I have worked in people development and managerial roles for the past 30 years. For the last 17 years I have been a Consulting Director for an employee engagement agency based in Farringdon. My role is to support businesses in creating a workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and enjoy their time at work. I support global organisations in developing their strategy and people.

As a director of the company, I am responsible for looking at ways to develop and grow our business.

I am confident that my managerial and behavioural psychology skills will be able to help St Paul’s grow and improve.

I have had two children previously attend St Paul’s and I am honoured to be able to give back something to the school.

I graduated in September 1976 and began teaching in January 1977.  Throughout my teaching career I have taught Economics, Business Studies and Maths.  

After some years in the classroom I took a break from teaching to satisfy an interest in financial matters and worked in the Financial Services sector within insurance, investments and banking.

Having satisfied my interests in Finance and Banking I returned to teaching for about 15 more years. Now retired and I can honestly say:  “I was born in Blyth but teaching made me!”

I have worked in secondary education for the majority of my career.  I started as a Business Studies and an ICT Teacher,  later leading successful departments and line managing a number of staff   For the last 15 years of my career, I had the privilege of successfully leading specialisms in Business, & Enterprise, Vocational and Applied Learning across the whole school.  I have also been involved in teacher training, within the school as ITT provision, and working with St Mary's University.   I was the Lead Practioner in the above specialisms for the SSAT across the South of England and have run many training courses linked to Teaching & Learning.  I am passionate about education in particular enabling all young people to believe they can aim high and giving young people the opportunity to apply their learning to different contexts, thus enhancing their future chances.  I retired from full-time teaching 7 years ago and since then I have worked part-time, teaching and mentoring aspiring teachers.  I am now retiring fully and I am excited about working with St Paul’s Catholic College as a Governor contributing to the future success of this dynamic school.  

I am a qualified IT professional, and over the last 25 years I have held leadership roles in Technology and Operations for several global organisations.  This has given me substantial experience in Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Change Management and Corporate Administration.  I have built and managed companies in several countries across the world, allowing me to understand how to create/administer corporate entities. It has also helped me to understand how different people and cultures work to bring about success in an organisation.

I am part of the Finance and General Resource committee and also supporting the school as we go through the Academy conversion process.

I have a daughter in Year 12 at St Paul's.

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I graduated from Middlesex University in 1999 having studied a BSc (Hons) in Hotel and Restaurant Management.  In order to satisfy a wanderlust, I moved to Greece and undertook an extensive archaeological and historical ‘Classics’ tour (between April – September 2000).  Following my teacher training in 2005 (PGCE), I taught for 16-years in private and public sector settings, respectively.  My current and past experiences as Head of Business Studies, Careers Supervisor and Head of the PSHCEE curriculum have enabled me to garner an enhanced understanding of the importance of pastoral support for children on an academic, emotional, social and personal level.  These valuable practices have aided me in becoming fully aware that the academic and pastoral sides of education cannot be separated from one another.  Additionally, I pioneered the FGM programme in my previous school, bringing awareness to the issue and completed my MA in Education: Leading Innovation and Change from St Mary’s University in July 2019.  I joined St Paul’s Catholic College later that year as a Business Studies teacher and Student Leadership Co-ordinator, and became Head of Year in March 2020, I am currently undertaking a National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL).