Governors

Henry Keeling has enjoyed a very successful career in Insurance and Reinsurance.

Henry is Chairman of Governors and as well as chairing the Board of Governors Henry is the Chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. He was educated at Taunton School.

Elaine Waymouth is Deputy Chairman of Governors and has responsibility for Child Protection. She is also Chairman of the Marketing Panel, Liaison Governor for TPS and Guardians UK.

Elaine was formerly a Somerset County and Taunton Deane Councillor with particular interest in Education and Social Services, serving 4 years as Deputy Chairman of Somerset County Council.

Robert is a commercially driven strategic Group HR director and is a Fellow of the CIPD. He also holds various non-executive director roles in both public and not-for-profit organisations.

Robert is married to Jackie and they have lived in Taunton for more than 25 years. Robert was appointed to the Governing Body in 2016 and is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

Chris Butters is a Chartered Accountant, he was formerly responsible for part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ large operation across Eastern Europe, Russian and Central Asia as well as being Chairman of a company manufacturing batteries. As Treasurer Chris is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and advises the Governors on School finances.

Phil Cooper has wide experience as an executive and non executive director bringing many skills to the Board including corporate governance, organisational development and key core values and customer centric approach. He has a son in the Senior School.

Brigadier (Retired) Mark Hallas OBE had a distinguished military career and was Director of Army Intelligence, he brings many management, analytical and other skills to the Board. He is married with two adult sons who went right through Taunton School.

Tim Hayden has been practicing in law as a Solicitor since 1981 and became Senior Partner and Chairman of Clarke Willmott in 2003.

The Reverend Nigel Manges is the SW Regional Minister for the Baptist denomination. He has been a minister for 30 years and is currently the associate chaplain at St Margaret’s Hospice in Taunton.

Nigel is married to Sarah and was appointed to the governing body in 2016.

Richard Kennedy is the Senior Partner in the Taunton office of Francis Clark one of the top forty UK firms of Accountants. Richard is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff enjoyed a 35-year career in the Royal Navy and during this time he became the Deputy Chief Executive of the UK Hydrographic Office based in Taunton.

Ian has also been the CE of the UKHO and is now on the board of the Port of London authority. He is married to Marion and they live on Exmoor where he enjoys his hobbies of wildlife photography and fly-fishing. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset. Ian was appointed to the governing body in 2016.

Keith had a very full and successful career in education and was Headmaster of Allhallows School before joining Taunton School where having been a teacher and boarding houseparent he became Marketing Director.

Keith has continued his lifelong commitment to education as a governor of an independent prep school.

Marilyn Trask has had a career in Education and was Head of five schools. Marilyn is Chairman of the Educational Advisory Panel.

Hilary is a solicitor and lives locally. Married to Peter, she is a current parent and was appointed to the Governing body in 2016.