Chair of Governors and Chair of the Finance and Estates Committee

Katharine is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Masters Diploma in Digital Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Digital Marketing, having previously been founder and director of an independent strategy consultancy in London.

Katharine began her career as a marketer, developing well-known consumer brands at Johnson & Johnson where she was group brand manager. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Chartered Institute of Digital Marketing.

Katharine graduated from the University of Cambridge with a MA in Geography and an MBA from Imperial College London where she received the Imperial Business School Award for best postgraduate performance.

She is passionate about music and plays the trombone and piano.  Katharine and her husband Wilson live on a working farm just outside of Helmsley and have three daughters at Terrington Hall School.

Chair of the Governance Committee and sits on the Education, Welfare & Staff Development Committee

Kenelm joined the board of THPS in 2012, and is a landowner/ manager of Settrington Estate. He was an executive in media and has been in biotech, having been a non-executive director and chairman of companies in both.

He was at Winchester College and George Washington University, USA (BBA, high GPA, Dean’s List). He was on the Yorkshire Committee of the Country Land & Business Association. He is President of the Thirsk & Malton Conservative Association and President of Scarborough Cricket Club. He is also Chairman of the Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust.

Kenelm is married to Karen and their children attended Terrington Hall.

Chair of the Education, Welfare & Staff Development Committee

Zoe is Joint Managing Director of a family-owned food manufacturing company and co-founder of its challenger brand in the food industry. She is also a director of an arable farming business.

Having read law at the University of Nottingham, Zoe’s career began with a training contract at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she qualified as a solicitor into the Corporate Department in 1998. Her practice consisted mainly of private and public mergers and acquisitions work at Freshfields London, with secondments to Freshfields Hong Kong and Hewlett Packard’s EMEA HQ in Switzerland.

Zoe left Freshfields in 2005 and returned to her Yorkshire roots to work in the food and farming sector. In a voluntary capacity, she served for several years on the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Area Board of The Manufacturers Organisation (now MAKE UK). She is married and has two children who attend the school.

Ben is an Old Terringtonian with wonderful memories and affection for the school.  In his spare time he enjoys running and spending with his wife and boys.

Strategy, Marketing and Development Committee

Ellen has over 19 years marketing and communications experience and currently works for Morgan, a strategic employee engagement agency, supporting a range of global businesses to communicate their strategy and purpose. In her former role as Head of Communications for a professional body she delivered award-winning (CIPR) consumer media campaigns.

Ellen has a degree in English Literature from Newcastle University and a postgraduate qualification in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. She is Vice President of Malton WI and volunteers for Malton in Bloom, supporting the group in planning and planting community gardens. Ellen lives with her two daughters who attend Terrington Hall.

Finance and Estates Committee

Rod is a Chartered Surveyor with over 40 years experience in selling, buying and managing rural property in North Yorkshire.  He is a Partner in Stephensons Rural and Boulton Cooper Chartered Surveyors together with their associated estate agency offices.  He has a Degree in Land Management from Reading University and is a past Chairman of the Livestock Auctioneers Association of England and Wales.

Rod has 4 children, and 25 years experience as a parent at Terrington Hall. Rod sits on the Finance and Estates Committee.

He brings that knowledge and experience to the school’s Finance and Estate committee. He takes pride in his Yorkshire roots and through his company has been involved in a number of high profile regeneration and conservation projects across the region.

Martyn lives in Nunnington with his wife Sally and son Bart.  He enjoys Alpine hiking and skiing and is a passionate follower of motorsport.

Finance and Estates Committee

Sarah is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years of experience in rural surveying. Sarah is an associate partner at Stephensons Rural. She graduated from Reading University with a BSc Hons in Land Management. She now specialises in rural asset management, professional surveying work, sales and acquisitions.

Sarah grew up on a family farm and continues to be involved in the family businesses, in addition Sarah now provides strategic advice to the Sandburn Estate, near York, including the implementation of an award-winning conservation project.

Sarah lives with her husband James and three children near York. Sarah has been an active parent throughout the children’s time at Terrington Hall School.

Finance and Estates Committee

Mike is an Old Peterite who has lived with his family in North Yorkshire for the last 30 years.

Mike has a Business degree and a career that spans both corporate and private equity organisations. His career has focused on turnaround and growth programmes, working with companies including Rolls Royce, Howden Joinery and Northgate. During his career, Mike has worked across Europe and the Far East and is currently the Managing Director of Adler and Allan, a private equity-backed environmental risk reduction business.

Mike is a passionate cricketer and is Director of Cricket at Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club, a thriving local club focusing on the development of junior boys’ and girls’ cricket

Mike`s wife Kate was a member of the Terrington Hall School Board of Governors for 7 years and Chairman between 2009-2015. Both their daughters, Sophie and Gemma, attended Terrington Hall and St Peter’s.