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Governor Profiles

Mike Branscombe Chair of Local Governing Body

Mike has been a governor at St Andrew's since September 2018 when he was licensed as Vicar of St Andrew’s Church in Cobham. He is a regular visitor to the school for assembly on Thursdays and as governor with responsibility for Special Educational Needs and Safeguarding.  Mike is married to a Secondary school teacher who is a literacy and drama specialist, he has two children with Special Needs who attend Woking High School. He is active in many Cobham community organisations.

Mike has served as a parish priest since 1995 in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His work as a priest has always connected with education he has been chair of governors at a primary school in the West Midlands and has served as team chaplain to Clearwater High School American Football team in Florida.  Mike hopes that his wide experience will bring enthusiasm and commitment to serving the educational and spiritual needs of our students.  Mike serves on the Governor’s Quality of Learning sub-committee.

Linda Shaw

Linda is Vice Chair, Foundation Governor and a member of the following groups: Finance

Linda has been a Foundation Governor since January 2016. She lives with her husband and 3 children in Cobham. 

In her professional life Linda had worked for over 30 years in the City, latterly for a large global investment bank. 

Currently she volunteers running events in the fundraising department of Woking and Sam Beare hospice, is Treasurer of a local cricket club and on the committee for the Youth work at St Andrews Church. 

A regular attender for over 20 years at St Andrew's Church, Cobham, she is the Treasurer for the Youth work and has for many years taken an active role in the Kids on Sunday plans and activities. 

Linda enjoys walking her dog, watching cricket and spending time with family and friends. 

Moni Babatunde

I joined the governing board at St Andrew’s School in 2021. As a foundation governor, I am responsible for RE and Christian Distinctiveness; I value the importance of faith development in education and I fully support the development of the Christian character and ethos of St Andrew’s School.

I have lived in Cobham for over 20 years and attended St Andrew’s Church before being ordained as a minister in 2019. Though trained as a research chemist I worked in the property industry for many years. I have two grown up children and I enjoy reading, cooking and spending time with family and friends.

Rowan Putman

Rowan joined as Parent Governor in 2022. A devoted mother of three, two of her children currently attend St Andrew's. 

Actively involved with the school since 2016 when her eldest joined in Reception, over the years she has been Treasurer of the PTA, volunteered at many a school event, cleaned up outdoor areas, planted school gardens, has supported school trips and listened to children read.

She has spent over 20 years working in international sustainable development and with that has been involved with a variety of projects around the world in many sectors from public finance and investment to energy and climate change. She is currently Founding Director of Grow Consult, a consultancy dedicated to supporting small and medium-sized businesses to grow responsibly, sustainably, and holistically, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into tailor-made business transformation programmes.  

Her passion is sustainability in all its forms, and what businesses can do to make the difference.

 

Jason Davies

Jason has lived in Cobham for the past 23 years. He is married to Kathryn and their two children were educated locally. He enjoys long walks with their three Cocker Spaniels, watching football and many sporting events as well as spending time with his family and friends. Jason joined as Trustee Governor in September 2023.


Jason is a Project Director working for a large International Engineering Business. He began his career with a small engineering company on a 3-year Apprenticeship. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, and he has over 30 years’ experience covering a wide variety of Engineering projects in both private and public sectors working in the UK and Internationally. He currently leads multidisciplinary design teams on significantly important infrastructure projects.


“Having seen my own children flourish from education, I appreciate the importance of good schooling both academically and socially”.  It defines who you are throughout your life.