Chris Hamilton Email

Chris Hamilton Work

• Investigations and Panel Governor @ Schools Alliance for Excellence (December 2025 - Present)
• Specialist Advisory Governor @ Schools Alliance for Excellence (December 2025 - Present)
• Library Committee Member @ Royal Entomological Society (October 2025 - Present)
• Fellow @ Royal Entomological Society (December 2024 - Present)
• Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation Education Working Group Member @ Freelance (October 2025 - Present)
• Community Governor @ Trumps Green Infant School (January 2025 - Present)
• Council Member and Trustee @ Amateur Entomologists’ Society (June 2024 - Present)
• Independent Review Panel Member @ Governance Connected Ltd (June 2024 - Present)
• School Exclusions Panel Member @ Governance Connected Ltd (September 2025 - Present)
• Special Schools Representative, Surrey Schools Forum @ Surrey County Council (February 2024 - Present)
• Chair of the Board of Trustees @ CARWARDEN HOUSE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (July 2022 - Present)
• Trustee @ CARWARDEN HOUSE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (January 2021 - Present)
• Visitor Experience and Education Services Volunteer @ Royal Horticultural Society (March 2023 - Present)
• Director @ Iris Academies Trust (March 2021 - Present)
• Independent Appeals Panel Member, Langley and SASH Academy Trusts @ Freelance (October 2021 - Present)
• Principal Consultant @ CJH Associates (July 2008 - Present)
• Founder and Chair @ Bagshot Matters: The Residents’ Association (July 2017 - Present)
• Community Governor @ Freemantles School (July 2026 - Present)
• Founder @ Chairs of Surrey Special Schools (September 2023 - September 2026)
• Chair of Governors ( and Local Authority Governor) @ Portesbery School (December 2021 - September 2026)
• Community Governor @ Portesbery School (November 2009 - July 2026)
• Peer Mentor @ Libraries Connected (April 2025 - September 2025)
• IT Volunteer @ AbilityNet (April 2022 - February 2025)
• IT Volunteer @ Surrey Coalition of Disabled People (January 2023 - December 2023)
• Volunteer @ Riding for the Disabled Association (February 2020 - February 2023)
• Volunteer: Helping children to read @ Bookmark Reading Charity (February 2022 - January 2023)
• Basingstoke Canal Society (volunteer lobbyist) @ Freelance (August 2021 - January 2023)
• The Ramblers Association (volunteer natural history walks leader) @ Freelance (October 2021 - December 2022)
• The Conservation Volunteers (events and walks volunteer) @ Freelance (August 2021 - December 2022)
• Royal Voluntary Service (NHS Community Responder) @ Freelance (May 2021 - February 2022)
• Community Governor @ High Close School (January 2021 - January 2022)
• Community Governor @ Wildridings Primary School (January 2021 - September 2021)
• Library Manager and Area Duty Manager @ Surrey County Council (January 2012 - June 2021)
• Interim Support: Web and Digital Services: Web Accessibility Project @ Surrey County Council (June 2020 - September 2020)
• Interim Support: Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership: Serious Case Reviews @ Surrey County Council (June 2020 - September 2020)
• Governor (Vice-Chair, then Chair of Governors 2015-2019) @ Portesbery Special School (November 2009 - July 2019)
• Vice Chair of Governors and Chair of Resources Committee @ Portesbery Special School (January 2009 - January 2015)
• Chair of Governors (Interim) @ Philip Southcote School (January 2016 - June 2016)
• Co-opted Governor (Interim) @ Philip Southcote School (November 2015 - June 2016)
• Chair, Property and Asset Management Committee @ Cherrywood Community School (January 2011 - January 2013)
• Interim: Learning Facilitator @ SAVI (Surrey Association for Visual Impairment) (January 2011 - January 2012)
• Interim: Project Manager @ Berkshire, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Museums (January 2010 - January 2011)
• Interim: County Director @ CPRE (Campaign for the Protection of Rural England) (January 2009 - January 2010)
• Corporate Head of Knowledge Development @ Wokingham Borough Council (January 2007 - March 2008)
• Corporate Head of Cultural Services and Development @ Wokingham Borough Council (January 2003 - January 2007)
• Head of Libraries and Lifelong Learning @ Wokingham Borough Council (January 2000 - January 2003)
• Libraries and Information Manager @ Wokingham Borough Council (January 1998 - January 2000)
• Interim: Head of Culture and Libraries @ London Borough of Hillingdon (January 2008 - January 2008)
• Libraries and Information Manager @ CAB International (January 1986 - January 1998)
• Librarian and Information Officer @ Commonwealth Institute of Entomology (January 1976 - January 1986)
• Professional Assistant @ BBC Monitoring (January 1974 - January 1976)
• Trainee Librarian @ Ealing Council (London Borough of Ealing) (September 1971 - September 1974)