Members
Members
Evolution Academy Trust is a not-for-profit charity. We are required to have members as a result of the Companies Act 2006.
The members agree the Trust’s Articles of Association, which include the trust’s charitable objects and describes how the Trust will be governed. While members hold the Trust Board to account for the effective governance of the Trust, the members themselves have a minimal role in the actual running of the Trust. It is the Trust Board, not the members, who are the organisation’s key decision makers. One of the members’ key responsibilities is the appointment of Trustees.
Members (ID 1144)
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Mark Jefferies
Mark Jefferies
Mark Jefferies the former senior partner of national law firm Mills & Reeve LLP. Between 2014 and 2017 he was a member of the Regional Schools Commissioner’s board for the East of England and NE London. Previous external roles were as an elected member of the CBI Council in the Eastern Region and as a member of the Bank of England’s Economic Advisory Panel for the East of England.
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Professor Helena Gillespie
Professor Helena Gillespie
Professor Helena Gillespie is Academic Director of Inclusive Education at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. She is a former school teacher and after moving to higher education as a teacher educator in 2002, she has held a range of posts including Faculty Associate Dean and two university level Academic Director roles.
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Tim Bishop
Tim Bishop
Tim Bishop is the Chief Executive of the Forums Trust, Norwich. He was the Head of the Eastern Region of the BBC between 2004 – 2012 and Editor of the Eastern Evening News between 1990 and 1994.
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Neil McShane
Neil McShane
Neil McShane is an experienced Headteacher and Principal with a demonstrable history of working successfully in the education leadership and management industry. He is a strong education professional with a passion for inclusion and developing a strong learning community with a culture based on respect, commitment, loyalty, kindness and a focus on excellence. Neil worked as the CEO of Norfolk Academies Trust and chaired an IEB to lead one of the secondary schools under his charge out of special measures before transferring the Trust to the Sapientia Education Trust, where he has retained his role as Executive Principal.