Governing Body of the BSPA
Officially known as: Conseil d'Administration de l'Association des Parents d'Elèves de la Section Britannique du Lycée International
E
ric
Bellanger, Parent Governor
First elected: 2004. Re-elected 2008.
Eric has one child, who is in 6ème at Collège Pierre et Marie Curie in Le Pecq. This is Eric's sixth year on the Governing Body and the family's seventh year with the British Section. Eric serves on two working groups: Communications and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
Email: bellanger-e@wanadoo.fr
Pierre Celle
, Independent Governor
Co-opted: 2009.
Pierre graduated as a Chemical Research Engineer from Lyon Chemistry High School. He then began a 38 year international career in business management with Rhône Poulenc, Schlumberger and Gally. He is now retired but is still very active in political and social life. Pierre is married and has 2 children and 4 grand-children.
Email: celle.pierre@free.fr
Philippe de Chabert, Parent Governor
First elected: 2004. Re-elected 2008.
Philippe's fifth year as a governor, and seventh year as a member of the British Section. He also serves on the Human Resources sub-committee and the Strategy working group. Philippe has a daughter in 1ère at the Lycée site. Philippe also serves as APELI (Association des Parents d’Elèves du Lycée International) representative and sits on the Lycée Conseil d'Administration.
Email: pdechabert@noos.fr
Sylvie Dupuis, Parent Governor and Chair of BSPTG 
First elected: February 2008.
Sylvie joined the section in September 2001 after 12 years in London
. Four boys, one who graduated last year, three remaining in the Section: two at Lycée level in Terminale and 2nde, and one in 4ème. Sylvie has been Hauts Grillets parent coordinator, served as Secretary of the BSPTG (British Section Parent Teacher Group) and member of the Social group, and became chair of the BSPTG in January 2008. Sylvie seconds Philippe de Chabert in his role of APELI representative.
Email: sylviehdupuis@aol.com
Rob Edwards, 
Parent Governor
First elected: 2008.
Rob has lived in France for 13 years and has been part of the British Section for 9 years; he currently has two boys at the Lycée International in 3ème and Terminale. He is also currently treasurer for the British Scout group at Bougival and regularly assists with their activities. Rob serves on both the ICT and Strategy working groups.
Email: rob.edwards@wanadoo.fr
Richard
Hadley, Secretary
First elected: 1993. Re-elected: 2009.
Richard has one child in the British Section in Terminale at the Lycée. The family has been part of the British Section for 19 years with three older children going to English Universities post-Lycée. In 2008, Richard stood down after serving as British Section Parents Association President for 11 years. He serves as a member of the Human Resources Sub-Committee and is on the Strategy Working Group.
Email: hadley.richard@gmail.com
Chris
Lajtha, President
First elected: 2001. Re-elected: 2009.
Chris is in his ninth year as a member of the Governing Body and is currently the President of the BSPA Governing Body. Over the years, Chris has contributed to the Communications working group, lead the Governance Project team and more recently served as Vice President and convenor of the Human Resources sub-committee. Chris has two children in 2nde and 5ème and an older child who went to a British university in September 2008 after spending 14 years as a student in the British Section.
Email: chris.lajtha@orange.fr
Yves
Lorgeré, Parent Governor
First elected: 2006. Re-elected 2008.
Yves' family has been part of the British Section since 2004. Yves has two children in the British Section: a son in 1èreS at the Lycée and a daughter in 4ème at the Collège des Hauts Grillets. Yves is member of the Finance sub-committee and the ICT working group.
Email: yves.lorgere@wanadoo.fr
Debbie
Macklin, Vice President
First Elected 2003, Re-elected 2008.
Debbie has two children, now in 1ère and 3ème at the Lycée site, both of whom have been in the section since Maternelle 3. Debbie is Vice Presient of the BSPA and convenor of the Human Resources sub-committee as well as serving on the Strategy working group. Debbie is also a member of the Insites editorial team.
Email: macklin.debbie@noos.fr
Ian
MacLeod, Parent Governor
First Elected: 2006, Re-elected 2008
Ian has one child in the British section in 5ème at the Lycée and one who is in her first year at Exeter university after leaving the Lycée. He also has one in her final year at the British School of Paris. Ian serves as convenor of the Communications working group and is also a member of the Strategy working group.
Email: ian.macleod@noos.fr
Philip
Mead, Treasurer
First elected: 2003. Re-elected 2009.
Philip has been in France for 31 years and with the British Section for 11 years (five of them as a Governor and three as Treasurer.) His wife Laurence teaches in a French primary school. They have three girls in 1ère, 3ème, & 5ème.
Email: pmead@orange.fr
Tony
Russell, Parent Governor
First elected: 2007. Re-elected 2009.
Tony has lived in France for 12 years and has worked in various Human Resources roles for the same international company for nearly 20 years. He is a member of the Governors' Human Resources Sub-Committee and convenes the Governors' Strategy Working Group. Tony has two children at the Lycée; Iain in 5° and Catherine in 2°.
Email: tony.russ@orange.fr
Sylvie
Seng, Parent Governor
First elected: 2006. Re-elected 2008.
Sylvie joined the section in 1999 after 10 years in Scotland and Western Australia. She served on the Le Pecq Parents Association for seven years, before being co-opted as a Governor in 2006. Sylvie has two children in 1ère and in 3ème at Pierre et Marie Curie in Le Pecq and an older daughter who went to a British university in 2009.
Sylvie serves on the Finance sub-committee.
Email: sylvie.seng@pobox.com
Michael
Stam, Independent Governor
First elected: 2005.
Mike came to France in 1976 to begin a 27 year career in financial services with several major French and international groups. His three children were educated through the French private and public school system. Mike retired in 2003 and is currently treasurer of the Red Cross delegation at Les Mureaux which he represents on the Yvelines management committee. Golf and grandchildren are other major preoccupations. Mike serves on the Finance sub-committee.
Email: Stamgovernor@aol.com
Mike
Thompson, Parent Governor
First elected : 2007. Re-elected 2008.
Mike has lived in France for over 17 years and been with the British Section since 2006. Mike lives in Le Pecq and is currently the only parent governor with primary age children: one in Mat 3 at Ecole Maternelle Jehan Alain, one in 8ème at Ecole Félix Eboué, and one in 6ème at Collège Pierre et Marie Cuire. His wife, Jane, teaches in an English nursery school in St. Germain-en-Laye. Mike is convenor of the ICT working group and also serves on the Communications and Strategy working groups as well as being a Welcome BBQ & Sports Day organiser.
Email: mikethompson@aliceadsl.fr