Tan Sri Tony Fernandes
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Epsom College in Malaysia.
Whilst possibly being most well-known for founding Air Asia, Tan Sri Fernandes is also an Old Epsomian of Epsom College in the United Kingdom (Holman House). Tan Sri Fernandes firmly believes that Epsom College was where he learned so much that shaped his ideas and beliefs.
Mark Lascelles
Mark Lascelles has been Head of Epsom College since September 2024, following 12 years as Head of Dauntsey’s School, a co-ed boarding and day school in Wiltshire. Mark arrived at Epsom with an impressive record of transformational leadership within co-ed boarding education. Prior to Dauntsey’s, Mark spent three years at The King’s School, Canterbury, two as Lower Master and one as the Acting Head; and 17 years at Shrewsbury School as Teacher of Geography, Coach for the 1st Football, Cricket and Fives teams, and a much-respected Boarding Housemaster.
Mr. Gareth Lim
Gareth Lim is the CEO of Ormond Group, and is passionate about hospitality and aviation. His brief career as a banker started (and ended) at Morgan Stanley where he covered transportation across South East Asia. He subsequently joined serial entrepreneur Tony Fernandes in launching the limited service Tune Hotels group and long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X, allowing him to bring together his twin passions. Prior to joining Ormond Group, Gareth spent a number of years helming a listed private equity firm with a particular focus in the hospitality and education sectors and working with start-up founders and entrepreneurs at venture builder Tune Labs.
Gareth holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from St. Catharine’s College at the University of Cambridge.
Mr. Ashley Head
Ashley Head’s 30-year corporate career has seen him occupy the roles of Senior Vice President at Chase Manhattan Bank and Senior Vice President at Mastercard International. He has also built and sold four companies, including Datacash – a top 50 AIM company – which he sold to Mastercard in 2010. He currently is the Chair of seven companies.
Ashley also supports many charities, is a trustee of The National Emergencies Trust and The Stonegate Foundation, and is an ambassador to The Children’s Trust and The English National Opera.
Mr. Francis Minah
Mr. Minah was educated at Epsom College in the United Kingdom (Forest House). Originally from Sierra Leone, Mr. Francis and his family have made Malaysia their home since 1996.
A Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Mr. Minah works in the Oil and Gas Industry as a consultant providing technical risk management services. He is currently Managing Director of Prism Technical Advisors, a company he founded in 2014.
Datuk Kamarudin Bin Meranun
Datuk Kamarudin co-founded the Tune Group and is currently the non-independent Executive Chairman of AirAsia Berhad. Prior to AirAsia, he served at Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank. He has been a non-Independent and non-Executive Director of Tune Insurance and serves as a Director of Queens Park Rangers football club in London.
Datuk Kamarudin received a qualification in Actuarial Science from the University Technology MARA (UiTM) and was awarded a MBA from Central Michigan University.
Datuk Seri Kalimullah Bin Masheerul Hassan
Datuk Seri Kalimullah is an alternate Governor to Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun. Datuk Seri Kalimullah is currently the non-Executive Chairman of ECM Libra and also the Chairman of ECM Libra Foundation.
In business, Datuk Seri Kalimullah served on the boards of various public listed companies as Chairman and Director including: TA Enterprise Berhad; the MBf Group; New Straits Times Press Berhad, of which he was Editor-in-Chief (2004-2005) and Deputy Chairman until his retirement in 2008; and, TSH Ekowood International and FACB.