Retired Head of Revenue Services within Local Government. Following retirement, I continued for a further 10 years as Senior Consultant (L.G Benefits) to the Local Government Association. This role involved negotiations with DWP and HM Treasury on behalf of all the Local Authority’s in England and Wales.

In addition, I also chaired the Examination Board of The Institute of Rating, Revenues and Valuation for approximately 10 years.

I have been a Governor at the Thorndown Schools for over 50 years and currently have the Honour of being Chair of Governors since the formation of the new Primary School.

I moved to St Ives with my wife (who grew up here) in 2011, we are parents to four children.  Currently two are at Thorndown with one more joining pre-school in September.

As a parent governor I sit on the committee for Finance & Premises and EYFS & PHSE at Thorndown.

I have a number of skills to bring to the role of parent governor including personnel and business leadership.

In my role I sit on the personnel group and I am the shadow governor for health and safety and safe guarding

I have a son in year 3 and will often be found on the playground at drop off and pick up times so if you have a question about the governing body, or what we do, please come and ask.

I have two young children, one attending Thorndown school currently, the other at a SEN school in the area. I sit on both the Learning and Development and Finance committees whilst acting as a Parent Governor for Thorndown Primary school. As well as recently joining the school Governing body at the end of 2021, I am about to embark on a new and exciting experience as an American Football coach for a local team.

I have been involved in FOTS for the last 7 years, as a committee member, chair and secretary.  I chose to become involved in the governing board to continue my support of the school and give something back to the local community.

My housing background has required me to develop skills and knowledge in the following areas: safeguarding, health and safety, staff management and finance.  In addition, I have experience in service planning, governance, performance management and business continuity planning.  I believe all of this knowledge is transferable and allows me to bring relevant insight from outside the education service to my role as governor.

On a personal level it is important to me to be able to contribute to my local community.  I am really pleased to have been elected as a Parent Governor and to support the school which has had such a fundamental and positive impact on my children’s early education.

After taking a break from governing to explore other voluntary roles in the educational sector, I was invited to become a co-opted governor at Thorndown in November 2020, and sit on the Learning and Development Committee. I am looking forward to increased involvement with the school post-Covid!

Outside school governance, I played Rugby for 20 years, including eight years with St Ives RFC, where I still maintain a connection as a Vice President. When injury forced me to stop playing, I became a referee with East Midlands Society and refereed for 12 years. These days I only watch the game and have a season ticket at Northampton Saints.

I have three children, all of whom have now gone through the other side of the St Ivo High School, in St Ives, but all three of them spent many exciting years at Thorndown, and I feel privileged to be able to contribute to such a happy and successful establishment.

When my last term of office as a parent governor finished, I was invited to join the governing body as a co-opted governor. I am the Chair of the Learning and Development Committee and Safeguarding Governor.

I joined the Governing body when my son was a Y5 pupil at the school; when my term as a parent governor ended I was asked to stay on as a co-opted governor.

September 2018