Peter Nicol

Member

Peter is a chartered accountant with a very specific interest in the education of young people. Until recently he was the chair of governors at Bury College of Further Education, and during that time he was instrumental in the establishment of Bury College Education Trust (now Keep Learning Trust), of which he is still proud to be a member. As an accountant, he has owned and run a chartered accountancy practice in the town for the past 34 years. During that time he has also served as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales National Technical Committee, which has given him access to influence a number of regulations which affect education establishments. He also has a particular interest in the audits of multi Academy trusts, and brings his experience of issues that are particular to that sector when considering the performance and monitoring of the Education Trust and its Board.

Janet Ribchester Member

Janet is a senior leader in the NHS with experience across operational management, commissioning, strategy and policy development. Championing compassionate and value led leadership, Janet has a reputation for success in building strong collaborations across organisations and sectors. This has led to her interest in the education sector and excellence in supporting children and young people to be the best they can be. Janet is Managing Director of the primary care collaboration across Greater Manchester which includes general practice, dental, community pharmacy and optometry with circa 2000 small businesses and 22,000 staff. She is a former National Leader of Governance and has served as a trustee in a large CE MAT.

Pat Jones-Greenhalgh  Member

Pat is former chief executive at Bury Council. She has a wealth of experience in adult social care and safeguarding and has played a national role in this area. She is passionate about her home town of Bury and has experienced in governance in education.

Charlie Deane  Member and Trustee

Charlie is the principal and CEO at Bury College. His background is in FE and he was vice-principal at Aberdeen College prior to taking up the vice-principal role at Bury in 2010. His role as college principal gives him a place on the local Bury wider leadership team. He is a strong advocate for the education system. He was an original signatory to the memorandum of association and has worked hard on supporting the development of the Trust. He is a Member of the Trust by virtue of his role at the College.

Mark Granby

Member and Chair of Trust Board

Mark is a member by virtue of his role as Chair of the Trust Board. Mark’s professional background is in policing and he retired from GMP as a superintendent. He is a qualified change management practitioner and also accredited to conduct Serious Case Reviews. He has a wealth of governance experience and was appointed as a National Leader of Governance in 2014. He continues to support Trust Boards and schools with external reviews of governance. He is also chair of the Sycamore CE MAT and he is a governor at Bury College. He has recently been appointed as the Chair of the Rules Group at UK Athletics.

Chris Trees - Trustee

(Vice-Chair of Trust Board)

Chris’s professional background is in secondary education. He retired as the headteacher of Philips High School in 2016. He was formerly a chief examiner for GCSE speaking and listening and was chair of the Bury High Schools training and development group. He is currently the Chair of Governors at Bury College. He is also Chair of the local governing board at Tottington High School which is part of the Shaw Trust. He currently chairs the Trust Finance, Operations, Risk and Audit committee.

Stephanie Walker Trustee

Stephanie’s professional background is in the education sector. She works for the DfE and her specialist area is in finance. She has also served on the governing body of a Bury High School.

Kavi Myladoor

Trustee

Kavi is the commercial and proposition leader of Just's Retirement Income business lines and is currently disrupting the Retirement Income Market to help consumers get better financial outcomes. She has a relentless focus on creating and delivering customer and adviser experience led strategies. She is passionate about people and shaping compelling stories that can be communicated to empower and motivate employees towards business goals. Her experience spans take to market strategies, digital experience builds, proposition and risk management.

Rebecca Dunne

Trustee

Rebecca is currently the Deputy CEO of Prestolee Multi-Academy Trust. With a proven track record in leadership in education and specifically in relation to Early Years settings Rebecca, as a Bury resident, is keen to put something back into the local system. Rebecca chairs the Trust’s Standards and School Improvement Committee.

Christine Reynolds

Trustee

Christine has recently retired from her role as the Director of School Improvement in the Oak Learning Trust. Prior to that role she was the headteacher at Unsworth Primary School and was instrumental in moving the school through the conversion process to establish a Bury based Trust. She has a proven track record in system improvement and has worked in several settings to support leadership development.

Jeffrey Rose

Trustee

Jeffrey is a seasoned professional with 40 + years of experience as a Manager /Senior Manager within the field of Telecommunications. He has been a Programme Manager, Project Director, Deputy General Manager and Regional Manager. He has also been a Regional Communications

Board Member for both East and West Midlands during the existence of the Regional Development Agency. He holds a Diploma in Marketing from the Manchester Business School and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM). He has expertise in delivering complex networks for major corporate organisations, additionally working with a variety of stakeholders on Economic Development Projects, Marketing /Business Strategy, People Management / Team Building and Budget Management. He has formerly been a governor at Park View Primary School for 13 Years and has been Chair of Governors for 11 years. Jeff currently is Chair of the Trust’s People Committee.

Sarah Hall

Trustee

Sarah is a resident of Bury and was a pupil at Holcombe Brook Primary School, Woodhey High School and Holy Cross College before heading to university to study law. She is now an associate at Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester and she joined the Finance team there in November 2020. She has assisted with a wide range of transactions, acting for both lenders and borrowers on a range of work including leveraged and corporate finance, real estate finance and asset based lending and involving a wide range of jurisdictions.

Dr Fiona Meechan 

Trustee

Roy Niel Cope

Trustee