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Maritime Academy Trust

Our Members and Trustees

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Our Members and Trustees

Members

Members are the guardians of the trust’s constitution and they have a similar role to a shareholder of a company limited by shares.  They;

  • Are subscribers to the Memorandum of Association (founding members only)
  • Can amend the Articles of Association 
  • Appoint and remove Members
  • Appoint and remove Trustees 
  • Issue direction to Trustees
  • Appoint the trust’s external auditors
  • Change the company’s name, wind up the company

(Subject to restrictions and Special Resolutions)

Members of the Trust 

Name

Appointed by

Term of Office

 Business and Pecuniary Interests

 Ben Hutchings  Original (Signatory)   Member  06/07/2016  Business owner of Minis Childcare LtdMillennium Minis LtdMaritime   Minis Ltd
 Trustee - Roebucks Rugby Academy
 Maria Nash  Appointed by Members  10/01/2018  None
 Anna Thompson  Appointed by Members  10/01/2018  None
 Eben Groenewald  Appointed by Members  15/12/2020  Employed by Reach2 Academy Trust
 Governor at Kelvin Grove Primary School
 Martin Myers  Appointed by Members   16/12/2021  Employed by Department of Education

Members who have served within the last 12 months

Name

Appointed By

Term of Office

Business and Pecuniary Interests

N/A

 

 

 

Trustees

Trustees are both Charity Trustees and Company Directors. Trustees are bound by both charity and company law.  The Board of trustees manages the business of the academy trust and may exercise all the powers of the academy trust.  The Board focuses on the three core functions of governance.

  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent
Name Role Term of Office Business and Pecuniary Interests

Sarah Armstrong-Taylor

Chair of Finance, Audit & Risk Committee

17/12/2019 - 16/12/2023


Appointed by Trustees (Co-opted) 

None

Tiffany Beck

Chair of Trustees

06/07/2020 - 05/07/2024


Appointed by Members

Employed by  PLMR as Communications, PR and Public Affairs


Ambition Institute, Education Charity - Consults on 0-2 trust diagnostic reviews per year

Astrid Korin

Chair of Standards and Achievement Committee

06/07/2020 - 05/07/2024


Appointed by Members

Employed by Education Development Trust as Head of Consultancy Delivery

Louise Obi-Drake

08/04/2020 - 07/04/2024


Appointed by Trustees (Co-opted)

Employed by Clore Social Leadership (Charity)


Consultant for The Anne Frank Trust (Charity)

Nick Osborne

CEO and Accounting Officer

06/07/2016

Ex-officio by virtue of office (CEO)

Governor at Hurstmere Schools

Trustees who have served within the last 12 months

Name

Term of Office

Business and Pecuniary Interests

Tom Campbell

22/09/2020 - 21/09/2024

Resigned 01/09/2022

Appointed by trustees (Co-opted)

Employed by Greenwood Academies Trust

Non-executive Director of SDPA

(non-profit school improvement agency)

David Cockcroft

18/10/2018- 17/10/2022

Resigned 01/09/2022

Appointed by Trustees (Co-Opted)

Owner of Blackrose Equity Management

Tom Gilliford 

06/07/2020 - 05/07/2024

Resigned 31/08/2022

Appointed by Members

None

Click here to find out more about our individual Members and Trustees.

Contact Us

Chair of Trustees, Tiffany Beck at tbeck@matoffice.org

Governance Professional Lead, Sarah Phillipson at s.phillipson@matoffice.org