The Warden

Previously the headmaster of two leading independent co-educational boarding schools in the south of England, Bryanston and Warminster, Mark Mortimer has 25 years’ experience of the education sector. 

He started his teaching career at Giggleswick, in the Yorkshire Dales, where he was Head of History, an assistant housemaster and coach of the 1st XV rugby team, before moving onto Hampton School and then to St John’s, Leatherhead as deputy head. Before moving into teaching, he spent eight years as an infantry officer in the British Army, and then had a brief career as a management consultant. In 2015, he featured in the two-part ITV documentary, 'School Swap: The Class Divide.' 

A keen historian, sportsman and saxophonist, Mark has twice rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, run the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara and more recently cycled across the Arctic Circle. Mark has been Warden at Glenalmond College since January 2023, joined by his Parisian wife, Anna, and their three children, two of whom are pupils at the School.