A NEW chair of governors has been appointed at Mount Kelly.

As chair elect, Dr Wilson will join the board of governors as vice-chair this September for a year before taking over the helm in September 2018 when the current chair, Rear Admiral Chris Snow, completes his tenure.

Dr Wilson has had a career in financial services, having held senior positions at Citigroup, and has also worked in investment banking and private equity. He now runs his own consultancy business together with his wife from their Devon home having moved here from London in 2011.

Dr Wilson has a keen interest in engaging in the education voluntary sector and has over nine years’ experience in various governorships. He has been a governor and vice-chair of The Highfield School, Letchworth, and most recently has been a governor and chair at Tavistock College.

Headmaster Mark Semmence said: ‘This has been an extraordinary first three years in the life of the school, but the success of the merger [Kelly College and Mount House] in 2014 and the enormous success enjoyed by Mount Kelly since that time would not have been possible were it not for the vision and extraordinary commitment of our chair of governors Rear Admiral Chris Snow.

‘The appointment of Dr Wilson is excellent news and I look forward very much to working with him in the coming years.’