Andrew Gordon-Brown

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Andrew Gordon-Brown
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NationalitySouth African
Born (1967-04-05) 5 April 1967 (age 57)
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Andrew Gordon-Brown (born 5 April 1967) is a South African rower [1] and school administrator who has been headmaster of Kingswood School in Bath, England, since 2020. [2]

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Education and rowing career

Gordon-Brown was educated at Hyde Park High School in Johannesburg before studying at the University of Cape Town and Keble College, Oxford. [3] [4]

He competed in the men's eight rowing event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [5]

Teaching career

After a career as a media analyst for Deloitte & Touche in both South Africa and England, [6] Gordon-Brown began a second career as an educator, teaching first at Radley College before serving as pastoral deputy head at Stonyhurst. [7] From 2013 to 2020 he was headmaster of Truro School, [8] [9] and has been headmaster of Kingswood School since 2020.

Personal life

As well as rowing, Gordon-Brown's interests include singing. He is married with three children. [2]

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