Dr Veena Natarajan is a behavioural psychologist by training, and has worked in public sector research supporting local and central government policy and strategy for almost 20 years. CurrentlyHead of Data, Research and Insight at HM Revenue and Customs, she was previously an elected parent governor at a Lambeth primary school, and also a magistrate based at Camberwell court for a decade.

Veena is link governor for Teaching andLearning and has two sons, one at Charter East and another joining September 2024.