I’m a School Business Leader and have worked in the education sector since 2013 - in Primary, Secondary and Further Education. I’m currently Finance Manager in a Multi-academy trust, where I'm directly responsible for the finances of their two secondary schools and sixth form, which have a combined annual budget of around £12m. In addition, I’m part of the Trust procurement team for all 18 schools, where in recent years we've procured and implemented a new Trust wide catering contract and secondary cleaning contract.Prior to my current role, I was Group Operations Manager for a Multi-Academy Trust of six schools; where I was part of the Executive Team, working alongside the CFO and reporting directly to the CEO and Trust Board on Estates, HR and IT. I have a number of professional qualifications in School Business Management, Accounting and Management.