Debbie Torjussen Start of Service: 25 April 2026 Debbie is a Chartered Accountant since 2004 after joining KPMG (Stoke) as a graduate in 2001 and is currently Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group. Debbie has held senior roles in education finance for 20 years including within the school funding team for…
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Sarah Milne Start of Service: 1 September 2025 Sarah is an experienced Executive Leader in education with a strong focus on inclusion and safeguarding. She is an Executive Leader for a diocesan Multi-Academy Trust in the West Midlands. She leads strategic initiatives to improve outcomes for children, including policy development, adaptive teaching, attendance improvement, and exclusion…
Andrew Reid Start of Service: 6 November 2023 Andy is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and a member of the Standards Committee. He served as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools for 16 years, to the end of 2007, becoming Head of School Improvement in Ofsted in 2003 and Head of Institutional…
Matthew Gee Start of Service – 6 November 2023 Matt is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and Co-chair of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee. He is an Economics graduate and a chartered accountant. He has held senior international board level roles across a range of sectors including higher education, manufacturing, engineering, and…
Peter Willans Start of Service – 1 September 2018 Peter is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and a member of the Standards Committee. He has been a Chartered Surveyor since 1995 and is currently Property Director for Buzz Group Limited. Peter’s key strengths across many sectors of the property market include management and…
Jamie Smith Start of Service – 1 September 2020 Jamie is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and also a member of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee. He is Co-Owner of C-Learning Ltd, a Google Premier Education Partner and growing cloud specialist. C-Learning Ltd was a DEA finalist for most outstanding contribution to…
Stephen Packham Start of Service – 1 September 2018 Stephen is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and Vice Chair of the board. he is a member of the Standards Committee and the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. Following a BSc in mathematics at Imperial College London, Stephen trained as a chartered accountant with…
Diane Thompson Start of Service – 3 April 2020 Diane is a Trustee of the Alpha Academies Trust and Chair of the board. She is a member of the inclusion and Community Engagement Committee. Diane is an authentic leader with an interest in the development and growth of people and businesses. She has spent her…
Simon French Start of Service: September 2019 Simon is the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Principal of the Alpha Academies Trust. He is a Trustee of the Board, member of the Standards Committee, the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Trust Inclusion and Community Engagement Committee. Since taking on the role in 2019 Simon has implemented a…