The Warden

Previously the headmaster of two leading independent co-educational boarding schools in the south of England, Bryanston and Warminster, Mark Mortimer has more than 20 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 army officer and then had a brief career as a management consultant. 

A keen historian, sportsman and saxophonist, Mark has twice rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, taken part in the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara and more recently cycled across the Arctic Circle. He will be joined at Glenalmond by his French wife, Anna, and their three young children.