The Governing Body and Committees

Biographies

Chairman – P A Holt Esq, FCA
Group Finance Director of an international insurance broking business with its Head Office in Leeds and additional offices in London, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong and the USA.

Pupil 1966 – 1971
Governor since 2001

Current membership of committees
Chairman’s Committee
Education Committee
Finance Committee
House and General Purpose Committee
Policy Advisory Committee

Vice Chair - Mrs A Willey BA
Now retired, was Head of Key Stage 3 in a large comprehensive in Essex before moving to York and becoming Education Officer at York Minster. A life-long Methodist who has held many offices in the church at local, District and Connexional levels.

Governor since 1996

Current membership of committees
Chairman’s Committee
Education Committee
Finance Committee
Chair Policy Advisory Committee
Liaison Governor

J V Alderson Esq
Former owner of a leading graphic design company. He now runs a management consultancy offering strategic marketing and business advice to a range of companies.

Pupil 1959 – 1966
Governor since 2002

Current membership of committees
Policy Advisory Committee
Ashville Trading

M Bissett BA, MA
Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. Ex- Chairman of ISIS North and member of the ISIS National Committee and HMC Junior Schools’ Committee. Author of ‘Cambridge Journal of Education’.

Governor since 2007

Current membership of committees
Education Committee
House Committee

Miss C Gillespie BA, B Ed
A Methodist Minster in the Harrogate circuit since 2006 and the Bolton circuit prior to that. Previously held a number of posts in schools before becoming Deputy Head of Samuel Barlow Primary School.

Governor since 2007

Current membership of committees
Education Committee

J C Henderson Esq
Partner in the legal firm Lupton Fawcett

Pupil 1967-1974

J Hertrich Esq, BA, MA(Ed)
Retired HMI, with experience of all types of school, further education and teacher training: now working as an educational consultant and examiner for the European Baccalaureate. Previously held senior posts in large comprehensive schools in Merseyside.

Governor since 2005

Current membership of committees
Education Committee
House and General Purposes Committee

R J Manby Esq
Director of Family Owned Business in the Conference and Exhibition Services Industry

Pupil 1967 – 1974
Parent 1990 – 2003
Governor since 1996 (Chairman 2004 - 2007)

Current membership of committees
Chairman’s Committee
Deputy Chairman Policy Advisory Committee
House & General Purposes Committee
Finance Committee

Ms M Matthews BSc
Former Lecturer in Library and Information Science at Leeds Polytechnic and Information Officer at Leeds University. Previous consultant for Harrogate Health Care and Committee Member of the National Childbirth Trust.

Governor since 2007

Current membership of committees
Education Committee
House Committee

Biographies Continued

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