Our Governors

Chair of Governors

Natalie Harling has lived in the Lake District for over 22 years now, having lived previously in the South of England and the Alps. As Director of Business Development for The Outward Bound Trust, an Educational Charity focused on supporting young people to unlock their potential through learning and adventure in the wild. Natalie has spent the past 19 years working within the Education system and a wide range of Senior Leadership Teams across schools in England, Scotland and Wales. She has vast experience of Marketing and Sales strategies and practical experience of implementation. Natalie has children who have completed their education at Hunter Hall.

Tony Roberts was born in North Wales and attended a number of schools as the family moved around with his father’s job. He finished his education in Norwich before starting his working life in the Hotel and Catering industry as an Assistant Hotel Manager in Bedford and Cambridge. He then joined the family catering business with 6 outlets around Norfolk and 50 franchised units across the country. Having sold out a few years later, he went back into industry, focusing on Project Management, Finance and Information Technology. During this time he worked abroad on feasibility studies for Government.

He was a founder member of Learn Direct and Learn Direct Higher Education and opened the first Business Link in Lincolnshire. He was also a founder of Lincoln University when it was just an idea with the CBI and then became a Pro Vice-Chancellor looking after relationships with industrial and local authority partners. He also established a wide-area network of outreach learning centres across Lincolnshire, providing access to higher education in rural locations.

It was time for a break, taking five years out living in various locations around Europe before returning to the United Kingdom where he joined Sedbergh School just for something to do, but 15 years later, he is now the Bursar for Compliance & IT and spends a great deal of time talking to parents about the School and their changing circumstances as their children matriculate through the school.

He sees Hunter Hall School as an exciting opportunity to bring some of the above experiences to bear for the benefit of the School and its staff.

Toby Lehmann comes to Hunter Hall with 7 years of experience as the Bursar Operations at Sedbergh where he was responsible for the day to day management of the  delivery of all operational departments as well as being the Health and Safety Coordinator, responsible for the Crisis response planning and exercising as well as School insurance policies and energy procurement. He still works part time at Sedbergh as Special Projects Officer and brings his experience to the Hunter Hall board.  Toby had a full career in the Army where he served for 30 years in the Duke of Wellington’s and Yorkshire Regiments as an infantry officer and as a technical staff officer, with specialisms in information systems, infantry weapon procurement and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel in 2012.  He was a member of the team organising the Yorkshire element of the 2014 Tour de France and then moved to the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, running crisis response exercises for Government departments and commercial organisations and educational establishment. Toby was educated at Sedbergh, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Cranfield University, he is married to Susie and they have 3 adult children.