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Executive Team

Our executive team oversees the strategic direction and delivery of essential services, enabling our leaders to lead and our learners to learn.

Mark Hassack

Chief Executive
Mike Gidley

Michael Gidley

Chief Finance Officer
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Katie Dent

Chief Operating Officer

Zoë French

Director of Trust Services & Executive Assistant to the CEO

Oliver Johnson

Director of Estates & IT Infrastructure

School Improvement Team

James McGann

Executive Principal
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Andrew Wappat

School Improvement Partner
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Susan Wight

Director of SEND and Safeguarding

Clair Kitchen

Director of School Improvement

Clare Hardy

Associate Director of Personal Development

Vicky Bettney

Associate Director of Personal Development

Educational Leadership Team

Adam Cooper

Adam Cooper

Principal,
Knavesmire Primary School

Jennifer Mitchell

Head of School, Scarcroft Primary School
Vicky Kerr

Vicki Kerr

Principal,
Carr Junior School

Kavina Rothenburg

Principal,
Millthorpe School

Gavin Kumar

Principal,
York High School

Charlotte Grason-Taylor

Head of School, Woodthorpe Primary School

Central Services Support Team

Our experienced Central Services Support Team can be contacted by email at: central.services@elt.org.uk

If you have a finance query, please email the team at finance@southbanktrust.co.uk

Mike Fell

Michael Fell

Finance Officer

Louise Clark

Finance Assistant
Dawn Simpson

Dawn Simpson

Finance Assistant
Caroline Holmes

Caroline Holmes

Finance Assistant
Carey McNaughton

Carey McNaughton

HR Assistant

Louise Morrell

Compliance & Estates Officer