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Glenn Handley is Founder and Managing Director of SecFin Solutions Limited, an independent advisory and education consultancy specialising in repo, securities finance, and digital assets. He brings over 34 years of senior market experience, including as Managing Director and Global Head of G10 Rates Cash Financing Solutions at HSBC.

Glenn was a founding member of the Bank of England Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates — the group that selected SONIA as the sterling benchmark — and co-chaired the UK Money Market Code Sub-Committee. He is also a recognised Expert Witness in securities financing matters.

In the independent school sector, Glenn serves as Chair of Governors at More House School and was appointed as a Director and Trustee of AGBIS in March 2026. He holds an Executive MBA from Bayes Business School and a Digital Asset Readiness Framework qualification from Cambridge Judge Business School.

Helen’s career is in Finance and Business. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, Helen joined Newton Investment Management as a Global Analyst, covering the Consumer Goods sector. Towards the end of her 13 years at the company, Helen focussed on investment projects and team management, supporting the Chief Investment Officer. 

 Helen took a career break in 2016 to focus on her family. After a time, she began working with a start-up business, Rosalena Skincare, and jointly led on its growth and development into a niche, premium skincare brand. The business was sold last year, allowing Helen more time to pursue her long-held ambition to be a Governor at More House as well as think about her next entrepreneurial challenges.   

Helen has two children, one of whom is currently at More House, and lives in Surrey. She firmly believes that More House is an exceptional and unique school, helping boys and their families in so many ways and, above all, enabling them to believe that anything, and everything, is possible. 

Charlotte Burnell is a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) advocate, supporting families to secure the right educational provision for children and young people with SEND since 2015. Starting originally as a trained volunteer at SEND charity SOS!SEN, where she still volunteers today, she created EHCP Advocacy in early 2023, helping parents through the SEND and Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) processes and to understand their child’s entitlement to support in education under current legislation.  

Her background spans over 35 years of senior communication and consulting roles in the public service, defence, technology and real estate sectors for companies such as Serco Group plc, BAE Systems plc, Cushman and Wakefield, Virtual Clarity, (now part of DXC Technology), Idox plc and Claris (formerly part of Apple Computers). She has experience in marketing and corporate communications within international, complex and regulatory environments, and for organisations undergoing transformational change. 

She is a parent of a former pupil at More House School. 

Paul Coby is Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) in charge of digital technology at Persimmon Homes and has been CIO at British Airways, John Lewis Partnership and Johnson Matthey. He has been a non-executive Director on several companies including Virgin Money and was Chair of SITA which provides IT services to the world’s airlines and airports. 

Paul has championed how businesses use technology to support their customers and workforce in a world where business models are being transformed by the web, data, social media and AI. He was a chair of the eSkills CIO panel which developed new practical degree courses in technology and set up computer clubs for girls to encourage schoolgirls to develop their skills in IT. He is passionate about technology innovation and set up JLAB, the John Lewis tech innovation laboratory, to work with start-ups in the UK in applying innovative digital solutions to shopping online and in stores. 

Paul is a father of three, his son having attended and greatly benefitted from More House’s teaching and support. Paul studied history at Cambridge and has a lifelong interest in history and archaeology. He has recently published a book on ‘Forts and Roman Strategy’ and is writing another one about the Roman invasions of Britain. Paul and his wife Sally share a love of travel and world music, and Paul continues to work on a model railway which will never be finished! 

Kyla de Sousa is an Assistant Headteacher and Special Educational Needs Co ordinator (SENCo) at an independent, non maintained special school and college in Surrey. She holds an undergraduate degree in Film Studies, achieved Qualified Teacher Status through South Farnham SCITT, and has completed a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at University College London. She has worked in education for over ten years, having progressed from teaching assistant to teacher and literacy lead, before joining the senior leadership team. As a governor, she draws on her professional experience to support the governing body in its work.

Fr Nick Gosnell joined the Governing Body in 2022. He is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Westminster. After joining the Royal Navy and qualifying as a State Registered Nurse he saw service in the Falklands Conflict before leaving the Armed Forces to train for the Anglican ministry. He married Alison in 1981 (who died of a terminal illness in December 2021) and they have two married sons with, currently, one granddaughter. Following the family’s conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1997 he was sent by Cardinal Basil Hume to work as a Regular Army Chaplain and served in many areas around the world before becoming Vicar General of the Bishopric of the Forces and Dean of the Military Cathedral in Aldershot in 2018. He has a Bachelor of Theology Degree, a Master of Arts in Education and a Master of Arts in Canon Law, and further to his time as Head of Divinity at St John’s School, Leatherhead, he has been an examiner for GCSE and A Level Religious Studies with EDEXCEL. 

Louise is a Marketing Director who specialises in content creation, social media management and copywriting for luxury brands across a range of industries, working with clients to create an individual and aspirational look, voice and online presence to drive interest, engagement and sales. She is also a fully qualified teacher who has taught English at prestigious secondary schools such as Guildford High School and Surbiton High School, where she was Deputy Head of English, as well as Hall Grove School, where she was Head of English. 

Louise is parent to a current More House pupil who has, and continues to, benefit from the truly transformative effect of the school and she has taken on the role of Governor so that she can support the wider More House community.   

Jack is a Teacher of Economics, Head of Cricket and Assistant Houseparent at Lord Wandsworth College, where he is a member of the safeguarding team and involved heavily in the boarding and co-curricular provision, coaching rugby, hockey and cricket. Jack studied economics at university where he was president of the golf society. He regularly writes for a national economics educational publication and is undertaking a diploma in boarding management with the Boarding Schools Association. Away from work, he is a keen cricketer, captaining Odiham and Greywell cricket club. 

David is an experienced Board & Executive Director for estates and infrastructure portfolios. 

David’s 30-year career has spanned private sector companies, two Civil Service departments and two arm’s-length government bodies. David has extensive experience in the construction and maintenance of quality, safe, and cost-effective estates and infrastructure. His experience also includes purchasing, commercial management, and business improvement in several private sector businesses across aerospace, automotive and FMCG packaging sectors. 

Outside of work David has four grown-up children and one grandchild living around the UK. He is a keen road cyclist and has completed many long-distance rides and organised charity rides to raise money for Parkinson’s UK and Stroke Association. David is a regular skier and mountain walker, a qualified yacht day skipper, a rugby coach, a Warwickshire County Cricket member, and owns a VW Campervan with his wife Stephanie. 

Alison is the quality manager of a local biotechnology firm. She has a degree in chemistry and has worked in the field of science for over 30 years, with employers including Glaxo, Kodak, Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. She moved from lab work to quality assurance in the early 2000s whilst working in a unit manufacturing and packaging drugs for clinical trials, and subsequently returned to the clinical diagnostics industry. In her current position she is involved with most aspects of her employer’s business and she still carries out practical lab work from time to time. Alison holds memberships of The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chartered Quality Institute and has studied biological and social sciences at undergraduate level with the Open University. 

Alison has two children, one of whom is a former pupil of More House School. During his time at the school, she was secretary and a trustee of the Friends of MHS. She was a committee member and trustee of her local Scouts group for many years and a committee member of the local swimming club for four years with responsibility for accreditation with Swim England. 

Andy Routley has a portfolio career primarily as a Company Chairman and Advisor to businesses of different sizes and organisations. He is Executive Chairman Big Spoon Brands and has been Chairman of Absolute Collagen, a private equity backed Health & Wellness business.  He is also a Director and Trustee of Lads Need Dads, a charity offering support for teenage boys in need of positive male role models. Having graduated from Loughborough University in 1988, Andy joined Mars as a graduate trainee and then spent the next 25 years in increasingly senior sales and marketing leadership roles in Unilever & SAB Miller until becoming Managing Director for Church & Dwight in the UK and then served a four-year term as Managing Director/CEO DB (Heineken) New Zealand and Australia where he led a branded business plus a hospitality joint venture. He then became Managing Director Digital Commerce Europe at Heineken Europe. Andy is married with three children – one of whom is a former pupil of More House – and lives in Surrey.   

Graham is Headmaster of Ditcham Park School a co-educational Independent School in Hampshire. Prior to taking up the Headship of Ditcham Park School in 2017, Graham worked at Reed’s School, Surrey, as Deputy Head and spent six years as a Governor of the local maintained secondary school. Graham spent twelve years teaching GCSE and A level History and coaching rugby at Monmouth School, Wales, where he was promoted to the Senior Leadership Team as Head of Sixth Form.  He was educated at Edinburgh University where he was awarded a Blue for rugby and graduated with a MA Honours in Modern History. After graduating, Graham spent six years as a British Army Officer serving with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, seeing active service in Northern Ireland and during the Gulf War. 

For over a decade Michael has supported schools and their governing bodies with the appointment of Heads and other senior leaders at both independent and maintained schools across the UK. For ten years he was Head of Senior School Search at the sector’s leading specialist search firm and, through his network, is well versed in the challenges (and joys) of school leadership. He set up his own practice in 2025 and continues to support schools and school leaders. He cares deeply about the mental health challenges facing young people and, during the pandemic trained as a CBT therapist.

His son, a former pupil who had struggled at mainstream school, left More House in 2024 and is now studying Politics and International Relations at University. Michael is married to Linda who is a yoga teacher and women’s health practitioner and they live in Farnham. Michael enjoys running, albeit slowly, and plays Padel when he has time. He can occasionally be heard around town, where he is the Town Crier.