I attended Wellingborough School as an Entrance Scholar and was in Weymouth House (when it was a boys house). I went on to study at the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen. I am a Chartered Surveyor by profession, and have extensive experience of the management and governance of independent schools from a varied career as Estates Bursar at Oundle School and Bursar at Bedford High School. I am currently Chief Executive of the British Wheel of Yoga, the National Governing Body for Yoga in England & Wales, and was previously CEO of the Centre for Alternative Technology. I am also a Director of Wellcome Trust Trading Ltd. I remain a keen sportsman, continuing to represent the OWs at Shooting and, in the past, having also represented them at Rugby and Cricket.