Oremi Evans
Dame Oremi Evans, DBE (née Bank Anthony; born 7 October 1956) is a Nigerian-born British educator.
Biography[]
Evans was born on 7 October 1956 in Lagos, Nigeria, the daughter of Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony (or Bank-Anthony), KBE, and Suzy Iseli, née Gray. She was educated at Queen's College, Lagos, before completing a Bachelor of Education degree at Avery Hill Higher Education College and, later, a Master of Science degree at the University of Worcester.[1]
In 1979, she married Clifford Evans. In the same year she became a science teacher, before working as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator from 1989 to 1994. She was Deputy Headteacher at Whitecross Hereford High School from then until 1999, when she became Headteacher at the John Venn Unit in Hereford. In 2001, she became Headteacher of Brookfield School, before leaving in 2016 to become Executive Headteacher of the . In 2015, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Evans, Dame Oremi", (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Lagos
- People from Hereford
- Alumni of the University of Worcester
- Heads of schools in England
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Nigerian recipients of British titles
- Schoolteachers from Herefordshire