Mary joined Marlborough College Malaysia from Lady Eleanor Holles International School Foshan in China where she spent the past 3 years overseeing the construction and opening of the school.  She read Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Loughborough University in the UK and qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant with CIMA.

She joined Ford Motor Company as a sponsored engineering trainee before taking on a variety of commercial roles in manufacturing, product development, business development, and purchasing in a global setting; with her final role being Financial Controller of European Material Planning and Logistics.

Her bursarial experience in the UK education sector included Chelmsford County High School for Girls, a state-funded grammar school, and Norwich School, an independent HMC school.

Mary is married to Trevor and they have two grown-up children.