Speakers

Irfan Latif is the headmaster of the multi-award winning Royal Hospital School, Suffolk. During his career Irfan has held a number of leadership roles in education including Headmaster of Sexeys School, Deputy Head (Academic) at Bedford school, Head of Science and Chemistry at St Benedicts School, Ealing, Senior Housemaster at Whitgift School, as well as being the Assistant Housemaster and Head of PSHE at the Haberdashers Adams School for Boys.

Educated at Emanuel school, London, Irfan graduated from Kings College, University of London with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, followed by a PGCE in Secondary Education and is currently studying for an MA in Educational Leadership. At university he was active on the Student Council and played representative sport, including rowing and cricket.

Irfan has an active role in education and, boarding and is on the Executive Committee of the Boarding Schools Association, having been its Vice Chair, and is also the chair of the London Boarding Forum. He is on the board of directors at AGBIS and the Independent Schools Association and sits on the board of practitioners for the ground-breaking AI in Education movement set up by Sir Anthony Seldon. In addition, Irfan is a co-founder of the Inclusion and Diversity group for the Independent Schools Council, and he also sits on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Independent Education. He has spoken at several national and international conferences including Disrupted23 and was recently nominated for Tatlers Best Head of a Public School. He also sat on the board of education at the Diocese of Bath and Wells and sits on the Professional Development Committee for the Society of Heads.

Outside of school, he enjoys art and attending galleries, museums, and concerts. He is a keen runner having recently completed the London Marathon, enjoys swimming, ballroom dancing, following Arsenal FC and engaging in politics. He is married to Jo, the Head of Science of a leading London independent girls school and the CEO of the award-winning Karma Curry. They have two daughters and their Jack Russell terrier, Rodney.