I was born and grew up in Mussoorie, India. I went to Woodstock School, before moving to Kent College, Canterbury to complete my A levels. I studied philosophy at the University of Manchester (BA 1993), then Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BPhil 1995), and then the University of Reading (PhD 2000).

I joined Heythrop College, University of London, in 2001, where I eventually became Director of Research (2008) and then Vice Principal Academic (2017). I was also Honorary Reader in the Psychoanalysis Unit of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College, London (2012-2022). My research interests in philosophy were primarily in the overlap between ethics and mind, in particular, psychoanalysis.

In 2003, I founded the company A Level Philosophy, providing support and training for students and teachers in schools. In 2017, as Heythrop College was closing, I left to join Christ’s Hospital School as a teacher of Philosophy and Theology. I became Head of Department in 2019, and then moved to Head of Psychology and a Senior Head of Department in 2024. I am also trained in Philosophy for Children. In teaching I am most interested in how young people learn and think through philosophical dialogue and enquiry.

I was a member of the British Philosophical Association’s Executive Committee until 2023, and was a founding member of the Association of Philosophy Teachers.