Governor Profiles

My background is in law and I have been a solicitor for over 20 years. My current role is in a bank and so I have experience working in a highly regulated environment and alongside my usual day-to-day job, I sit on various committees which are responsible for the governance of specific areas within the Bank. From this experience I believe that I have the skills to support the Governing Body and whole school community.

I have been a Governor at Alban City School since 2019 and Chair of Governors since Autumn 2021. I chose to apply to Alban City School to become a Governor because of the school’s ethos and aims – the children, their happiness, well-being and high achievement really are at the heartbeat of the school. It is a privilege to be able to play a part in ensuring the continued success of this great school.

I am a mum to two school age children; love cooking and baking and taking our dog Daisy for long walks in the countryside. I am also a Swim England qualified Level 1 Judge for competitive swimming.

I was delighted to be elected as a Parent Governor in October 2023, and have two girls who thoroughly enjoy being at Alban City School.

My background is in Leadership, Team and Organisational Development, and I feel privileged to have spent the majority of my career doing this in High Performance Sport. For over 18 years, I worked with Olympic and Paralympic Sports to design and deliver programmes to develop World Class Leaders and Head Coaches, as well as supporting Sports to create High Performance Teams and Cultures. My ambition is to create sustainable success and have worked with Senior Leadership Teams to ensure Sports had the right structures, people and skills to deliver their strategy and ambitions across multiple Olympic Games.

More recently I was after a new challenge, and I am currently transferring the lessons learnt from Sport into the business world, where I work for a consultancy firm who have a number of global and UK based clients.

My reason for wanting to become a Governor is because I am passionate about creating positive environments where children can learn, develop and belong. We love Alban City School and its values and ethos and I hope the skills and experiences I have can help to continue to drive and shape the future of the school going forward.

I was brought up in France, where I did my baccalaureate and first mechanical and production engineering degree, I went on to do a masters of engineering in robotics. Following a 15 year career in the field, I also completed an MBA (Master of Business Administration) at Cranfield.

I have experience managing small businesses. I was on the board of directors of a £20M manufacturing company.

Today I run two start-up businesses, one is an international trade consultancy and the other is an automation engineering company.

I’ve been a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) ambassador for three years now, and regularly drop into local schools as well as ACS to do presentations and demonstrations on STEM subjects. I feel children should be given as many opportunities as possible to explore STEM subjects as these are fundamental to addressing the challenges the world is currently facing. Finally, I’m fairly outgoing and approachable, and have been involved in helping the PTA organise and run the comedy and quiz nights.

I became a governor in summer of 2022. Having graduated with a degree in History from University of Bristol, I joined Deloitte’s graduate programme and trained as a Chartered Accountant. Post qualification and leaving Deloitte I have had several finance roles including Financial Controller at Cancer Research UK before joining ASOS as Head of FP&A, Finance Director and most recently Senior Director of Strategy and Operations.  ASOS is a FTSE 250 company with revenues in excess of £4bn.

I wanted to become a governor for several reasons. Firstly, I have always liked to balance academic or corporate life with a form of volunteering. I think the balance is really important. Secondly, I really understand the importance education can have on the opportunities we get in life and being able to contribute hopefully positively in some way towards that really excites me.

I am currently chair of the Resources Committee.

I am delighted to be the staff representative for our governing board. I look forward to learning more about the running of the school and contributing to its further development. I joined Alban City School in 2018 as a PPA teacher, which meant I was fortunate to teach in all the year groups and experience the different stages of children’s social, emotional and educational development. Since September 2020, I have been one of the class teachers in Year 1.

In the past, I have worked in banking and finance. I started my career in teaching as a teaching assistant, taking a degree later in life to become a teacher.

I work for the UK civil service: currently the energy department, working to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Earlier in my career I worked for a children’s mental health charity, in several economics jobs, and three English teaching jobs (mostly English as a foreign language). I have degrees in politics and economics.

One of my sons is at Alban City School, the other recently finished his seven years and moved to secondary.

Outside work and parenting, I cycle and play the tuba in St Albans Symphony Orchestra.

I am a fundraising leader by profession and have worked closely with the Directors and Governors of some notable UK and International schools including Worth School and the American School in Barcelona. My work included the development of funding strategies to generate restricted and unrestricted income, including capital appeals.

I recently ended a 3-year term as a Trustee of a children’s early intervention charity, Chance UK. During my term they navigated a period of change, implementing a restructure of their service delivery model to allow them to scale. I found the experience incredibly rewarding, hence why I have joined the board at Alban City School where I hope to add value on a personal and professional level.

I am excited to represent the staff on the governing board at Alban City School and look forward to learning more about and contributing to the inner workings of our fantastic school community.

I joined ACS in 2020 as a Year 6 teacher.  Prior to teaching, with a degree in Management and Spanish, I headed to Spain where I worked for a number of years selling businesses; both leasehold and freehold in the Balearic and Canary Islands.  I returned to the UK to complete my PGCE in primary education, specialising in Modern Foreign Languages and have been teaching from Year 2 to Year 6 ever since.