Anne began her working life in retail management before becoming an officer in the Royal Air Force serving in the UK and Hong Kong.

She then joined the civil service where her roles included responsibility for transport policy in the West Midlands, running a college for senior fire service personnel, and a range of senior civil servant posts in the Department for Education. Anne retired from the civil service in June 2020 shortly after joining the MET Board. She was elected as Chair from 1 September 2020.

Prior to working for Peridot, he worked as a senior leader in both colleges and universities being responsible for student services, marketing, alternative (14-16) provision, and safeguarding. 

Drew has been a school governor and charity trustee for over ten years; namely as Vice-Chair of Nottinghamshire Clubs for Young People Ltd, a Governor of John Ferneley College, Governor of Brooksby Melton College and joined the Mowbray Education Trust Board as Vice Chair in 2018.

Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales with a background in business transformation.

After starting his career in Deloitte's financial due diligence team, Richard has worked for private equity funds investing in companies across a broad range of sectors, supporting management teams to make transformational changes to their organisations. Richard has also been Chief Financial Officer of a national home improvements business where he was responsible for driving through a change in overall strategy centred around customer experience and quality, leading to improved financial and operational performance.

Alice Herring is an experienced HR Director having worked across multiple sectors and is currently the HR Director for Arriva UK Bus. She is a Fellow of the CIPD and has a Commerce degree from the University of Birmingham. Alice is motivated to support the Trust and its values and joined in September 2024.

As the Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Relationships at Loughborough College, Laura has responsibility and oversight for Business Development, Marketing and Communications, Student Recruitment, International and Careers and Enterprise. Her previous role was at the Cabinet Office as Head of Commercial.

Her career includes experience in local Government, community and voluntary sector development and consultancy work; supporting employability, skills and education providers to access Government funding. 

Suzanne has enjoyed a career in Estate, Facilities and Property working in local government, further and higher education and more recently the independent school sector; working at a strategic and operational level, and is a Fellow of the IWFM (Institute of Workplace & Facilities Management).

She is driven to ensure that education estates provide safe and secure environments for children and all staff and believes that the school environment should be a place where children flourish and thrive in a welcoming environment.