Trustee & Member Profiles

Andrew was born in Burslem and has spent most of his working life in Stoke-on-Trent, including a long spell as solicitor and then head of business services at Grindeys llp, a well-respected local...

Sue has extensive experience of working within the public, private and voluntary sectors in the Midlands, North of England and occasionally elsewhere.  She works to champion co-production and...

Sally is the former Vicar at St Mark’s Church, Shelton in the Hanley Team Ministry.  She was previously a Registered nurse for learning disabilities, and worked in this field before her ordination...

Philip retired in August 2017 after working in a variety of special schools which, collectively, covered the range of needs as outlined in the SEN Code of Practice.   He was a head teacher for 20...

With over twenty years of extensive experience within education as a school leader, advisor and coach, Louise has a wealth of knowledge supplemented with a real passion for inclusion. Her leadership...

Chris has recently retired after a very long and active career working in a range of business sectors.  As a GPO technical apprentice, he rose to the rank of technical officer and also acted as...

Gini has extensive experience as a HR professional and is fully CIPD qualified.  She provides HR support to schools and academies across Stoke-on-Trent as well as neighbouring authorities. Gini has...

Ann has over 20 years’ experience as a qualified teacher.  Whilst working at St Mark’s CE(A) Primary School her roles have included Inclusion Leader incorporating the roles of SENCO (Special...

Personal: I am married with two daughters, my husband is retired. Our elder daughter works at Horton Lodge School and is a specialist in Conductive Education. Our younger daughter is Head keeper at...

Robert is currently the Senior Executive Leader of the Orchard Community Trust-MAT. He is an experienced education professional with many years of experience in this field. He is a qualified teacher...

Lorna Maden was appointed interim Director of Finance Business Partnering at the Ministry of Justice in November 2018. She joined the Civil Service in the early 1990s. Previous roles include: Head...

Before recently retiring from teaching Nick worked for 36 years at an Independent School in Newcastle-under-Lyme. During his career at the School Nick had a wide range of responsibilities with the...

Gill has a wide range of experience spanning both administration and education.  She was Head of Business Studies at a large 11-18 school in Staffordshire before coming to work in Stoke-on-Trent on...

Steve had a long and active career with BT, starting as an engineering apprentice in Crewe. He worked his way up into management, and over the years through to a number of senior management...

Ros is an experienced and successful services director whose strong leadership and business transformation qualities have been acquired working within the housing and public sectors over the last 17...

Amit was born in India and has lived and worked across Asia, Middle and Europe while managing global, regional and local teams.  Amit is a Chartered Accountant/ACA by training and has secured a...