Seth Bolderow to lead Education at Wild Search

Seth Bolderow to lead Education at Wild Search

Education executive search and advisory business Wild Search is delighted to announce the appointment of Seth Bolderow as Director and Head of Education with effect from 1 March 2022.


Seth graduated from Exeter University and completed his Master’s at Oxford University before embarking on a varied teaching career that has seen him work in both day and boarding, single-sex and co-educational schools in the UK and overseas. He was a member of senior leadership teams for half of his 20+ year career in teaching and was instrumental in setting up two brand new schools, in Hong Kong as the first Deputy Head of Harrow International School and then as the first full-time Headmaster of Wetherby Senior School, part of the Alpha Plus Group.

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Wild Search’s 31st report, which addresses governance in charities and education, now available

Wild Search were delighted to welcome a wide range of guests to the Prince’s Teaching Institute in London to launch our 31st report which addresses governance in charities and education. The report, published in memory of James Croft (1973-2021), includes contributions from a broad range of experienced board members, chairs and chief executives. Edward Wild chaired a discussion with three of the report’s contributors, RSPCA Chief Executive Chris Sherwood, Maritime Trust Chair Tiffany Beck and board adviser and mentor Tesse Akpeki. Educational and charity leaders were joined by advisers from both sectors. The report is available to download without charge here.

Forthcoming Wild Search report to address governance in the charity and education sectors

Our 31st report will address the critical issue of governance within charities and education and will include contributions from Chris Sherwood, Chief Executive, RSPCA; Khaleel Desai, Director of Governance, Mencap; Liz Francis, Director of Governance and Education, Alpha Plus Group and Lord Clement Jones, Chair of Council, Queen Mary University of London. It will be launched on 23rd November and copies will be available to download from our website.

The report will be published in partnership with Whitebeam Strategy and in memory of James Croft (1973-2021)

To express interest in learning more about this report please email research@wildsearch.org

Six Board Appointments for the Mencap Trust Company

We are delighted to announce that Margaret Adeonojobi, David Harvey, Denise Padayachy, Coral Romain, Julian Spurling and Haley Tam have been appointed to the board of the Mencap Trust Company following an extensive search by Wild Search.

The Mencap Trust Company (MTC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the charity Mencap. It manages c270 individual trusts with a combined value of £25 million today. Its annual turnover is c£450,000.

The money managed on trust embodies the wishes of families to support the long-term welfare and happiness of a family member with a learning disability.