Lisa Kerr

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Lisa Kerr
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NationalityScottish
CitizenshipScotland
Alma materUniversity of York
OccupationPrincipal of Gordonstoun School

Lisa Kerr has been Principal of Gordonstoun School since 2017[1]. She is the first female Principal in the school’s history[2].

Kerr is also a Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Moray[3].

Education and early career

Kerr attended Broughton High School, Edinburgh[4], and the City of Edinburgh Music School[5] before studying Music at the University of York[6].

Her early career was in the commercial radio industry. She was a presenter and producer for Classic FM and Radio Forth and was Group Managing Director of Radio Services Ltd before becoming Director of Strategy for RadioCentre, the UK commercial radio industry trade association[7]. Kerr is a Fellow of The Radio Academy[8].

She has been a Vice Chair of Scottish Opera[9], and a member of the UK and Ireland Regulatory Board of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors[10].

Gordonstoun

Kerr joined the Board of Governors of Gordonstoun in 2007[11]. She was appointed Principal in 2016, succeeding Simon Reid, and took up the post in 2017[12].

References

  1. "Gordonstoun: Our staff". Gordonstoun. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. Denholm, Andrew. "Gordonstoun School appoints first female principal in its history". The Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. Walker, David. "New Deputy Lord Lieutenants crowned in Moray". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. Drysdale, Neil. "Breaking through the glass ceiling". Press & Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. "Former Students". The City of Edinburgh Music School. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. "Former Students". The City of Edinburgh Music School. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. "Lisa Kerr leaves RadioCentre after 10 years". Radio Today. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. "Fellows". The Radio Academy. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. Humphries, Will. "Gordonstoun picks business leader as principal". The Times. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. "Our next finalist at the Moray business Women 2013 Awards is..." Facebook. Moray Business Women. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. "Gordonstoun: Our staff". Gordonstoun. Gordonstoun. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. Denholm, Andrew. "Gordonstoun School appoints first female principal in its history". The Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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