Geoffrey Cass
Sir Geoffrey Arthur Cass (born 11 August 1932) MA (Oxford), MA (Cambridge), CCMI, HonFInstD. Chairman of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust. Spent twenty years as chief executive of Cambridge University Press and has also been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company and president of the Lawn Tennis Association. Education Sir Geoffrey was educated at Reid Street Infants School, Darlington, at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington (Head of School), and later at Jesus College, Oxford and at Nuffield College, Oxford. Career and honours Sir Geoffrey was commissioned in the RAFVR in 1954, and in the RAF 1958-60 (Flying Officer). He was an operating consultant with PA Management Consultants between 1960 and 1965, and chief executive of George Allen & Unwin Ltd, publishers between 1967-71. He was chief executive of Cambridge University Press from 1972 to 1992, and Cambridge University Printer. Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1985 to 2000 and then deputy president (to the Prince of Wales) from 2000 to 2011, then emeritus chairman 2011 to present. He was chairman (and co-founder) of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust 1983-2012. He was president and chairman of the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association from 1997 to 1999, and chairman of