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The British School of Amsterdam Supervisory Board **June 2011 - Draft Articles of Association for consultation purposes**
The school operates as a Foundation under the legal title Stichting
British School of Amsterdam. You can access its Articles of
Association, in Dutch and English languages, by clicking here The school is led and managed by a Supervisory Board and a Management Board. The Supervisory Board, Management Board and Parents Organisation work together for, and on behalf of the school
The current Board Members are as follows
John Cowie Chair John Cowie has been minister of English Reformed Church (ERC) since 1990. The ERC is an international English speaking congregation and is part of both the Protestant Church of the Netherlands and, despite the name, the Church of Scotland. (For more information see www.ercadam.nl.) He graduated from Edinburgh University, first with a BSc in Chemical Physics (1976) and then a BD in New Testament (1981). During his university period he also spent three years teaching science and music in Pakistan at a school for the children of missionaries working in Pakistan and surrounding countries. After a period as a minister in Scotland he has now worked for over 20 years among Amsterdam’s international community, in a congregation which contains over 40 nationalities and with people from many different backgrounds, as well as being involved in wider community groups such as the Rotary International, the British Legion and the Royal Air Forces Association. He is married to Gillian, who works part time as a music teacher and choir director at the BSA. They have three children, all of whom went through the Dutch educational system but are now back in the United Kingdom, variously as an advisor in the British Treasury, a primary school teacher and a music student. In November 2010 he agreed to join the Supervisory Board of the British School of Amsterdam as chairman, and is committed to supporting the school community, and helping to maintain and develop the quality education which the BSA offers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tati Freeke-Suwarganda Vice-Chair and current parent
Tati Freeke-Suwarganda (1974) was elected onto the Supervisory Board on 15 October 2009, after joining the BSA Finance Committee following the AGM on 3 July 2009. She currently has two children in the BSA, Victor in Year 1 and Yasmin in Nursery. She is also a full-time business director at SKOR Foundation for Art and Public Domain. Her professional background as a former strategic management consultant combines international experience in the field of merger & acquisitions with a financial understanding of business strategies. Her experience as board member of various renowned Dutch art institutions (De Appel arts centre, Cobra museum for modern art, De Nieuwe Kerk/Hermitage aan de Amstel amongst others) has enhanced her understanding of the not-for-profit field. She specialises in institutions, which have a financial reporting obligation towards the Dutch ministry for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) on the basis of multiple year grants. Building upon the organisational strength of the BSA, her aim is to establish: transparent financial procedures, goals and benchmarks standards for good governance high-quality management information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karin Collin Representative from Workers Council Karin Collin was elected onto the Supervisory Board in October 2009. She has been a principal for 6 years at a Dutch primary school in Hoorn. She has worked and lived in Amsterdam for over 20 years. She feels very passionate about the development of children and challenging them to develop to their fullest intellectual, social, emotional, and physical potential. She believes that children need to be guided towards success and fulfillment. In her mind, true success also includes the ability to love, have compassion and have the capability to feel joy and spread it to others. She hopes to be able to contribute to the children, teachers and management of the British School of Amsterdam by being part of their Supervisory Board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Monro UK Educational Advisor Hugh Monro studied Economics and History at Cambridge University before working in industry. Having then qualified as a teacher, he taught history, economics and politics at independent schools in England, the United States and Scotland, before becoming head of four independent schools in Nottinghamshire, Berkshire and Bristol. He became the founding principal of the first choir school in Britain to become an Academy. He has been a
governor of independent and state schools in different parts of the UK.
For ten years, he has been involved in the recruiting and appraising of
headteachers and inspecting schools. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Rust Current Parent I am a new parent organization elected member of the SB of the BSA elected in October 2010 for a two year term of office. I am British and have been married to Elaine for thirteen years. Our children Chloe and Samuel joined the school in September 2010, in years eight and five respectively and settled in brilliantly. We moved to Amsterdam in September 2010 from a small village near York in England. I was born and brought up in North London prior to gaining a degree in Geography from Durham University. I started my professional career in Sales with Mars and have worked for Heineken NV and its UK predecessors for the past twenty three years. I have considerable management and leadership experience, gained across a broad spectrum of roles and functions, including Sales, Marketing, Human Resources and Supplychain. I am currently based in the Heineken Corporate office in Amsterdam with commercial responsibility for draught beer in the Western European region. I have previous experience of English Schools governance, having been vice chair of Governors at a UK OFSTED rated ‘outstanding’ school for six years. I passionately believe in full and open engagement and communication between all the stakeholders within the school environment. I also have a deep desire to help the school succeed for the benefit of the whole school community including current and future children, staff and parents. Personally I am naturally interested in beer, good food and the
company which goes with the previous two. Anything and everything sporting,
plus being English means that I still manage to play cricket each summer and in
the winter I can be found sliding down mountains. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logan Smith Current Parent Logan Smith was elected onto the Supervisory Board in 2010, and
has children at the BSA. He and his family are American and he has worked
for several years in Amsterdam as the Head of European Acquisitions &
Dispositions for ProLogis, a global commercial real estate firm whose European
headquarters are in Amsterdam. His expertise and professional background
includes property investment and finance, private equity/capital markets, and
general management. These are skills which he hopes to be able to
contribute to the Supervisory Board and management of the BSA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLaren Independent Board Member
John McLaren is Corporate Director Communications at AkzoNobel, the world’s largest coatings company and a leader in specialty chemicals. A change agent, he has been responsible for communicating the massive transformation within AkzoNobel, including 27 billion euros worth of deals (divestment and acquisitions), and a complete rebranding of the company with a new global identity. Mr McLaren was previously Vice President of Corporate Communications at DSM, during which time the company won a number of awards, including prizes for Best Media Relations in the Netherlands and Best Annual Report. A recognised authority in promoting international brand image (having worked in London, Brussels, Washington D.C. and now Amsterdam) and developing effective global communications strategies, he has also worked as Director of Corporate Communications for News Network, the digital arm of News International. He has an honours degree in law from the
London School of Economics.
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