Walhampton
Governors
Walhampton's Board of Governors is responsible for the overall governance of the school, setting the strategic direction and ensuring that the school is run efficiently and effectively by the Headmaster and Operations Director.
The Chair of Governors can be contacted via the Clerk to the Governors, r.williams@walhampton.com
The school contact details are
Walhampton School, Walhampton, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 5ZG
Tel: 01590 613 300
The governors, who are also trustees of the charity, are as follows:
Iain Rawlinson (appointed March 2018)
Chairman of the Board (March 2018)
A background in law, and 30 years experience in the financial, investment and industrial sectors. He also has significant experience of working in the charitable sector.
Now, holding Board appointments at a number of public and private companies and charities, and Fellow of the Centre for Social Innovation at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Interests are writing, music, the sea, Scotland and Africa.
Iain joined the Board of Governors in January 2017 as a member of the Finance Committee.
Parent of a former pupil.
Charles Nicholson (November 2013)
Chairman of the General Purposes Committee (June 2015)
Special responsibility for Health & Safety.
Member of Development Plan Working Group.
Co-founder and MD, The Contract Chair Company Ltd.
Former Walhampton pupil. Career background in fund management, property development, and the furniture industry.
Interests include sailing, skiing, and naval history.
Parent of two current pupils.
Kristine Host-Verbraak (June 2014)
Education Committee – Interim Chair
Special responsibility for Pre-Prep.
Special interest in marketing.Early career in product / project management, then Chief Marketing Officer in software companies.
A keen sailor, skier, and runner.
Parent of a current pupil.
Samantha Keen (June 2014)
Finance Committee
Chartered Accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner. Early career in PwC and Grant Thornton, now a Restructuring Partner at Ernst & Young.
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and a Fellow of R3, Association of Recovery Practitioners and of the Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA).
Formerly a board member of a local Church Aided primary school and currently on the Finance Committee of the IPA.
Enjoys spending time on the Solent with family and friends, fine food and wines and reading.
Parent of one current pupil.
Heidi Leavesley (September 2016)
General Purposes Committee
Barrister at Law (Middle Temple).
Justice of the Peace since 2003. Currently sitting on the West Hampshire Bench as an Adult Chair and Youth Court magistrate. Previously appointed to West Dorset.
Member of The Parole Board for England and Wales since 2009, including as an accredited Chair since 2014. Presiding over mandatory life sentence and Indeterminate sentence cases.
Member of HMCT Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal since 2012.
Parent of one current pupil.
Other interests include travel, music, foreign languages and spend time with my family.
Derek Shakespeare (June 2014)
Finance Committee - Chairman
Over 20-year career in investment banking, including with Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Now co-head UK & Ireland M&A at Barclays.
Interests include sailing, hockey, making music, travel and country pursuits.
Currently Hon.
Treasurer of the Royal Ocean Racing Club.
Parent of 3 former pupils (scholarships to Winchester and Marlborough).
Dr Mark Sopher (September 2016)
General Purposes Committee
Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Director at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
Medical undergraduate and postgraduate training and research in London teaching and postgraduate hospitals leaving to set up a new unit in Bournemouth in 2005. Parent of 3 current pupils and 21 former pupil (now at Eton College).
Recently completed an MSc in Healthcare Management and Economics at the London School of Economics.
Matthew Winter (November 2013)
Education Committee
Housemaster and Head of Theology & Philosophy, Winchester College.
Keen hockey player and musician (piano, drums & guitar).
Lealand Pearce (March 2018)
Housemaster and teacher of Philosophy and Theology at Canford School in Dorset.
Graduated with a BSc from Cardiff University and a PGCE at Masters Level 7. Extensive experience as a tutor both in day and boarding houses as well as working as the Fifth Form tutor coordinator at Canford School in Dorset.
Harriet Cox (March 2018)
A Housemistress at Marlborough College since September 2011. Attended Eastbourne College as a Sixth-Former before reading biology at Nottingham University where she played 1st XI hockey. Obtained her PGCE at Cambridge University in 1996.
James Barnes (June 2019)
A qualified inspector and appraiser. Worked in senior preparatory schools almost 20 years. A consultant for GEMS uk and projects have inclded setting up schools , inspections and programmes. Enjoy walking in Wiltshire, playing golf, cooking and reading.
Caroline Trotter (June 2019)
Early career in Cazenove and Whitbread focused on corporate finance and strategic business planning. More recently, advised new business ventures on fundraising in the creative and leisure industries.
Retrained with St. James’s Place Wealth Management and launched her own private client financial advisory practice.
Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning. MBA Imperial College. MSc London School of Economics. BA (Hons) Kings College London and Institut d’Etudes Politique de Paris.
Enjoys supporting her boys’ interests in wildlife conservation and sailing; travelling; experimenting with new cookery recipes; and hiking with fellow Walhampton parents.