Governing Body

Ian has extensive business experience, particularly in retailing, culminating in directorships and CEO roles in major UK and international businesses. He is involved with several voluntary organisations, and currently serves as Chair of the EDP Drug & Alcohol Services charity....

Bishop Of Exeter’s Nomination Kerstin is an experienced teacher and ex Headmistress and is an experienced ISI inspector. She taught at St Paul’s RC Girls’ Grammar School, Edgbaston, Wimbledon High School for Girls GDST, Putney High School GDST, Charters Ancaster...

Stu Anderson is an Old Mount Kelleian then educated at Northumbria and Newcastle Universities holding an MBA and MPhil. A Management Consultant by trade, he has been involved in the world of entrepreneurship for most his career including running CSR...

Roger is the nominated representative of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral.

Wendy is a former primary school teacher with experience in both state and independent sectors. She works in a voluntary capacity at Mount Kelly Prep. Wendy has served on parent/teacher committees at several schools including Kelly College when her children,...

Sara, born and brought up in Devon, is an experienced English teacher with also wide-ranging senior educational boarding management experience. She taught at Millfield School, Kelly College where she oversaw the move to full coeducation in 1987, and Sedbergh School...

Keith qualified as a Solicitor in 1970, and worked mainly in private practice but also led the legal deptartment of a plc. He has been a Past Trustee and interim CEO of The Lord’s Taverners, and is currently Chairman of...

James is a local boy, having being born in, and lived all his life in, S E Cornwall – apart from a short spell in the city qualifying as a chartered accountant! He is now senior partner of Metherell Gard,...

Amanda Le Page is a Chartered Architect with specialist qualifications in architectural conservation and regeneration work. Her work includes large scale brownfield regeneration and consultancy. A director of Le Page Architects, she has worked with the public and private sector...

Andrew Main stepped down from being Managing Partner of the Fund Management Business, Stratton Street Capital, in 2014 having successfully developed the business from its inception in 2000 to managing and advising over £1 billion in Funds for Institutions. Most...

William was educated at Mount House School, King’s College Taunton, and Exeter University. He then joined Dartmouth Naval College and spent 10 years in the Royal Navy specialising as a Navigation Officer. On leaving in the early nineties he set...

Hilary Monk studied Pharmacy at Manchester University and works as a community Pharmacist. She has been a local Magistrate for 20 years and has also been a member of Fitness to Practise committees for the General Pharmaceutical Council and the...

Niel is a Mount House old boy. His father and son also went to Mount House. He studied Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University and Petroleum Engineering at Heriot Watt University. He spent thirty-five years working with Schlumberger and Shell, mainly...

Rob Ormsby attended Kelly College in the early 1970s. On leaving he joined the Dorset Police in 1975. He worked in various parts of this county until 1997, when he left to join the Regional Crime Squad. This organisation subsequently...

Diane has significant experience working for large financial services companies, primarily in the City of London, where she has held various senior and board level positions. Her key strengths lie in business and IT operations with particular interest and focus...

Claire Robinson is an experienced education leader, governor and consultant, with over 24 years’ headship experience across the independent and state sectors. A former Chair of Governors, SENDCo and School Improvement Partner, she is committed to values-led, inclusive education, leadership...

Duncan is a Chartered Accountant with over 40 years’ experience in professional practice. After attending Okehampton Comprehensive School 1973-1980, he took a Management Sciences degree at UMIST. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London in 1986 and obtained his Insolvency Licence in 1990....

Julian Trahair went to Marlborough College, before studying British Archaeology at Cardiff University. He qualified as a solicitor in 1980 and worked for commercial law firms in the City of London and Plymouth. His two sons attended Mount House and...

Adrian is a cultural entrepreneur whose early career involved founding the pioneering Leadmill music venue in inner city Sheffield, catalysing the growth of that city’s Cultural Industries Quarter.  Subsequently rooting his family life and career in the South West, Adrian...

Julian began his career as an engineer in the Royal Navy, subsequently obtaining a teaching qualification and moving into the independent education sector. He has more than 20 years’ school leadership experience in the UK, South America and South East...