Tom joined St Paul’s School in 2012 after twelve years in the City as a trader. With both parents being University academics, teaching has always been present in his family, so Tom always knew he would want to change career. Tom’s first impressions of St Paul’s were of energy and enthusiastic activity, scholarly colleagues and pupils who always had something interesting to say. Tom’s current role at the school is Deputy Head – Co-curricular, he is responsible for all activity which takes place outside of the academic curriculum. He is also a teacher of Mathematics and a coach of rowing, having been a previous President of the Boat Club. During the time Tom has been at St Paul’s, he’s noticed the many physical changes to the campus, with new buildings completed during the renewal campaign, and also the composition of the Common Room, with new colleagues and more female teaching staff. However despite the changes he feels that the unique ethos of the school has been preserved. Tom met his wife at the school, a teacher of French and German, and he now spends much of his spare time at home with his young family. He’s also a keen sportsman, enjoying rowing, cycling and triathlon, and he loves getting out on the River Thames during the long lunchbreak.