Simon Goldhill

Chair of Trustees with 25+ years' board-level experience across arts, education and community charities. Known for enabling bold creative and executive leadership through proportionate, values-led governance that protects artistic integrity while strengthening resilience, accountability and sustainability. Experienced in leading organisations through transition (founder succession, governance recovery and board renewal)

Chair of Trustees - Highly Sprung Performance

(2025-01)

Physical theatre with children and young people in schools and community settings

• Chairs organisation through transition from founding trustees, maintaining continuity of artistic vision while renewing board leadership
• Built governance that supports creative risk-taking and experimentation, alongside accountability and resilience
• Strengthened board–leadership partnership enabling ambitious work with children and young people

Trustee / Chair - The Kids' Cookery School

(2003-01 - 2023-12)

Chaired charity reaching 100,000+ children: focus on disadvantaged children and those with additional needs

• Supported founder retirement while holding values and approach steady
• Guided planned, solvent wind-down prioritising impact and legacy

Trustee / Chair - The Constable Educational Trust

(1998-01 - 2019-12)

The Moat School: London's first secondary day school for dyslexic pupils.

• Took on Chair role during governance and financial crisis: restored confidence and stability
• Led mediation, leadership change and governance reset
• Oversaw recovery and sale of The Moat School, securing long-term future for the school and generating a sizeable endowment and charitable impact

Trustee / Chair - Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute (IARS)

(2019-01 - 2023-12)

Entrepreneurship-focused charity for young people in disadvantaged communities

• Recruited to manage founder/CEO succession and board reconstitution
• Supported strategic repositioning
• Stepped down once objectives achieved

Non-Executive Director - Portobello Business Centre - North Kensington

(2019-01 - 2023-12)

Enterprise agency supporting start-ups and small businesses in North Kensington.

• Board member in new cohort strengthening governance and senior leadership during change

Founder, Director & Group Compliance Officer - Metamorph Group

(2016-01 - 2022-12)

Founded regulated legal services consolidator

• Directed early expansion, then delegated operations to experienced managers
• Group board-level responsibility for compliance and regulator relationships

COO / Group Business Affairs Director - InterResolve Holdings Ltd

(2004-01 - 2011-12)

Co-founded and scaled mediation business (30+ staff): balanced innovation with operational and regulatory discipline

• Member of the Executive of the Claims Standards Council, contributing to sector-wide regulatory development through participation in the Regulatory Consultative Group with government and regulators

Commercial Litigation Solicitor and Partner - London City/West End

Prior career as a commercial litigation solicitor and partner in the London City/West End market

BA (Hons) - Politics, Philosophy & Economics - St John's College, Oxford