Members
Vic Croxson
Member
Vic Croxson is a retired educator, actively engaged in a number of mainly voluntary, charitable roles. These include: Member, Trustee & Chair of Cmat (Congleton Multi Academy Trust); Trustee & Vice Chair of The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust and Chair of Organic Farmers & Growers Certification Committee. Other interests include: gardening; traveling and family activities. Career history has included periods employed as: a lecturer in Agriculture and Residential Warden; Head of Agriculture, Vice Principal & Farm Manager; and finally Principal and Chief Executive at Reaseheath College, Cheshire. Post ‘retirement’: Self employed consultant and Chief Executive of Landex - The National Association of Land-based Colleges and Governor & Vice Chair of Walford & North Shropshire College Corporation.
Piers Martin
Member
Piers Martin is a performance specialist working across sport, business and academia. He is the Managing Director of the Podium Performance Group, a people development consultancy that helps individuals, teams and organisations. He is a consultant to the Premier League, where he is the programme lead for the Elite Academy Manager Leadership Programme. For over 20 years, Piers has led and advised a range of Olympic and Paralympic sports, supported businesses from small start-ups to larger, established companies and coached individuals. Piers is Chair of UK Deaf Sport, a Director/Trustee on several Boards, performance advisor to various performance programmes and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators for Sports Resolutions UK. He has an MBA from Manchester University, is undertaking a Doctorate in Sport and Exercise and is a speaker and lecturer in a range of institutions.
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Mike Finney MBE
Member
Mike recently retired from his role as Director of Admissions, Advice and Marketing at Cheshire College South and West College, where he had worked in both teacher and manager roles since January 1983. He has experience of ‘Prevent’, data protection, safeguarding, event management, HR, finance, organisational development and performance management. He was responsible for the college student transport system for over 1,000 students from across Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire to three campuses. He has had considerable budget responsibility across all areas. Mike’s passion is to ensure the best possible educational experience for young people and has committed his working life to ensuring this passion impacts positively. Mike was previously a Governor at Middlewich High School with over 25 years’ service, and he has been a Board member of the LFLP Trust since its inception and was awarded an MBE for 'Services to Education' in 2018.
Dr. Andy Hodgkinson
Member
Andy has worked across a range of educational contexts supporting multi-agency partnerships, local government strategy and primary, secondary and adult learning phases with system leadership, strategic planning and transformation. He is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and The RSA where he is network lead for their Innovative Education Network.
David Wootton
Member
David Wootton has over forty years of experience in the field of education. He has been Chief Executive of one of the highest performing academy groups in the country, executive principal within a trust, academy principal, headteacher, and started his career as a music teacher in Salford. David was also an advisor to the Department of Education, served on ministerial working groups and advisory panels and was a member of the ESFA board as well as Chair of the Independent Academies Association and a long standing member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Leadership and Governance. David is presently a consultant advisor working across the educational landscape with a focus on governance, strategy and leadership.
Historic Members
Peter Bowers
Historic Member
Resigned 14/12/2022
Phil Bland
Historic Member
Resigned 14th November 2022
Richard Hinkley
Historic Member
Resigned 15th June 2022
Steven Hodgkinson
Historic Member
Resigned 6th December 2022
Wendy Stratford
Historic Member
Resigned 14th November 2022
David Watson
Historic Member
Resigned 14th November 2022
Bob Armstrong
From 01/09/2023 - Resigned 15/11/2023
Lisa Hodgkison
From 01/09/2023 - Resigned 15/11/2023