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  Seb Sales

  Chief Executive Officer

  Seb has been an Executive Headteacher and Accounting Officer of a successful Single Academy Trust for six years. In this time, he has supported a number of schools that required improvement following requests from the local authority. All schools are at least good now. Before moving to Surrey eight years ago, Seb worked and led schools in North and East London, co-ordinating British Council sponsored projects with schools across Europe. This included a safer schools project in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police. Seb worked as a sport television producer before moving into teaching. He has a double first in IT and Music and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

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  Jon Hills

  Headteacher at Holy Trinity C of E Primary School

  Jon has over thirteen years of experience as a Headteacher in two different primary schools. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH); has taught across the full primary age range and has held senior leadership roles in several junior schools.  His present school is rated good by Ofsted Nov 2016 and outstanding by SIAMS Jan 2017. In addition to leading his own school, Jon has supported one outstanding Infants school (Autumn 2015) and another GOOD primary school (summer & autumn 2016) as Interim Headteacher. His experience and opportunities as an Ofsted Inspector, Governor at Fordway Pupil Referral Unit and Woking Deanery rep on the Diocesan Board of Education provide a wide breadth of experience to support school improvement.

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  Sue Hope

  Headteacher, Crawley Ridge Infant School

  Sue has led Crawley Ridge Infant School since 1999 with the support of a committed governing body and alongside a skilled professional team of teachers and support staff. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and a Bachelor of Education with Honours. Sue has taught across the full primary age range and previously served as a Deputy for nine years at a local infant school. Her present school, Crawley Ridge Infants, is rated OUTSTANDING by Ofsted.

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  Sue Knight

  Headteacher, Crawley Ridge Junior School

  Sue was appointed as Headteacher in April 2018, following a successful year and a half as Acting Headteacher and then Head of School. She has had a long association with the school and leads a vibrant team with a strong commitment to school improvement. Sue studied history at the University of Warwick followed by a Post Graduate Certificate of Education at the West London Institute of Education. As well as teaching, Sue has worked in the Civil Service with a variety of roles including that of a workplace counsellor.  Sue is now working on her NPQH with an emphasis on curriculum development.

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  Naomi Ezzard

  Headteacher, Windlesham Village Infant School

  Naomi has been Headteacher at Windlesham since January 2014. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has previously worked as Headteacher in two church schools; an all-through primary school and an infant school.  She sits on the Local Advisory Board for Bagshot Children’s Centre. Naomi has a BA(Hons) in Modern languages and European Studies. Her present school, Windlesham Village Infants, is rated OUTSTANDING by Ofsted She leads an energetic team of infant specialists, who value first-hand experiences and outdoor learning.

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  Siobhan McGann

  Headteacher, Connaught Junior School

  Siobhan McGann has been in teaching for over twenty years. She was appointed Headteacher at Connaught in April 2018 after a successful year as Head of School, using her experience of teaching and leading in state and private schools in both England and New Zealand. Siobhan leads an innovative team of staff and pupils at Connaught, always striving for excellence. She has a particular passion for creative teaching methods and outdoor learning, developing the school grounds to extend and enhance the children’s learning opportunities.  Siobhan is presently undertaking her NPQH with a particular focus on mastery teaching & learning and the development of growth mind-sets.

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  Gina Buxton

  Chief Financial Officer

  Gina is an experienced and qualified senior Business Manager. She has worked in both maintained and academy settings and is passionate about ensuring financial security and delivering best value in schools to support teaching and learning. Prior to becoming a School Business Manager, Gina worked in a variety of Marketing and Customer Service focused management roles in the private sector and brings a solid commercial awareness to help support TAMAT’s business strategy.

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  Bishop of Dorking, Dr Jo Bailey Wells

  Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells was appointed Bishop of Dorking in 2016 and is Chair Designate of the Guildford Diocesan Board of Education.  She is a priest, theologian and educator.  Between 1995 and 2001 she served as Chaplain and then Dean of Clare College, Cambridge. Roles followed as Old Testament Tutor at Ridley Hall Cambridge, Director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and Associate Professor of Bible and Ministry at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina and, most recently, Chaplain to Archbishop Justin Welby.  Bishop Jo is also Canon Theologian in Liverpool.

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  Norman Russell

  Norman retired as Archdeacon of Berkshire in 2013. Since 1970, he has held a number of positions as a Curate in Clifton, Rector of Harwell with Chilton and Gerrards Cross with Fulmer. Norman has a Masters in Science and Economics from Churchill College, Cambridge as well as a BD in Theology from the London College of Divinity.  He also spent one year as an articled clerk for Coopers and Lybrand. Norman has many years’ experience as a governor and is married to a retired teacher.

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  Samantha Goggin

  Sam has been a governor at Connaught for the past seven years and Chair of Governors for the past six years. She successfully led the Governing Body to Academy Trust Status four and a half years ago and continues to develop the school and the Trust to ensure that the staff and children achieve their full potential in both their professional and emotional journeys. In this time Connaught has had two successful Ofsted inspections and supported a number of local schools to improve outcomes for hundreds of pupils. Sam is an experienced year leader at a local secondary academy with a wealth of knowledge in inclusion and safeguarding. She is keen to ensure that curriculum, quality of teaching and children’s whole well-being are of the highest importance and that education is more than just book work and class-based activities; that education is nurturing and developing all round skills to be able to survive in this very changing world.

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  Freddie Lawson

  Freddie is a solicitor and one of the Directors of W Davies & Son Ltd. He has particular experience in employment law, specialising in commercial litigation in both High Court and County Court including contractual, partnership and employer /employee disputes. Freddie also has experience at local governor and trustee level for the past three years. In his spare time, he enjoys squash, tennis, cycling and sailing.

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  Keith Gardner

  Chair of Trustees, Strategy

  Keith is a Senior Management Consultant who specialises in the development of corporate and operational strategy in regulated industries. He has 13 years’ experience gained both in Industry and Consultancy. He is currently advising the Executive Board at a Water Company on their Strategic Business Plan development in readiness for their Regulatory submission in 2018. He was previously Senior Business Strategy Manager at Thames Water, prior to moving to his current role at PA Consulting. Keith holds a BSc in Engineering and Environmental Science and an MBA specialising in Strategy and Operational Management.

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  Louise Adrian

  Trustee, Finance

  Louise qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1996 with Arthur Andersen, where she worked for 8 years. Over that period, she gained experience with many large global energy companies, auditing accounts, reviewing financial and budgetary controls and critiquing operational strategies and KPIs.  In 2002 she gained a PGCE in Religious Studies, after which she taught for 2 years in a large secondary school, where 90% of the children had English as an additional language. Louise is a Governor and the Vice Chair at Windlesham Village Infant School. Currently she is a mother of four children aged between 8 and 14. She is closely involved in the development of girls’ football and is Chair of the Berkshire County Girls Football Club. Louise read Theology at Oriel College, Oxford.

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  Dominic Maher

  Trustee, Human Resources

  Dominic has eleven years of experience managing in the UK and Europe residential mortgage market. Dominic initially joined Paratus AMC Limited (then GMAC-RFC) in 2005 as an HR Business Partner and progressed to the role of International HR Director in 2008.  Since June 2014, he has been the COO with responsibility for New Business Processing/Underwriting, Customers Services, Closing, Collections, Legal, REO and HR. He previously worked for Marks & Spencer PLC and has over 20 years of practical HR experience and is a Fellow of the CIPD.

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  Fiona Griffin

  Trustee, Safeguarding

  Fiona is a Family Law Barrister practising from Guildford Chambers. She has represented local authorities, parents and guardians within care proceedings, private law family proceedings and financial relief cases and has done so for the past 13 years. She is the Safeguarding Representative for St John's Church in Windlesham carrying out the function for children and adults at risk of harm. Through both of those roles she has attended extensive training on child protection and safeguarding matters. Fiona has been a Governor at Windlesham since 2016 and has completed the required training with an emphasis on children in care, safeguarding and safer recruitment.

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  Sue Sayers

  Trustee, Education

  Sue has been a substantive Headteacher since 2000, in three different settings, all of which she has inherited in category and moved rapidly to Good or Outstanding. She has created a new school via an amalgamation process, formed an academy and been founder director of an Umbrella Trust of five stand-alone academies. She has led the creation of a new primary school from a failed federation of two SM/RI schools and a SM nursery and her school is now used as an example of Early Years excellence. Sue has worked as an Associate Leadership Consultant for the LA and an LLE, specialising in Assessment, Leadership, Strategy and Governance. She co-led the Surrey NPQH Targeted Support Programme, funded by the National College, coaching and mentoring NPQH graduates to take up headship. She is also an ILM trained (Level 5) Leadership Coach. Sue has also had recent experience as an Ofsted Team Inspector.

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  David Oakley

  Trustee, Marketing

  David is a business consultant to small and medium-sized businesses in the local community. Previously with tea company Twinings, David led teams in business development, marketing, e-commerce, retail and originally in finance as the FD and a board member for the GB&I business. Prior to Twinings, David lived in the Middle East, working for Coca-Cola.  His career started with KPMG in the north of England, where he trained as a chartered accountant, followed by a 2-year secondment to Gambia, working throughout West Africa.  David is a maths graduate from the University of Dundee, married with 2 daughters and is currently Chair of Governors at CRJS.

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  Geoffrey Palmer

  Trustee, Health & Safety & Premises

  Geoffrey graduated from Bath University with a degree in Buildings (Environmental Engineering). He has spent the past 30 years as a consulting engineer - designing, procuring and supervising installations in buildings both in the UK and around the world. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers and various other learned societies. Geoffrey runs a 200 strong team of specialist building engineering consultants with full P&L, technical and team development responsibility. In addition to his engineering qualifications, he has a certificate in coaching from Henley Business School and has undertaken the Strategic Leadership Programme at Said Business School. Geoffrey has over ten years governance experience and is presently Chair of Governors at Crawley Ridge Infant School.

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  Duncan Hewson

  Trustee, Well-Being

  Duncan is currently Head of Senior Boys at an Independent School in Haslemere. His role has been to develop and build a boys section in what has been an all-girls school for 175 years. A great deal of his time has been spent both marketing and managing expectations of existing and prospective parents. This has required a clear strategic focus, creative thinking and a sensitivity to cultural change. Duncan has also spent time each week at the Junior School developing continuity between the Junior and Senior sites ensuring the transition process is as smooth and effective as possible. There is an increasing focus and pressure within secondary education to move towards a more skills- based curriculum and greater focus on character development and he is in the process of completing an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology that explicitly focuses on how to promote flourishing at both an individual and organisational level. Duncan has previously been a Director of Sixth Form, a participant in the Future Leaders Programme and sat on Surrey County Council Education Select Committee through his then role as elected Parent Governor at Holy Trinity Primary School, West End.

TAMAT values subsidiarity and therefore the vital role that Local Academy Boards play in making sure that decisions are taken at a level closest to those affected by those decisions. It intends to fully utilise the skills and experience of local governors and leaders in ensuring that every child receives the very best education.