John Thompson MBE
Independent Governor

About
John joined the Board of Governors in July 2022 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
Having spent 20 years in the National Audit Office, including a secondment to the team setting up the Employment Service, John moved to the South Coast and joined an office-products company, later becoming their Marketing and Purchasing Director. After the business was taken-over and re-located to the Midlands, John finished his career as Bursar at Dorset House School, finally retiring in 2009.
John has been involved in school governance for many years: as Chair of Governors of a secondary school, a governor of several primary schools and, currently, as a Lay Member of the West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership and the West Sussex Youth Justice Board. Â He was Lead Governor at Western Sussex Hospitals before the creation of University Hospitals Sussex. He also undertakes work for both Arun and Chichester District Councils.