I am originally from Kingsbridge in South Devon and attended Kingsbridge Community College before moving to Plymouth College of Further Education to embark on a career in Electronics. I graduated from Plymouth College of Further Education (Plymouth Polytechnique) in 1991 with an HND in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering and in 1992 I joined AWE Aldermaston (near Reading) on a 2-year Trainee Engineer scheme.   On completion of this I worked as an Electronics Engineer until I joined Media Products Ltd as Principle Engineer in 1996.  In 1997 I moved to my current employer, XP Power.

I have been at XP Power for over 22 years and started out as an Applications Engineer before moving into sales in 1998. In 2002 I moved to the USA to become the Medical Sales Director and moved in back to the UK in 2009.  In 2011 I become Executive Vice President European Sales and in November 2017, I changed roles to become the Executive Vice President of Global Products and Marketing.  Outside of work I am married with 4 wonderful children and love living in North Devon. I love most sports and have played Rugby and Cricket for a variety of teams in South Devon, Reading, California (USA) and North Devon.  I am also a committed Christian and an active member of our local church.

I have been a governor for 15+ years at both primary and secondary schools and, during that time, I have been involved in most aspects of school governance including a spell as Chair of Governors. I was a governor at Newport during the academy conversion and have seen the benefits that has brought. For the past 6 years I have been a governor at the Park with a focus on the collection, analysis and interpretation of the ever-growing amount of data available to schools.

I have three children who have all been pupils at both Newport and the Park and have now progressed to further education (A levels and university).

My background is in engineering and software development and I am currently a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of a US based healthcare IT company involved in the delivery of health improvement programs to the government and large employers.

I was a governor at the Park Community School when the possibility of forming a local MAT involving both primary and secondary schools was first discussed. The potential for this MAT to have a significant impact on the education young people in the area from nursery through to GCSE was obvious and I am excited to have the opportunity be part of that continuing journey.

EDEN (Exeter Diocesan Education Network) is the corporate member with Christina Mabin as EDEN’s representative.

Christina is employed by the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education as a Senior Education Adviser with responsibilities for School Organisation, Governance and Admissions.

My connections with North Devon go back many generations with family working on the Railway in Barnstaple. I have fond memories of many happy family holidays in the area visiting Grandparents and enjoying the wonderful beaches and the surrounding countryside. I grabbed an opportunity in 2000 to relocate, with my husband, from London to take up a managerial role with a local Bank, from which I have since retired. This enabled us to establish our own roots in this beautiful county.

While in London I had opportunity to be a Governor in an Adult College and on moving to Devon was invited onto the Board of Petroc College; a role I enjoyed for many years. I was also, until taking up this new role as Member with Tarka Learning Partnership (and previously a Trustee), Governor at Eden Park Academy (formerly Forches Cross Primary School).

My husband and I are members of a local church and my retirement also allows me some time to follow my interests in patchwork, quilting and gardening.

I wish to continue to support children to achieve their full potential, to have aspirations for their future and achieve their dreams. To help create an environment where this is possible and to see education in North Devon grow into a seamless educational journey from 2 to 19. For North Devon to have a voice in the national education debate and development of education for our children.