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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, including Business and Pecuniary Interests:
September 2023 – 1st September 2024

 Name  Date of   Appointment  Appointed by Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests, including Governance roles in other Education Institutions, Director roles
Ben Hutchings  06/07/2016 Original (Signatory) Member Business owner of Minis Childcare Ltd, Millennium Minis Ltd,   Team of 15 CIC
Anna Thompson  10/01/2018 Appointed by Members Civil servant - Deputy Director Equality Hub, Cabinet Office
Charity Trustee - Sydenham School PTA
Eben Groenewald  15/12/2020 Appointed by Members Employed by Reach2 Academy Trust
Governor at Kelvin Grove Primary School – from 2019 to present
Martin Myers 16/12/2021 Appointed by Members Employed by JMW Solicitors LLPCharity Trustee - East London BrassMemberships - Solicitors Regulatory Authority, Law Society of England and Wales 

 

Members who have served within the last 12 months

Name Date of Appointment Member Type Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests, including Governance roles in other Education Institutions, Director roles
Maria Nash 10/01/2018Resigned 01/11/2023 Appointed by Members  None 

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.

 

 

 

 

Trustees Business and Pecuniary Interests: September 2023 –1st September 2024

Trustees Attendance: September 2023 – July 2024

Name Role Term of Office Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests, including Governance roles in other Education  Institutions, Director roles Trust Board Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Standards and Achievements Committee
Sarah Armstrong-Taylor Chair of Finance, Audit & Risk Committee 13/12/2022 - 13/12/2026
Appointed by Members
Volunteer at Brooklands Primary School 6 of 6 5 of 6   
Tiffany Beck Chair of Trustees 06/07/2020 - 05/07/2024
Appointed by Members
Employed by PLMR as Communications, PR and Public Affairs 5 of 6  3 of 6 3 of 6
Louise Obi-Drake 08/04/2020 - 07/04/2024
Appointed by foundation/Trust
Senior Consultant, Business Psychologist ets plc.Director - Firefly Futures Ltd
Membership - British Psychological
Society, The Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
5 of 6 4 of 6 4 of 6
Nick Osborne CEO and Accounting Officer 06/07/2016 Ex-officio by virtue of office (CEO) Charity Trustee - Woodlands
Academy Trust and Hurstmere School, Penhill TrustWife Sally Osborne (a teacher, not appointed by NO) works for Brooklands school which is part of Maritime Academy Trust
Governor - Hurstmere School -
Penhill Trust, Woodlands Academy Trust
6 of 6 6 of 6 6 of 6
Nidhi Dholakia-  Wellens   19/01/2023 - 19/01/2027  Appointed by foundation/Trust Employed part time in the NHS Memberships - Registered by the HCPC only 4 of 4   3 of 4
Sunny Lu 19/01/2023 - 19/01/2027 Appointed by foundation/Trust Employed by Rolls Royce 2 of 4 2 of 4 2 of 4
Martin Fitzwilliam Chair - Education Challenge Board 19/01/2023 - 19/01/2027  Appointed by foundation/Trust Employed by E-ACT: National Director for Primary Education  Memberships - ASCL, E-ACT, Ofsted
Governor - St Paul's Catholic School, Leicester
3 of 4   1 of 3
Mark Chattley   Appointment Pending Trust Leader/CEO/Director Coppice Primary Partnership Charity Trustree - Coppice Primary Partnership  N/A N/A N/A

 

Trustees who have served within the last 12 months:

Name Role  Term of Office  Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests, including Governance roles in other Education Institutions, Director roles Trust Board Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Standards and Achievements Committee
Astrid Korin Chair of
Standards and Achievements
Committee
06/07/2020 - 05/07/2024
Appointed by MembersResigned 01/09/2023
 None  5 of 6   5 of 6