Crownstone College Group Business Plan — Management & Governance

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Management & Governance

Delivering a premium campus and a multi-year enrolment ramp demands deep educational, property-development, financial and operational leadership. Crownstone is led by an experienced board combining executive directors across education, finance and property with independent non-executive oversight.

Board of directors

Director

Role

Dr Michael Harrington

Chairman

Sarah Ndlovu

Chief Executive Officer

David Mensah

Finance Director

Catherine van der Merwe

Director of Education

Kingsley Mwale

Director of Property Development

Prof. Rebecca Williams

Independent Non-Executive Director

John Petersen

Independent Non-Executive Director

Governance framework

The board is supported by an audit-and-risk committee (financial controls, covenant compliance, enrolment and liquidity risk), an education committee (academic quality, curriculum and outcomes), and a social-and-ethics committee (B-BBEE, ESG, safeguarding and community impact). This framework covers the reporting and covenant obligations attached to the development-finance and bank facilities, and the safeguarding and regulatory obligations specific to operating a school and boarding establishment.

Committee

Mandate

Cadence

Board

Strategy, capital, appointments, performance

Quarterly

Audit & risk

Controls, covenants, enrolment & liquidity

Quarterly

Education

Academic quality, curriculum, safeguarding

Termly

Social & ethics

B-BBEE, ESG, scholarships, community

Half-yearly

  • Audit & risk committee — financial controls, covenant compliance, enrolment and liquidity monitoring.
  • Education committee — academic quality, curriculum, safeguarding and learner outcomes.
  • Social & ethics committee — B-BBEE, ESG reporting, scholarships and community impact.