Chairman of Trust Board
Member and Trustee
David worked in industry for over 30 years with Ford Motor Company and held management positions in Business Planning, Project Management and Engineering both in the UK and the US. Last position, before taking early retirement, was Manager of Powertrain Engineering for Small Cars in Europe.
He has been on the Board of Colchester Institute for a number of years.
Chair of Educational Standards & Performance Committee
Member and Trustee
Angie spent fifteen years as a successful Deputy and Headteacher in separate primary schools in Essex. She then joined the Local Authority as a Senior School Development Adviser and, subsequently, a School Improvement Partner.
From 2012 Angie became an independent consultant, supporting school leaders and governing bodies in Essex and beyond.
Chair of Risk & Audit Committee
Member and Trustee
Brian is a professional chemist specialising in food flavouring and has worked in the food flavouring industry for many years. Recently he has set up his own consultancy.
Chairman of Finance & HR Committee
Member and Trustee
Trevor came into School Governance shortly after taking early retirement from the UK Gas Industry, where he held numerous Operational and Management posts, both locally and nationally, over a period of 26 years.
Member
Barry is a new appointee. He is an experienced lawyer with specialisms in education and employment law, who has recently retired from his senior partner post in a local law firm and now sits on various Tribunals
Headteacher Notley High School
Executive Headteacher of NEMAT
Trustee
David joined the school in September 2015 after eight successful years as the Headteacher of Bradfield School in Sheffield. Prior to that he spent thirteen years in a range of positions in schools on the Isle of Man. He is a late entrant to teaching having spent eighteen years in the RAF (initially as a statistician, then as a linguist).
Headteacher
Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Trustee
Rob has been Headteacher at The Ramsey Academy since September 2014.
He has 30 years teaching experience and held various roles on Senior Leadership Teams in schools for over 16 years. He has worked in a variety of education institutions, including a selective grammar school, Sixth Form College and a number of secondary schools.
Rob has extensive experience in the roles of Chair of Examiners and Chief Examiner for A level Physical Education for a major examination board. This includes constructing and writing specifications, writing and reviewing examination papers and standardising Senior Examiners. He has also co-authored a number of textbooks, developed CPD materials and delivered professional development courses in the UK and abroad.
Rob is also an Ofsted Inspector. His specialist areas are physical education, leadership and management and school improvement.
Vice Chair of Trust Board. Chair of Pay Committee
Trustee
Elizabeth has worked in education for the last forty years in a range of schools from large mixed comprehensives to a small girls’ grammar school. Her final post was Head Teacher at Colchester County High School for Girls.
Vice Chair of Finance & HR Committee
Trustee
Gary runs a successful local business specialising in laboratory equipment and fitting.
Vice Chair of Risk & Audit Committee
Trustee
Andy is a trustee based on his considerable business experience including his current post as a manager in a large local Housing Association. He also brings experience of Primary School governorship.
