology companies and the entities that finance them. After leaving St Paul’s in July 1986, Nog went on to study Archaeology at Southampton University from 1987-1990. Following a year working as a paralegal at Freshfields, he enrolled at The College of Law in York (1991-1993) and then returned to Freshfields where he worked until July 2004 before moving in-house to Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. He remained at Merrill Lynch until becoming General Counsel for the ETV Capital group of companies (providing debt financing to early-stage technology companies) where he stayed until establishing Norgren Legal.
Ali Palmer (Governor)
Ali started her career in investment banking after gaining a degree in Business Management. She is now a Partner at Savannah Group, leading the Commercial Function for C-suite hires, with a particular focus in Technology, Consumer and Retail. Ali is an Old Paulina and, for many years was Chair of the Old Girls’ Association. She is a Freeman of the City of London. In 2021, she became a Trustee for the InsideOut Leaderboard, a charity which aims to smash the stigma of mental health within the workplace. A keen sportswoman, Ali is an avid middle-distance runner in her spare time.
Rishi Patel-Warr (20s Decade)
Ellie Sleeman (SPS Development)
Ellie is a specialist in fundraising, community engagement, marketing and crisis management. Since graduating from UCL she has worked for PR agency Paragon Communications, The Princes Trust, Breast Cancer Care, the Roundhouse and Wellington College prior to taking up her current role at St Paul’s School. In each of these organisations she has been responsible for building profile, strengthening communities and raising substantial funds. Since 2017, Ellie has been Director of Development and Engagement at St Paul’s School (Strategic Director since 2024), where she has modernised the development offer and alumni relations programme. She has also led on the creation and successful delivery of a five-year, £20 million campaign predominantly focussed on bursaries and partnerships. She leads a quite brilliant team of twelve who look after all marketing, events, community engagement, alumni relations and fundraising for the school and works closely with the High Master on the Senior Leadership Team.
Simon Strauss (Overseas)
Simon Strauss is a renewable energy financier, President of the Hudson Valley-based non-profit Mid-Hudson Energy Transition, CFO of Hellenic, a large-scale water desalination company, co-founder and Board member of the Colet Foundation to support bursaries to gifted students at St Paul’s, a member of the Town of Olive’s Conservation Advisory Council and a member of the Ulster County Environmental Management Council. After St Paul’s, Simon attended the University of Edinburgh from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in business and engineering. Simon is a Chartered Accountant and a CPA. He enjoys racing and cruising all types of sailing boats, skiing and hiking.
Nick Troen (SPS Staff)
Nick Troen is not only the Staff Rep but also an OP (1998-2003). His role involves acting as a liaison between the OPC and staff body, as well as developing the School’s entrepreneurial initiatives with alumni through the Ester incubator programme and the Capital Angel Network.
Sam Cook (20s Decade)
Sam is a commercial pilot flying for British Airways, having previously worked in schools including St Paul’s for over five years as a rowing coach, but also in various roles across the School. Sam lives with his husband in Putney, London. For four years he was OPC Secretary and recently became a 20s Decade representative.
Neil Wates (Communication & Engagement)
Neil Wates (1999-2004) worked in the property sector for 15 years before training as a Psychodynamic Therapist and Counsellor. He is a trustee of a UK based charitable trust and an NGO committed to the alleviation of social violence in East Africa. He also founded Friendship Adventure; a craft brewery based in Brixton, as well as running a monthly comedy club for 10 years. Neil is on the OPC Executive Committee.
Jeremy Withers Green (Chairman)
Simon Hardy, Brian Jones, Peter King
James Grant (Chairman)
Ross Compton, Rob Rayner, Jehan Sherjan, Nick Troen, Jack Turner
Jeremy Withers Green (President and Chairman of the Committee)
Simon Hardy (Deputy President), Tom Arnold (Secretary), Nick Brooks (Treasurer), James Grant
Neil Wates (Chairman)
James Grant, Jeremy Withers Green
Simon Hardy (Chairman)
Nick Brooks, Richard Holman, Sam Hyman, Brian Jones, Ian Turley, Jeremy Withers Green
John East (Chairman)
David Abulafia, Peter Baker, Simon Bishop, Jon Blair, Paul Cartledge, Mike Colato, Ross Compton, Richard Cunis, Tim Cunis, Alan Day, John Dennis, John Ellis, Robert Engel, Brian Fall, Dean Godson, Mike Graham, Stephen Greenhalgh, Harry Hampson, Richard Holman, Brian Jones, Peter King, Charles Madge, Alan McLean, Jon Morgan, Francis Neate, Rob Rayner, Tim Razzall, Bernard Rix, James Rolfe, Mike Seigel, Jehan Sherjan, Nigel Thompson, Ed Vaizey
Kelly Strickland
Kreston Reeves LLP
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