Diane Gaskin

Diane Gaskin was born in Armley, Leeds and educated at St Joseph’s Primary School, Otley and Notre Dame Grammar School in Leeds before going on to study modern languages (French and German) at the University of Liverpool. Diane trained as a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor with the Leeds office of Price Waterhouse before a career establishing in-house tax functions in Leeds Permanent Building Society, Halifax plc and running a large multi-site tax function for HBOS plc in Edinburgh.

Whilst on a career break in 2006 Diane became a governor at St Joseph’s, Otley where she chaired the governing body and academy council for more than 12 years. She also became a governor at St. Mary’s, Menston where she chaired Finance Committee, Standards Committee and latterly the Academy Council. Diane played an active role in the set up and governance of the Bishop Wheeler Academy Trust.

From 2014 she set up and developed the in-house tax function for Vp plc, an equipment hire company based in Harrogate and retired from there in late 2019

Diane is currently the Chair of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust and a member of the Resources Committee for the Trust.