| Name: | Mr Jonathan Parkes |
| Date of appointment: | 1 November 2013 |
| Term of office: | 4 years |
| Appointing body: | Parents |
| Other school governance roles: | None |
| Business interests*: | None |
| Attendance record (last academic year): | 80% |
| *Governors are required to declare any business or pecuniary interests, which may have a bearing on decisions they make | |
After a Geography degree and a post graduate qualification in Land Surveying, I have spent the first half of my career working in oil exploration in many places across the world. I returned to the UK to study for an MBA at Manchester Business School before setting up a management consultancy which I now run in partnership with my wife, Jane, from offices in Buxton.
I am a Chartered Surveyor and also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Two of our children have been fortunate to have been educated at Lady Manners School: as a result of this our daughter, Sophie, graduated in Philosophy from St Andrews University and is now working as a Junior Editor for a large publishing firm. Our son, Charlie, graduated in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford and completed a Masters Degree before becoming an internee with NATO. Our third child, Anella, is disabled and attends college in Newcastle on Tyne. When not at work I enjoy music, travel, meeting with friends and skiing.