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Divergent Partnership Trust/Wrotham School - Governor Profiles, Business Interests and Attendance at meetings – September 2019/2020

Name Profile Business Interests Attendance Attendance at Full at Finance Governing & Audit Body committee meetings meetings 2019/20 2019/20 Mr M Wright Chief Executive Officer of Divergent Partnership Trust Executive Headteacher at Chief Executive Officer School Appointed: January 2012, Mr Wright was previously Headteacher of Wrotham School, by Members and became the Executive Headteacher of Wrotham and Appointed Governor for Aylesford Schools in September 2016. the NHS Community Trust

Consultant Director of Education ‘The Adventure is Within’.

Mr M Cater Headteacher Appointed: September 2016, by Members

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Mrs S Smith Mrs Smith has been Chair of Governors for the last 5 years. Penta International Member and Chair of She began her teaching career teaching mathematics in Governor at Aylesford Trustees 1965 at Kidbrooke Comprehensive School. Over the next 39 Original Signatory School years she became Deputy Head at Hextable School, School Appointed: April 2013, by Members Improvement advisor in the Kent advisory and inspection Re-appointed team, Technical and Vocational Initiative Director for Mid May 2017, by Members Kent and finally Headteacher of Hextable School. Since retiring she has been involved in teacher training and the inspection of British Schools abroad.

Mr M Reeve Mr Reeve has been a Governor of Wrotham school for over Futronics Member 25 years, seven of which he held the position of Chair of The Village Forum Ltd Trustee Governors. Original Signatory He works as an Operations Director for a local high tech Chair of Finance & Audit Trax Computing Committee innovations company. Governor at Aylesford Appointed: April 2013, by Members School Re-appointed:

April 2017, by Members

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Mr P Broszek Mr Broszek has had over 30 years’ experience as an Cory Environmental Member electrical, instrumentation and control engineer within the Trustee pharmaceutical industry. He is currently employed by Cory Original Signatory Environmental in the Borough of Bexley. Appointed: April 2013, by Members Re-appointed: April 2017 by Members

Mrs H Brassington Mrs Brassington is a chartered accountant (ACA) None Trustee Appointed: May 2016, by Members

Mr J Emmitt Mr Emmitt started as a Governor at Wrotham School in School Trustee 2017 which is also his first Governorship. Mr Emmitt has Appointed: over 15 years teaching experience since graduating from St March 2017 by Members Mary's University, Strawberry Hill. He began his career at

Chatham Grammar School for Boys in Medway as a PE teacher for four years before moving into the Independent Sector, where he is the Director of PE and Sport at Sevenoaks School. James was also involved in one of the Boys' Boarding Houses for five years as a Residential Tutor.

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Mr J Smith Mr Smith is currently the Head of ICT and Vocational None Staff Trustee Learning at Wrotham School and has worked at the school Appointed: since April 2005. He has taught several subjects during his June 2017, by Members time and has held various roles of responsibility within the following election by staff school.

Mr P Bridgman Mr Bridgman is a staff governor. He has been a maths None Staff Trustee teacher since 2008, and has been at Wrotham since 2011. Appointed: Before teaching he qualified as a Chartered Accountant June 2017, by Members working in the financial services sector. In that time he following election by staff became a Finance Director of a public company, and later of a building society.

Mr C Miller-Hanna Mr Miller -Hanna is new governor for Wrotham School. He is the PA Group UK Ltd Parent Trustee Managing Director for a H&S/Asbestos consultancy company Appointed: based in Kent. He has been in the construction sector for over 20 June 2017, by Members years. He volunteers for a local football club and is the club’s following election by Parents welfare officer, as well as being a coach.

Ms C Gilhooly Ms Gilhooly originally trained as a Youth and Community Royal Children’s Parent Trustee Worker and has subsequently worked in a variety of Springhead Foundation Appointed: education and community based charities. Most recently June 2017, by Members she has worked within grant making trusts often with an following election by Parents education focus.

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Mr D Turner MBE Mr Turner has had an e xtensive business career in None Trustee electrical and paper industries. He has spent twenty years doing Appointed: public and private consultancy, thirteen years as Hon Treasurer December 2019, by Members for the Firefighters Charity. He was a Governor at Mid Kent College for 19 year, 8 of them as chair. He was Honoured in 2000 with an MBE.

Trustees who have resigned during the academic year 2019/2020.

Mr N Newman Mr Newman is a chartered accountant working at a local A4G LLP Trustee accountancy firm. He is also a treasurer of a local youth club Ditton Youth Club Appointed: running as a registered charity and Vice Chair of local Parish September 2015, by Council Members Ditton Parish Council Re: appointed September 2019, by Members

Resigned 31/12/2019