Leora Cruddas is CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts – the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England. She has advised successive governments and sits on several DfE Advisory Bodies.

Stephen has a 20-year career history in operations and finance, working at a senior level in the public and private sectors, both in the UK and abroad.

Dan Morrow is Trust Leader and CEO of Dartmoor MAT, having previously been the Trust Leader and CEO for Woodland Academy Trust. Dan moved into education motivated by a desire to give back. His appointments to date have enabled him to make a difference in a huge variety of schooling and civic contexts.

As a Qualified Accountant and Financial Technology specialist, Will works with established Multi-Academy Trusts to strengthen their financial planning and reporting processes by replacing legacy software with MAT specific, agile tools.

Adeel is the CFOO at Epworth Education Trust. He is responsible for the strategic overview of Finance and Operations across the trust. He has worked in the academy sector for over 13 years, starting as a Finance Assistant and working his way up to CFO, thus developing a robust view of how efficient Finance functions and processes should work.

As Head of Education for Bishop Fleming, Pam is extremely passionate about the education sector and leads Bishop Fleming’s advisory work in the academy sector. Pam is a Trustee of The Confederation of Schools Trust.