Gary was raised and educated in Leicester and has a background in telecommunications engineering, ending his career as a Lead Consultant with BT, working in the design and maintenance of its advanced intelligent networks as well as the legacy systems. His journey in school governance began as a primary school governor in the 1980s. Later, as a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Ambassador, he ran sessions in a secondary school for a few years and improved their students' awareness and ambitions in STEM. As a result he subsequently became a school governor at Arthur Mellows Village College (AMVC) in the early 1990s. As Chair of AMVC's Finance and Administration committee, he helped AMVC gain Grant Maintained status and then became involved again when it was reverted back to Foundation Status, as the Government policy changed. This provided a good background for his skill set when AMVC went on to become a Single Academy and later a Multi-Academy Trust. Gary has been Chair of the CEO's Objective setters on more than one occasion and is currently Chair of Remuneration once more. He is passionate about ensuring all students have the opportunity to exceed their potential and, where appropriate, achieve excellent examination results, in whichever school they attend within the Trust. As well as his engineering and technical qualifications, Gary holds a Diploma in Management Studies and is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Gary has also been involved with the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) scheme within AMVC since its inception and still assists as a leader on occasions each year, to encourage young people to use the extra-curricular skills and knowledge they learn, in this scheme, throughout their life.

Committee Membership: Chair of Resources
Current Job: Retired after 38 years with BT