Governors

Mark has extensive senior leadership experience, including as CEO of travel and airline companies. He enjoys building high performing teams and developing successful growth strategies and is passionate about helping people to be their best, creating opportunities for everyone to...

Sheila has spent much of her career in the public and not for profit sectors. She is a qualified CIPFA accountant and has worked in local government as a Finance Director and Chief Executive across a number of local authorities....

Elaine Waymouth is Liaison Governor for the Prep School, and sits on the Finance and General Purposes Committee and the Marketing and Admissions Panel. Elaine was formerly a Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Councillor with a particular interest in...

Chris is a Chartered Accountant with a diverse career in business, investment and financial management including 20 years as a PwC Corporate Finance partner.  Chris is presently CEO of SWIG Finance – a socially orientated lender to small businesses across...

Robert is a commercially driven Group HR Director having previously worked for Nationwide Building Society and the Lloyds Banking Group. As a fellow of the CIPD he has also held various non-executive roles in both public and not-for-profit organisations. Robert...

Phil Cooper has extensive experience as an Executive and Chair / Non-Executive Director in both publicly quoted and private organisations. He is Chair of the Marketing & Admissions Panel and the Foundation Panel. He is a member of The Finance...

David is an old boy of the school.  Married to Vicky their three adult children started at the nursery and attended through to the sixth form.  David is a Chartered Surveyor and partner in national firm Carter Jonas. He sits...

Richard Kennedy recently retired as the Senior Partner in the Taunton Office of PKF Francis Clark LLP, a top 30 UK accountancy practice. Richard is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and Chair of the Nominations Committee....

Dr Ian Kelham was for 23 years a local GP as well as being involved in GP education as an Associate Postgraduate Dean of the School of Primary Care in Bristol. He continues to work to support the Covid 19...

The Rev Nigel Manges is the Southwest Regional Team Leader for the Baptist denomination. He has been a minister for over 37 years, serving churches in Cambridge, Dronfield and Sheffield. Previously he was the chaplain at Sheffield United FC and...

Ian was CEO of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in Taunton from 2011 – 2015, having been UK National Hydrographer as a Rear Admiral from 2006. He was appointed CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours List.  His 35 years in...

Dinah recently retired from practice as a solicitor. Dinah also worked for 15 years as a Deputy District Judge sitting in the civil and family courts. Dinah is married with 2 grown up children and has lived in Taunton for...

Since leaving Taunton School in 1988, Matthew has spent the majority of his working career building Lloyd & Whyte Group in to one of the top 25 insurance broking businesses in the U.K. The business is now part of the...

Brigadier (Retired) Mark Hallas OBE had a distinguished military career completing operational tours in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan; ending his days as Director Intelligence Corps (the Army’s professional Head of Intelligence and Security).  In his second career, he...