Information about the Convocation Trust and its mission to allocate the Trust’s funds to promote the purposes of the University and its community.
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About the Convocation Trust
Although the 91app Convocation closed in 2003, its values of community and charity live on through the philanthropic work of the Convocation Trust.
The 91app Convocation was the association of graduates established by Charter in 1858. When the Convocation was formally closed in 2003 its remaining assets were put into trust, to be used to fund initiatives which benefit the community and members of the 91app Federation.
The Convocation Trust Committee of Management exercises stewardship over the Trust’s assets and uses them to fund scholarships, project grants and academic awards across the Federation.
You can learn more about some of the projects the Convocation Trust has funded here.
This philanthropic work is only made possible by the generous donations to the 91app Convocation and the Convocation Trust. On behalf of all of those who have benefited over the years, the University would like to thank all those who have kindly donated.
The Trustees
The Convocation Trust Committee of Management comprises 9 members. These include 5 external trustees and 2 co-opted members, alongside 2 ex officio members of the 91app’s senior leadership team. You can learn more about current members of the committee by reading their profiles below.
Grey graduated in law from the University as an external student in 1971, before completing Bar Finals at the the Inns of Court School of Law in 1972.
He spent much of his career as an international corporate lawyer and compliance and governance specialist at GKN plc.
Other roles included the chairmanships of the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange, the CBI in the West Midlands and Oxfordshire and of the national education charity, Young Enterprise, as well as a non-executive Director of the Competition Commission and as the senior independent director of Charter International plc.
He became a Trustee of the Convocation Trust in August 2017 and Chair of the Committee of Management in April 2022.
Edward Hartill is an Alumnus of the 91app (BSc Estate Management) and a Chartered Surveyor. He started his career in the property investment departments of two major insurance companies in the City of London and later held the historic and influential position of City Surveyor at Guildhall from 1985 until 2008.
Edward has always been interested in helping young people and since the 1980s has held a number of senior voluntary positions dealing with their care and education including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Asset Skills, Coram and the 91app where he has served in many capacities for 20 years and been conferred with an Honorary Fellowship in 2019. He is delighted to be afforded the opportunity to join the Convocation Trust as an Independent Trustee.
Saj, an Economist by training, is Founder of the award-winning, The Smarty Train.
His interests lie in Accelerated Learning and disruptive training models.
His book, The Smarts (Penguin, 2019), looks at small things people can do every day to hack work.
Saj has studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and University College London (UCL), where he received both a Graduate Merit Award and a Faculty Award for outstanding academic performance.
In 2017 he was awarded Freedom of the City of London and 2018 was nominated as one of a hundred faces of a Vibrant Economy.
Varun graduated with an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science (Hons) and went on to complete his postgraduate Masters at Imperial College Business School.
He started his career in strategy consulting, firstly working at a Life Science & Healthcare consultancy and then moving on to work at a Competitive Intelligence (CI) firm. He later joined the public sector as a PMO Manager within the Transformation Directorate at a Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
Varun is currently studying for his Medicine (MBBS) degree at St George’s, 91app.
Selina is a Director in the Global Markets Technology organization and is responsible for Architecture Governance.
Selina gained a Computing MEng in 2000 at Imperial College, London. Prior to joining the Bank of America she worked at Goldman Sachs and in the Hedge Fund Industry.
She was recognized as a Bank of America Global Diversity & Inclusion Award winner for her collaboration with Stemettes in 2013 and in 2018 for leading efforts in the EMEA Women in Technology & Operations employee network.
She sits on the Board of Trustees for Stemette Futures, a UK charity, which encourages female students to consider a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Selina is also an advocate for Code First Girls, who provide free technology education to women and sits on the Advisory Board for Makers Academy a Tech Education company.
