The Future Foundation Visionaries
Our Patron
John Lloyd CBE
The Future Foundation brings together a wide selection of world-leading pioneers, experts and visionaries from a number of different fields to bring the best thinking and feeling to the challenge of articulating new possibilities for the world of education.
The Future Foundation Founders
Matthew Adshead
Thomas Fortes Mayer
Television and radio comedy producer and writer for Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spitting Image, Blackadder and QI, the latter of which has inspired him to think differently about how traditional educational models can be improved. Teachers across the world are using the vast amount of fascinating facts his research team have curated over the last two decades to make lessons more engaging and inspiring. He is also committed to creating documentaries and television shows that explore education and change the way we think about school, society and mental health in general.
Co-founder of the Future Foundation, Former Headmaster and still the proprietor of the renowned Old Vicarage independent prep school. Director of Education on Collegiate Board of Queen Ethelburga's College, Honorary Officer of The Independent Schools Association. (Vice-Chairman for 2017-2018; Chairman for 2018-2019, sitting on Independent Schools Council ISC Board) and Founder of the School Proprietors' Association.
"Educating people has always felt straightforward. You begin from a position of love, wanting the best outcome for every child. Help them to discover the best version of themselves. Teach them a decent set of values and nurture their character. Create an environment where they feel
safe in their own skin"
Co-founder of the Future Foundation, Author, Harley St therapist, international speaker and advocate for mental health, self-healing and trauma-informed education, creator of FreeMind the award-winning mental-health app and founder of the FreeMind Project emotional intelligence charity.
"Understanding the deeper psychological and emotional needs of each individual is essential for education to bring out truly brilliant, and beautiful characters. This is the best way to inspire the next generation to engage in life in productive and meaningful ways that offer them a chance of being truly happy whilst also building a social foundation for a much more beautiful world."
The Future Foundation Members
Linda Sanders
The founding headteacher at The Laurels School, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, founding trustee of the Association for Character Education in England. Having worked in education for over twenty years in South America, Spain and the UK Linda is a passionate advocate of character education and how to promote the flourishing and happiness of young women.The laurel school is a flagship for character education which looks at the integral development of the individual from the inside out with a particular emphasis on the cultivation of virtue and an aspiration for the good, the true and the beautiful in education.
Nadim Saad
Nadim is a parenting and relationship coach and the author of seven books including the highly acclaimed Kids Don’t Come With a Manual, Happy Confident Me Journal series and Raising Happy Confident Kids. He worked with renowned therapists and teachers, drawing from the latest research in child psychology and neuroscience to develop a programme that’s already changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and families.
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With a MBA from INSEAD and Masters in Management from European Business School EAP-ESCP, Nadim is also an investor and was the founding member of several startups/early-stage companies in the Education, Telecoms, Internet/Media and Retail sectors.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has"
Margaret Mead
Walé Adepoju
Investor, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Walé has a successful track record in creating transformative strategies and driving implementation through culture, process and technology. C-level experience in private and public companies in N. America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia, Board Director of private equity-owned business in the UK. Managed over 15 M&A in media, communications and manufacturing industries. Director of the Adepoju E. Charitable Foundation for over 15 years. A truly global operator with experience of living and working on 4 different continents. Walé understands that a change in education must also be met with a change in how businesses view and value alternative qualifications in their assessment of their future workforce.
Rhia Pratsis
Therapist, holistic somatic practitioner and advocate for restoring the balance between masculine and feminine approaches to life. Having worked in the field of therapy, female empowerment, trauma healing, health, healing and confidence building for women of all ages Rhia is driven to change how young women are educated about their bodies, their role in society and the important role they have to play in bringing feminine wisdom to the challenges facing our modern world today.
Michelle Caterson
Phil Birchinall
Executive Headteacher at the award-winning Moon Hall school a specialist school for chilrden with dyslexia. Chair of Board at British Dyslexia Association. Member of APPG for Dyslexia. Passionate about delivering change for all children with SEN.
Senior Director of Immersive Content at Discovery Education which is a world-leading organisation for online training, virtual reality and augmented reality. Phil is all about making engaging content that keeps the attention in a world of over-stimulation, bombardment and sensory overload. He is passionate about the role that new technology can play in revolutionising the learning experience and making the very best teaching available for all children across the world in accessible and affordable ways.
"How can we bring back virtue, character development and ethics and make that a central part of education? How do we inspire extraordinary citizenship?" "
Linda Sanders
Irfan Latif
Headmaster of the award-winning central London DLD college. He has been the vision holder for a complete transformation of the DLD and is now seen as a leading visionary in what is possible for modern educational practices, extraordinary boarding schools and inner city locations. He has also an active role in boarding and has been the Vice Chair of the Boarding Schools’ Association, Chair of the State Boarding Forum and also sat on the Board of Education at the Diocese of Bath & Wells.
Tom Rogerson
Headmaster at the award-winning Cottesmore academic boarding prep school. He has been working in the independent school sector for 31 years. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he is passionate about preserving many aspects of the traditional educational culture whilst also combining that with the very latest technology to give children the best preparation for what the world is fast becoming. He has a particular interest in the role that AI has to play and hosts a variety of AI conferences at Cottesmore.