Governing Board

Bruce holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics and History from the University of Cambridge and is a UK qualified chartered accountant. He has worked for more than 35 years in the business fields of Information Technology and MedTech as a director of both quoted and unquoted companies, initially as a finance professional but latterly as non-executive.  He is a Past Master of the Haberdashers Livery Company.

Tom Arbuthnott is Deputy Head (Partnerships) at Eton College and oversees the school’s strategies to widen access to talented boys from diverse backgrounds, along with responsibility for school partnerships. He oversees Eton’s strong and multiple relationships with state sector schools and the community engagement programme, as well as the annual summer schools. Tom studied at both Oxford and Cambridge universities before becoming a teacher in 2004. He taught History and English in schools of various types through Birmingham and Chelmsley Wood before returning to Eton in 2016 as Eton’s first Director of Outreach and Partnership. Tom is responsible for delivering the Eton2020 project, which will see Eton investing £100m in closing the gap over the next five years.

Mandy is a parent governor having been elected in February 2023. She was previously a school governor at a local infant school for over 8 years. Mandy is a practising solicitor with over 20 plus years’ experience specialising in corporate law both in private practice and in house. She now works for a global technology company with responsibility for corporate governance, internal reorganisations and acquisitions and disposals.  

Sue grew up in Maidenhead before leaving to study Maths and Education at the University of East Anglia where she achieved a First Class Honours degree.  She pursued a career in market research, working for a number of large agencies in London and later stepped down to become a full time mother to four children.  Sue has always had an active interest in the education and welfare of children, chairing a number of children’s fundraising committees and volunteering at a local secondary school as a governor. 

Mark has just begun his thirty-first year as an Eton master.  He arrived as Head of Divinity, with a chaplaincy role, in 1989.  In 1997 he became House Master in The Hopgarden, where he served out a full thirteen year term.  While in the house, he took on the role of House Masters’ Representative, which he fulfilled for fourteen years until his appointment in 2017 as Director of Boarding.

Gill Monk was appointed as a Governor Co-opted member of the Governing body on March 14th 2019. She has worked in the HR arena for around 40 years spending 17 years as Head of HR at Channel 4 Television and the rest of her working life in various senior HR roles at L’Oreal, Land Securities, Victim Support, Barret Developments and number of other organisations. Gill’s latest permanent job was as Head of Pensions at O2 based in Slough.

Gill is very ‘local’ being one of the College’s nearest neighbours, where she has lived for over 40 years. She is married with 3 grown up children. 

Gill spent nine years as a Governor of Oundle School and still continues to have connections with the School as the Chair of their Non-Teaching staff DB Pension Scheme. 

Gill is a Scientist and has an Upper Second Honours degree from Durham University where she studied Zoology and Botany. She is also a Fellow of the CIPD and a member of several HR and Pensions forums. 

Gill still actively plays tennis at Windsor Tennis club and walks her dogs daily, often rescuing footballs from the path behind the College astroturf!

Adrian grew up in Cardiff attending Cardiff High School before moving to London to work for the BBC.  After a brief period there, he realised that he really wanted to teach and so took a BEd in Physics and Mathematics education in Cheshire.  Subsequently upgrading this to a Master of Science in Post 16 education from the University of Oxford.

Johnny joined the Governing Body in July 2020 and serves on the Strategy, Bursary and Finance Committees. He also Chairs the Holyport College Foundation.

He was educated at Eton College and holds a BSc in Estate Management from the University of Reading.

Johnny was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and worked as a Real Estate developer and adviser in his early career. He was Chief Executive of Portfolio Holdings plc from 1993 until 2000 and a partner in several US Private Equity and Alternative investment firms from 2000 until 2017.

Johnny is a former Master of the Mercers Livery Company and is currently a member of the Court of the Mercers. He was Chairman of the Governors at St Paul’s School, having served as a Governor from 2010-20.

Johnny chairs No Going Back Foundation, a prison charity which delivers innovative ways to reduce reoffending from London prisons. 

He enjoys spending time playing golf and watching golf, football and cricket He has been married to Caroline since 1976 and they have two sons, one daughter and six grandchildren.

Sheridan is a graduate of Magdalene College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He made his career as a Finance Director and later corporate adviser of companies over a wide range of commercial activities in both the quoted and private sectors.

Lorraine has been a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine since 2000 and is based at King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor. She studied Medicine as a pre-clinical student at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and completed her clinical studies at Merton College, Oxford. She also has a PhD from Imperial College, London and is a Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians.