After studying as an undergraduate and post graduate at Coventry University I spent
the first 10 years of my working life as a research biochemist at Warwick and
Birmingham Universities. I changed career in 1991 when I became a Local
Government Officer with Coventry City Council. I held a variety of different posts in
the Council, including 10 years in Education and Children’s Services where I was
Assistant Director for a number of years. In 2007 I was appointed as Assistant Chief
Executive and was a member of the Council’s Management Board until my
retirement in 2012.
I have subsequently worked as an independent Project Manager, completing two
successful Free School bids in the City and supporting seven Coventry schools to
academise and form a Catholic Multi Academy Company (MAC). I am currently
employed, part-time, by Holy Cross Catholic MAC where I support the MAC Board,
strategic planning and policy development.
I have previous experience as a school Governor and Chair of Governors and as a
Director at Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust. I am looking forward to returning to
work with the MAT in the role of Trust Member.
