OLD GUILDFORDIANS
Geoffrey Davis
New Honorary Life Member
Passion for governance
and protocol
To keep the fabric of Guildford Grammar
School’s community strong, it is true to say
that there is a reliance on our constituents to
give generously of their time as volunteers.
Our Old Guildfordians, parents and friends
of the School demonstrate to students what
it is to be outstanding citizens, giving service
above self. In recognition of his exemplary
service to The Old Guildfordians Association
and to the School, Mr Geoffrey Davis (Ha
1962-1968) received the OGA’s premier
honour when he was unanimously elected
to Honorary Life Membership at the Annual
General Meeting on 15 October 2014.
At the School, Geoffrey has given of himself at
the very highest level as The Old Guildfordians
Association’s nominee to School Council,
working with other fellows of Council to
safeguard the School’s strategic direction.
This ultimate responsibility is a personally
taxing one, and Geoffrey fulfilled this role for
the maximum length of time allowed by the
Council’s constitution, three terms equating to
nine years in total from 2000 to 2009. During
this time Geoffrey was the Treasurer for six
years, the Deputy Chairman for one year, and
he also held the chair of multiple committees
including the finance committee, monitoring
committee, constitution committee,
governance committee, the School’s
superannuation advisory committee and the
11th Headmaster Recruitment committee.
He also sat on the selection panels for the
11th Headmaster and the Bursar, and the
H1H7 Trust committee. From 2002 he worked
closely with others including the Council
Chairman, Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, to bring the
School back to balanced budgets and to chart
a course of debt reduction. He introduced a
financial control policy to apply to the School’s
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