Andrew Strivens – Chair Of Governors

Following an MA in Chemistry at Oxford University, Andrew qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, before becoming a Director of Management Consulting at PwC, and then taking a series of executive board roles in professional service firms in London and the South East. Since 2011 he has devoted his time to supporting special needs education. He was previously Deputy Chair at the Unicorn, and is currently Chair of Governors at Mary Hare, the UK’s leading school for deaf pupils, based in Newbury – one of the country’s largest residential special schools. He returned to the Unicorn Board in Spring 2022 to further support the development of the Unicorn Trust. Andrew lives in Oxford and is married with two adult children, one a budding lawyer and the other a Unicorn alumnus, currently studying at Bath University.