Experience

NET Academies Trust

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for a successful Multi Academy Trust in Essex. Responsible for facilitating the best possible educational provision and outcomes for our pupils by successfully removing any non-academic barriers to achieving Trust goals. This includes ensuring compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.Key member of the Trust Leadership Team, integral to the delivery of the Trust's strategic aims, providing dynamic leadership, strong management and clear direction across all non-academic areas for the Trust.Also the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Trust, taking responsibility for ensuring financial compliance with statutory and legal requirements, as well as being responsible for financial management and reporting across the schools and Trust. Show less

• Operations Manager

  • Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  Operations Manager for a successful Multi Academy Trust in Essex. Responsible for ensuring delivery of operational excellence in our academies and in the Trust’s central team. Responsible for ensuring the operational side of the business is compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements and that effective systems of control and management of risk are consistently implemented.



Academy Transformation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Finance Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2019

  Key member of Multi-Academy Trust Central Finance team. Responsible for management of all financial procedures across Primary and Secondary Academies within our Essex Region, together with a separate Community Sports Centre. Working strategically with Headteachers to set and regularly monitor budgets against income and expenditure to date, reviewing Academy Improvement Plans to assist decision making. Producing clear monthly Management Accounts and attending Local Governors' meetings to discuss financial performance and planning. Ensuring effective financial controls and procedures are implemented across all academies in line with the Academies Financial Handbook and internal Financial Regulations. Show less



Mark Hall Academy

• Harlow, Essex

• Operations Director

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2016

  Key member of Senior Leadership Team in a busy Secondary School, which transitioned to an Academy within a Multi-Academy Trust in 2013. Responsible for management of Finance, Human Resources, Facilities Management including Health & Safety, Catering, IT, Administration and all matters within the school which are supportive to, but do not involve, the teaching and learning function. Key member of Senior Leadership Team in a busy Secondary School, which transitioned to an Academy within a Multi-Academy Trust in 2013. Responsible for management of Finance, Human Resources, Facilities Management including Health & Safety, Catering, IT, Administration and all matters within the school which are supportive to, but do not involve, the teaching and learning function.



Mark Hall School

• Harlow, Essex

• Data Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

  Key member of Achievement and Assessment team in an 11-16 Secondary School. Responsible for producing and analysing student performance data reports for the Senior Leadership Team, all teachers and Governors, tracking performance of all individual students in the school. Introduced very user friendly performance reports for each Year group including all vulnerable groups' data to assist teachers when planning their teaching and learning. Successfully launched new system for reporting to parents/carers and provided support and training to all teachers on use of this system. Show less