Trustee Business and Pecuniary Interests
The dates given in the grid below indicate the date on which the interest for Northern Lights Learning Trust began.
| Trustee | Business and Pecuniary Interests |
| Katie Hammond (Chair) | Head of Investment Management Strategy, Department for Education (Government department responsible for education policy, delivery and funding) – 3 December 2019 |
| Jo Heaton CEO | Trustee at Northern Education Trust (Education) – 1 May 2020 Trustee and Vice Chair at Schools North East (Education) – 31 July 2021 Member of Tees Valley Combined Authority Creative Partnerships Group (Supporting Education Creativity) – 31 July 2021 Husband is a teacher at Red House Independent School (Education) – 23 April 2019 Member of the Durham Education Board (Education Church Schools) & represent the Diocese on Hartlepool Children’s Services Committee & Hartlepool Schools Forum including Sub Capital Group – 23 April 2019 Member of the DfE Recruitment & Retention Expert Advisory Group (Education) – 23 April 2019 Association of Education Advisors (provides advisors to education setting) – Work with the organisation to advise – 23 April 2019 Hartlepool Admissions (Admissions) – Academies Representative on Admissions forum – 23 April 2019 Ofsted Inspector – 1 October 2021 Trustee at The Legacy Learning Trust (Education) – 17 October 2023 |
| Jason Brine | Employee at Vertu Motors plc (Motor retail) – 13 November 2023 Appointed member of the Department for Education North East Advisory Board (Education) – 13 November 2023 Director and owner of Keepers Court Whitby 7-12 Limited (Property management company) – 13 November 2023 Personal connection, Rippon Grammar School (Education) – 13 November 2023 Director and owner of Keepers Court 1 (Whitby) RTM Company Limited (Property management company) – 13 November 2023 Personal connection, Elevate MAT (Education) – 13 November 2023 Personal connection, South Kilvington Church of England Academy (Education) – 13 November 2023 |
| Catherine Hodgson (left 1st October 2023) | Head of Marketing and Communications at The Auckland Project in Bishop Auckland |
| Christine Inkster | No interests declared |
| Beverley Jones | Chair of Governors at Fairfield Primary School, Stockton (Education) – 1 February 2023 Health and Safety Manager at Advanced Learning Partnership (ALP) (Education) – 1 February 2023 |
| Michael Laidler | Deputy CEO of The Legacy Learning Trust (Education) – 4 January 2023 |
| Sarah Lymer | CEO of The Legacy Learning Trust (Education) – 1 September 2021 |
| Peter Olsen (Trustee until 26th March 2024) | Governor at High Tunstall College (Education) – 23 January 2018 Employee of Recognition (Marketing and PR) – 23 January 2018 Director of West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club Ltd (Sports activities) – 23 January 2018 Director of Tunstall Estate Company Ltd (Letting and operating of own or leased real estate) – 23 January 2018 |
| Liam Roberts | CEO – The Edwin Group (Education) and Director of individual businesses within the group – 12 September 2023: Vision For Education Ltd (Education Staffing) – 12 September 2023 Staff Well Being Ltd (Still Human) (Staff Wellbeing) – 12 September 2023 Seekerstream Ltd (Llama ID) (Safer Recruitment) – 12 September 2023 Commando Joes Fun and Fitness Ltd (Character Education) – 12 September 2023 ABC Teachers Ltd (Education Staffing) – 12 September 2023 Edwin Supply Ltd (Education Staffing) – 12 September 2023 Smart Teachers Ltd (Education Staffing – London) – 12 September 2023 Smart Education Ltd (Education Staffing) -12 September 2023 Enrich Education Ltd (Education Staffing) – 12 September 2023 |
| Rev. David Tolhurst | Director of Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (Diocese of Durham (Church of England)) – 1 February 2023 Vicar of the Parish St Matthew’s and St Wilfrid’s Church, Sunderland (Parish Church in the Church of England) – 1 February 2023 Area Dean of Wearmouth Deanery/Vicar of Doxford & Silksworth (Deanery in the Church of England) – 1 February 2023 |
| Neil Williams | Son employee at Ward Hadaway (Legal) – 1 February 2023 Wife Director at One Excellence Multi Academy Trust (Education) – 1 February 2023 |
| Mark Stouph (left 11th July 2023) | Director and shareholder of Ashbrooke Management Consultants, Chairman of City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Limited, Director and secretary of Number 1 St Bedes Park Sunderland Ltd, Director of Durham Diocese MAT, Consultant for Jackson’s Law Firm and Jackson’s Health & Safety Limited. Other education establishments governed – Durham Diocese MAT. |
Other Business and Pecuniary Interests
| Finance employee | Business and Pecuniary Interests |
| Hayley Swinhoe (CFO) | Husband employee at Gentoo (Social housing and trade services) – 17 August 2023 |
| Lisa Cockburn (COO) | No interests declared |
