Our Committee

Following education at Winchester and a degree in Modern History at University College, Durham, David qualified as a solicitor with Slaughter and May, practising with them for five years in London and Paris. David then spent some time in investment banking with County Bank and Citicorp, before joining Tyzack, one of the UK’s oldest executive search firms. He has been with them for the majority of the past thirty-five years, being Managing Partner for the past eighteen years. He also ran a quoted recruitment company for a shortspace of time. David specialises in Board and C Suite executive search across avariety of sectors, having originally started as a specialist in the Media andEntertainment sector.

David is also an EMCC accredited executive coach.

David is married with two adult children and lives in the East Surrey constituency and, outside work, enjoys golf and padel, supports Harlequins FC and spends time walking the family’s two dogs.

Malcolm became Secretary of the East Surrey Business Club in 2021 after serving as Chairman since 2015. His father, Derek, previously held the Chair position from 1991 to 1994.

His professional background spans Sales, Marketing and General Management, including roles at Cadbury Schweppes, H.P.Bulmer, and Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. He managed Moet Hennessy UK and served as President and CEO of Domaine Chandon and Newton Vineyards in Napa Valley, which he describes as “a heavenly location” for its sunshine, cuisine, and wine.

Stewart is now retired after a managerial career in the international seafood and commercial fishing industries. He holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He is a former Chairman of the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. Stewart has been Treasurer of ESBC since 1997 (with only one 3 year gap). Stewart now enjoys golf, watching rugby and cricket and boating/sailing.

·       Independent Educational Management professional

·       Specialistin theory and practice of managing change (economic regeneration of WestMidlands, Sheffield and Yorkshire)

·       Wide experience of turning round organisations in the NHS, HE and the corporate and charitable sectors

·       Broad experience of business improvement working with Business organisations in the UK and Europe. (West Midlands CBI Council, IOD Regional Council (WM) SheffieldChamber of Commerce,;

(Founder Director with  Digby Jones and other key WM CEOs of MidlandsExcellence; and NED of Black Country development Corporation, Sheffield One,Creative Sheffield and Yorkshire Forward).

·       Invented the methodology for measuring and improving Student Satisfaction in HE institutions which has been exported worldwide . Modest version used in UK HE today.

·       Wide range of Chairmanships and NED roles in business, HE and charitable sectors:most recent: MidStaffs NHS Foundation Trust, London Film School.

·       Own Consultancy  business 2008-12

·       CURRENT: Bentley Drivers Club LTd: co-opted to the Board advising on corporate governance and change; Currently Chairman of the SE region of the Club. (Also set up and Chair Greensands Place Ltd)

·       Liveryman of  Honourable Company of Air Pilotssince 2009, chaired various Committees and brief spell on the Court.

Publications on Change Management andquality in HE.

Geoffrey has been on the ESBC committee for over twenty five years serving as Chairman for six.

His career was in information technology for the financial markets with Reuters, initially in system design and later in marketing, business management and company leadership. He went on to lead a global financial technology based broking business for Prebon Yamane, with clients and operations in UK, New York, various European and Far Eastern centres. 

He became a consultant for acquisition and sale of smallfintech companies .

Currently he is a trustee director of two pension funds and Chair of a registered charity, One World Group Oxted , which has raised over £1 million for impoverished communities in developing countries ,supporting 550 projects in 41 countries.