Pete McIntyre Chair of Trustees Expand Pete runs a FinTech software company (Planixs) following a 20 year career in blue-chip consulting firms. Prior to Planixs he worked for Accenture, Deloitte and most recently spent five years as a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Pete's experiences span a range of industries and activities, in particular he has extensive knowledge of both the public sector and the banking industry. Pete is a graduate of Cambridge University where he studied Engineering and Management Studies.
Lucy Crompton Chair of the Finance and Risk Committee Expand Lucy has been a Trustee since 2014 and is Chair of the Finance and Risk Committee. She also has oversight for the Board on safeguarding. She qualified as an accountant in 1994 and has spent over 20 years working in Higher Education management. She is a governor at Priestnall School in Stockport, where she has responsibility for governor development. She is a volunteer for Citizens Advice.
Dr Martin Hanbury Chair of Education Committee Expand Dr Martin Hanbury is Chief Executive Officer of the Chatsworth Multi Academy Trust in Salford. Martin has been involved in the strategic leadership of special schools for more than 20 years, having served previously in a number of roles. Martin works as an educational consultant and has published a number of books in the field of special education and regularly lectures on the subject of SEND both nationally and internationally.
Dame Kathy August Trustee Expand Dame Kathy August began her teaching career in an 11-18 girls’ comprehensive school in Manchester. In 1988 she was the youngest woman deputy head to be appointed to a headship and was featured in the Manchester Evening News as she was six months pregnant with her first son. She was appointed to a larger mixed comprehensive in Stockport five years later. During this time the school suffered a major fire which destroyed 70 % of the school, at the end of the Year 11 students obtained the best results the school had achieved. She had subsequent posts as Director of Education in two Local Authorities and spent three years as senior adviser in the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the DFE. In 2003 she agreed to take on the leadership of the first City Academy in the North West. The school that closed was described by Andrew Adonis as the most gang infested school in the country. Just over 5 years after opening it was judged outstanding. After 8 years as Principal, she fulfilled executive posts in the sponsoring Trust becoming its acting CEO. She has worked independently since 2013 working across education including as non-executive director of Ofsted. Currently she is helping with the opening of a free school, is a Trustee of The Tutor Trust and advocating for a change in the SEN Code of Practice to enable children and young people with a cancer diagnosis to be allocated an EHCP. Dame Kathy is also Chief Executive for ESSA Academy Trust. Dame Kathy is also hoping that a publisher will be interested in a book she has written which tells the story of Manchester Academy as a case study of school improvement, called ‘With Principal’. She was awarded the DBE in 2014.
Louise Banahene MBE Trustee Expand Louise Banahene is Director of Educational Engagement at the University of Leeds. She provides leadership on the University’s access and student success strategy including outreach, contextual admissions and changes to structures and process to close gaps in continuation and degree awarding gaps. In 2017 she was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to higher education. She is also the strategic lead for the Go Higher West Yorkshire partnership – a collaboration between thirteen higher education providers across the region working together to develop higher level skills provision, outreach to widen access/target under-represented groups (including Uni Connect) and new programme development. She has served as elected Chair of the Russell Group Widening Participation association. Throughout her career, she has focused on a targeted and integrated approach to fair access and student success. With a degree in English and an MEd in Lifelong Learning, her career has largely been within higher education.
Mike Emmerich Trustee Expand Before founding Metro Dynamics, Mike was the Chief Executive of New Economy described by the FT as Manchester’s ‘Brain Trust’, initiating the Manchester Independent Economic Review. He played a central role in the development and negotiation of the Manchester devolution deals. Mike was the founder Director of the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester. Mike has experience at HM Treasury, where he was one of the founding members of the Productivity Team and was a senior adviser in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit. Mike is a Member of the Economic and Social Research Council and a member of the Policy Committee of the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE. Mike is the Chair of the Board of Manchester Baroque and a Director of Manchester Camerata. He is an Honorary Member of the Royal Northern College of Music and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is the author of Britain’s Cities, Britain’s Future.
Phil Lloyd Trustee Expand Phil is Executive Principal at North Liverpool Academy, part of the Northern Schools Trust. He has been Headteacher in schools in Birmingham and Liverpool. His work includes inspection, support for schools facing challenging circumstances and mentoring leadership trainees. He is passionate about the role of education in supporting social mobility. He believes in seeking world class education opportunities for students, regardless of background or personal circumstances. Phil is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, supporting the use of research evidence in the development of professional practice for teachers.
Jonathan Nuttall Trustee Expand Jonathan is a qualified chartered accountant specialising in mergers and acquisitions and is currently Director at EY, Strategy and Transactions in Manchester. He has more than 10 years' experience of advising clients including corporates, public sector organisations, investors and lenders on financial due diligence, corporate restructuring and development of strategic plans.Jonathan has been working alongside the Tutor Trust since its inception, providing pro bono financial advice and mentoring. Right at the start he collaborated with Nick Bent and Abigail Shapiro developing the initial 3 year business plan, which helped the charity successfully obtain its first round of charitable funding. He is very excited to become a Trustee of Tutor Trust, and to work alongside the rest of the team, driving forward the strategy of narrowing the education attainment gap that exists in both primary and secondary for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.Jonathan originally studied Law at Manchester University, and though he has worked both across the UK and Internationally, is proud to be back in the North.
Neetu Ogle Trustee Expand Neetu Ogle is currently the Group Head of Legal and Company Secretary for The Crown Estate and was previously the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of LGC, a £600m revenue private equity owned global life sciences business. Neetu brings a wealth of knowledge and experience having operated in fast growing and evolving companies, including Inmarsat plc and QinetiQ Group plc. She also has experience of leading a Talent and Development function. Neetu brings strong commercial, legal, growth, risk and governance expertise to the Board.
Helen Pratten Trustee Expand Helen Pratten is Co-Chief Executive Officer at Abbey Multi Academy Trust, Leeds and has held a number of leadership roles in schools, including as Headteacher. In her role as Co-CEO, Helen is responsible for leading the regulatory and operational arm of the organisation through her strategic leadership of the corporate services team. Helen is also Executive Principal at the Trust, and works across the five primary academies in the Trust to ensure progress has been made on Trust-wide priorities, to drive improvements to secure improved outcomes and to support leaders in building professional cultures within their academies.