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Staff @ Ilford Campus

Helen Pickering

Name

Helen Pickering

Position

Chair of the Audit, Risk Management and Remuneration Committee

Email

h.pickering@nelsoncollege.ac.uk


Helen Pickering, with over 30 years of distinguished service in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has an extensive background in international relations, organisational culture improvement, and operational management.

Her overseas assignments included roles as Deputy Ambassador where she played a key role in fostering and maintaining diplomatic relationships with numerous European countries.

She has also served as a school governor for over eight years, supporting two primary schools in areas with high deprivation indexes.


Role: Chair of the Audit, Risk Management and Renumeration Committee


Main Employment: Retired Civil Servant  


Conflict of Interest: Governor of Flora Gardens Primary School, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Chair of the Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee, Governor of Miles Coverdale Primary School, Hammersmith and Fulham, Trustee of West London Welcome.


Immediate* family connections in NCL: None


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