The Governing Board

Mel Renwick joined the Board of Governors in October 2014.

Mel has worked in the insurance broking sector in London for the last 25 years holding a variety of roles, both client-centric and internal. She is currently focused on operational and change programme leadership, as well as having an involvement in her company’s graduate and diversity programmes.

Mel is married to Arnold, and they have two daughters – both of whom attended Prince’s Mead School. The Renwick family have been attending and involved in the school for just under ten years, with Mel serving on the Prince’s Mead Association throughout this time, and latterly leading the Prince’s Mead Association as Chair.

Jill Bainbridge joined the Board of Governors in March 2023.

Jill is a lawyer specialising in Intellectual Property and Commercial Dispute matter and is recognised as a leader in her field having been a partner with a larger regional law firm for over 20 years. She lives in Salisbury and is married with a daughter.

Jill is an Independent Non Executive Director of England Lacrosse and has previously held a trustee role with Breast Cancer UK and sat on the regional funding panel of the Prince’s Trust.

Georgie Bateman joined the Board of Governors in November 2018.

Georgie has lived in Hampshire since 1997 and was a governor at Leaden Hall School in Salisbury for 6 years. She ran Night Nannies in the south of England for 18 years before selling the business in 2018 and now runs the Mentoring Programme for Kids on Track, a charity that supports children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Andover. She is also a churchwarden of St Mary’s Church, Broughton and also volunteers at Broughton Primary School.

Tim Giddings joined the Board of Governors in June 2021.

Tim is a Housemaster at Winchester College. He has been teaching Latin and Greek at Winchester since 2009 and is currently preparing to lead an expedition to walk Hadrian’s Wall.

He is married to Hannah and has three young children. They are members of a local church. In his spare time, he enjoys following the increasingly positive fortunes of Wrexham AFC, watching cricket and learning new languages; the current challenge is Welsh.

Charles Gillow joined the Board in June 2021 and is a member of the Governance Committee.

Charles has a science degree from Oxford University and postgraduate qualifications in systems and aeronautics. He served 12 years as a Bursar following 16 years as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and 12 years in the City of London.

He is married to Stacy, a teacher in prep and secondary schools, and is enjoying a life of relative retirement while being a governor of two schools and Riding Master of the Light Cavalry, HAC.

Chris joined the Board in January 2019. He leads the Finance & General Purposes Committee and works very closely with our Bursar, Poppy Hughes.

Chris has lived in Winchester since 1982 and now lives in the centre of the City with his wife, Jenny. His three daughters all attended Prince’s Mead. Chris is a Corporate Finance advisor, he is currently on gardening leave from EY until he joins AlixPartners in February 2025 as a Partner & Managing Director, located in their London office.

When not advising on transactions or working with the Board and staff, Chris spends his time with family and friends, focused on his fitness and wellbeing, and holds a very keen interest in the sport of Formula 1 and Manchester United.

William Pattisson joined the Board of Governors in June 2016.

William has been a Fund Manager for his whole career, having started work in London in 1986.  In 2010 he set up Ardevora Asset Management LLP, an asset management business which manages UK and global equities for a range of institutional investors.

He lives in Winchester with his wife, Francheska. Their three daughters were all at Prince’s Mead.

Julia Shergold joined the Board of Governors in 2024 and is the Safeguarding Governor.

Julia was a corporate lawyer in Southampton before having her children Isabel and Edward. Julia is very fond of the school as both her children attended Prince’s Mead from Reception through to Year 6.

Julia has been a volunteer for the Charity, Home-Start, since 2017. She has regularly visited a family, with children under 5 years of age, who struggle for a variety of reasons.

David Sibson joined the Board of Governors in July 2018 and is the Chair of the Education Committee.

He is highly experienced in independent education, having had a long career teaching and leading in the sector, including two headships of prep schools. As well as undertaking inspections for ISI, David was also a very active supporter of IAPS, both at District level and also as a member of the central IAPS Council.

Since retiring from headship, David has continued his involvement in education through inspection, consultancy and governorship.

David, who lives in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, is married to Claire and they have two grown-up children.

Kerry Stylski is a chartered accountant and has worked for top ten accounting firm RSM for the last 20 years.

Kerry is an audit director specialising in charities and education and has many years of experience working with independent schools on finance and governance matters.

She lives in Basingstoke with her husband and young daughter.