Staff

Mr Tom Barlow

Tom is the Head of Finance for the Seckford Foundation.  He joined the Foundation in December 2008 having previously been the Head of Finance at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.  Tom is a graduate of the London School of Economics and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994.  Upon qualification he joined the finance department of Salomon Brothers and over the next ten years pursued a career in the banking industry before making a move into the charitable and education sectors at the beginning of 2005 when he became Financial Services Manager at the University of Essex.

Tom is married to Louise with one son.

Mrs Sarah Kopferschmitt

Sarah is a qualified nurse. After training at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge she went to work in Switzerland, first at the University Hospital of Lausanne, then moving on to care home management.

Sarah returned to live in Suffolk in 2002 with her French husband, their 2 sons and daughter. Sarah has continued working specifically in the field of care for older people since returning to the UK

Mrs Sheridan Steen

Sheridan is the Marketing Officer for the Foundation.  Taking up the position in September 2005. Having previously worked in the shipbuilding industry she joined the Citizens Advice Bureau and then moved to the marketing department of Which School.  In 1998 she joined the Headmaster’s secretarial team.  Currently she is also a director of DSM Retail Consultancy, whose interests lie mainly in China and the Far East.

Married to David, with three children, all of whom attended Woodbridge School pupils.

Interests include: golf, tennis, sailing, gardening, walking and talking!

Mrs Rachael Woodmansee

Rachael is the Development Officer for the Seckford Foundation. She originally started work in the Accounts Department at Woodbridge School before moving into the area of fundraising and alumni relations. Previously she worked as an accountant for Russian Metal Traders in London.

Married with two children, who both attend Woodbridge School and lives in Felixstowe.

Interests include: running, swimming, reading, socialising and collecting - shoes that is!