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Sir Kevan Collins

Non-Executive Board Member, Department for Education
Kevan is a non-executive board member at the Department of Education and adviser on school standards to the Secretary of State. Starting as a primary school teacher, Kevan has served in a range of school, local and national leadership roles - he was appointed as England’s Education Recovery Commissioner, and was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). Between 2005 and 2011, Kevan was Chief Executive and Director of Children’s Services in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Kevan serves on UK based and international boards for a range of organisations working in the youth, education, and early learning sectors. Kevan completed his doctorate at Leeds University in 2001 and is a visiting professor at the University College London Institute of Education and holds honorary degrees from Durham, Lancaster, and Derby universities.