Now retired, I was previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. During my career I was at various times a visiting professor/faculty member at the Universities of Bologna, Queensland and the World Maritime University in Sweden. I have also acted as a consultant to UNESCO, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, SAREC ( a Swedish Overseas Aid Agency) and the British Council. I have also worked for a variety of international government departments mostly in Kuwait and Dubai.

For over 20 years during my time in Liverpool I was a Governor at a CofE Girls High School. Since moving to the northeast during Covid lockdown I became associated with Duke’s firstly as a member of the Academy Improvement Board and more recently as Chair of the newly reconstituted Local Governing Board.

My goals as Chair of Governors at Duke’s are to help the school fulfil its undoubted potential to improve outcomes for all students, to encourage excellence, ambition and self-belief and to help the school follow the strategic direction and ethos of the NCEA Trust.