Angela is non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of 4 quoted investment companies Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust plc, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust plc, Blackrock Throgmorton Investment Trust plc and Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in English Literature from Bristol University, she trained as a chartered accountant at PWC and then spent 18 years as a private equity investor working for 3i plc. She has been on the Board and Chairman of a number of private companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, medical marketing and outsourced resourcing.
Angela lives in Dorset with her OS husband David Lane (m 1980) and they have three grown-up children: Toby who attended Sherborne School (m 2011), Hettie and Georgie. In her spare time, she enjoys playing golf, attending live sports matches, the theatre and horse racing as well as going on adventurous holidays.
Angela became a Trustee of Sherborne School Foundation in 2007 and has been a Governor since November 2015. She has been Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee since September 2022, and is currently non-executive director of Sherborne Schools Trading and Leisure companies.
Robin Leach
Governor
Robin (Abbey House 1968 - 1973) attended St Andrews University, where he obtained an MA. He was then called to the Bar in 1979. He is a member of chambers at 3 Paper Buildings and practises on the Western Circuit as a criminal barrister from their centres in Winchester and Bournemouth.
read moreLieutenant General David Leakey CMG, CVO, CBE
Governor, Chairman
A Cambridge law graduate. After retiring as a Lieutenant General from an Army career of command and operational, MOD, NATO, EU and UN appointments, David served as Black Rod in the Houses of Parliament for seven years.
read moreThe Reverend Fr Martin Lee
Governor
Martin moved to Sherborne in 2021, as Team Rector of Sherborne Abbey. Having spent 13 years as the incumbent of a large parish in Newcastle upon Tyne. Before that he spent eight years in a rural parish in Somerset. A background in Music and Education before training for Ministry at St Stephen’s House, Oxford, he has used his keen interest in Education to serve on several Governing bodies with over 20 years’ experience as a Chair. He has also served as Chair of Appeal and Exclusion panels for local authorities. In his spare time, he is a Beekeeper, enjoys Music and now is delighted to add to the list of enjoyment the role of a Grandad. He is married to Sue, and they have three sons.
read moreGeorge Marsh
Governor
George started his career at the Dragon School before spending eleven years working in two comprehensive schools. He then became Assistant Director of Studies at Millfield School before being appointed Head of Millfield Prep School. He completed his career as Headmaster of Dulwich Prep London for eighteen years. He is currently also a Governor of Caldicott Prep School. He is Chairman of Wilton’s Music Hall.
read moreGilly Staley
Governor
Gilly is a health and safety advisor working for an independent school in Cambridgeshire. Gilly started her working life as a workplace health promotion advisor in Kent, after completing a Psychology degree and Health Psychology Master’s degree but changed profession after taking the higher-level H&S qualification, the NEBOSH diploma.
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