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New Appointments Jane Butler College Office Manager Jane joined College in May 2016 on a temporary assignment supporting the Bursar. She has carried out various assignments within College and is now delighted to have secured a permanent position as College Office Manager.
Pippa Carson Librarian, Cheltenham Prep Pippa takes over the Prep School library from Sarah Dawson. She has previously spent some time in Lower School at The Prep in various roles. Pippa hails from South Africa where she worked in the IT industry.
Rebecca Evans HE & Careers Advisor Prior to joining College in March this year, Rebecca worked for a London-based Headhunting firm as a Senior Consultant specialising within the Marketing, Advertising and PR industries. Her position saw her consulting to large global Communications groups, as well as smaller independent companies, but her family's move to Cheltenham called for an eventual change.
Suzanna Harris Assistant Head – Director of IT Suzanna worked previously at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire as Director of ICT & Head of IT Academic. Prior to that she studied full-time at Strathclyde University completing an LLLM Law Masters in Internet Law and Policy. Other jobs have included twelve years as Head of IT and E Learning at Bedford Modern School, two
Paul Holden Finance Director Paul has worked in the Finance team at College since May 2014 and, in recognition of the retirement of Stephen Friling, he took over his role in July. He has had a number of senior finance roles over the years and has been involved in a diverse range of financial services sectors including a payment specialist operating in the Housing Association sector, Mortgages and Pensions outsourcing and insurance services. Prior to that 14
Jane’s previous roles have been within the IT sector and most recently have included working for UCAS as the PA to the IT Director and Logica as a Project Co-ordinator. She lives in Prestbury with her husband Martin.
She, her husband Dave, and their two children (both at the College) have lived in Cheltenham for the past 8 years. She graduated from the University of Cape Town and has a great love for animals, kids, all sport, bridge and … reading!
Rebecca graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA Hons in Classical Studies and having lived in Rome soon after graduation, she enjoys escaping to the Eternal City at any opportunity. She plays netball, enjoys running and is married to Dan Evans, Head of Sixth Form and teacher of History and History of Art. They live in Cheltenham and have two young sons, Hector and Tobias, who both attend the Prep School.
years teaching Website design and English in France. Additionally, Suzanna qualified as a Chef and started her teaching career as a History Teacher having completed an MSc in Economic and Social History at Oxford and an MSc at Cranfield in IT Management. Suzanna has a passion for animals and cooking and the sea. She lives in Cheltenham with her 17 year old son Talis who has recently joined the College in the Lower Sixth. he worked in Investment Banking having trained as a Chartered Accountant at Price Waterhouse Coopers in London. Paul is also a tutor to a number of pupils in Christowe. He lives a six minute cycle from College and works one minute’s walk away from his wife who is Head of Programming at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. His daughter has just finished a year studying at University of California Berkeley and his son works in property management in Cheltenham.