{"id":1899,"date":"2023-06-14T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/?page_id=1899"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:41:46","slug":"business-pecuniary-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/business-pecuniary-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Business &amp; Pecuniary Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trustee Business and Pecuniary Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The dates given in the grid below indicate the date on which the interest for Northern Lights Learning Trust began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Trustee<\/td><td>Business and Pecuniary Interests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katie Hammond (Chair)<\/td><td>Head of Investment Management Strategy, Department for Education (Government department responsible for education policy, delivery and funding) &#8211; 2 October 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jo Heaton CEO<\/td><td>Trustee and Vice Chair at Schools North East (Education) &#8211; 31 July 2021<br>Member of Tees Valley Combined Authority Creative Partnerships Group (Supporting Education Creativity) &#8211; 31 July 2021<br>Husband is a teacher at Red House Independent School (Education) &#8211; 23 April 2019<br>Member of the Durham Education Board (Education Church Schools) &amp; represent the Diocese on Hartlepool Children\u2019s Services Committee &amp; Hartlepool Schools Forum (sub) including Sub Capital Group &#8211; 23 April 2019<br>Member of the DfE Recruitment &amp; Retention Expert Advisory Group (Education) &#8211; 23 April 2019<br>Association of Education Advisors (provides advisors to education setting) \u2013 Worked with the organisation to advise &#8211; 23 April 2019<br>Hartlepool Admissions (Admissions) \u2013 Academies Representative on Admissions forum &#8211; 23 April 2019<br>Ofsted Inspector &#8211; 1 October 2021<br>Trustee at Ambition Institute (Education) &#8211; 30 September 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anita Bath<\/td><td>Chief Executive, Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust (Education) &#8211; 5 November 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Laura Bowes<\/td><td>HR Director, Kaefer Limited (Industrial services) &#8211; 7 April 2025<br>Director and Chair of Insulation Environmental Training Trust Limited (Education\/training) &#8211; 7 April 2025<br>Director of Thermal Insulation Contractors Association (Member association in thermal insulation) &#8211; 7 April 2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Brine<\/td><td>Solicitor, Vertu Motors plc (Motor retail) &#8211; 13 November 2023<br>Appointed member of the Department for Education North East Advisory Board (Education) &#8211; 13 November 2023<br>Personal connection (spouse), Ripon Grammar School (Education) &#8211; 13 November 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack Falcus<\/td><td>Senior Finance Manager, EY &#8211; 19 August 2024<br>No interests declared<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rebecca Flory<\/td><td>Head of HR, Walker Filtration (purification solutions for compressed air, gas and vacuum designer and manufacturer) &#8211; 14 July 2025<br>No interests declared<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christina Jones<\/td><td>CEO and Trustee, River Tees Multi-Academy Trust (Education) &#8211; 10 February 2025<br>Trustee at River Tees More (Education) &#8211; 10 February 2025<br>Trustee at Schools North East (Education) &#8211; 10 February 2025<br>Director of AP SEND CEO Network Community Interest Company (Education) &#8211; 10 February 2025<br>Governor at Middleton Tyas and Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School (Education) &#8211; 10 February 2025<br>IEB member at Silverdale School (Education) &#8211; 1 January 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katie Spurr<\/td><td>Deputy CEO, Pele Trust (Education) &#8211; 2 February 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rev. David Tolhurst<\/td><td>Director of Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (Diocese of Durham (Church of England)) &#8211; 1 February 2023<br>Vicar of the Parish St Matthew&#8217;s and St Wilfrid&#8217;s Church, Sunderland (Parish Church in the Church of England) &#8211; 1 February 2023<br>Area Dean of Wearmouth Deanery\/Vicar of Doxford &amp; Silksworth (Deanery in the Church of England) &#8211; 1 February 2023<br>Son employee at Northern Lights Learning Trust &#8211; Benedict Biscop CE Academy (Education) &#8211; 1 September 2025<br>Director of Durham Diocesan Board of Education (Diocese of Durham (Church of England)) &#8211; 1 April 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neil Williams<\/td><td>PFI Contract Manager, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust &#8211; 1 February 2023<br>Son employee at Ward Hadaway (Legal) &#8211; 1 February 2023<br>Wife Director at One Excellence Multi Academy Trust (Education) &#8211; 1 February 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christine Inkster (left 31st December 2025)<\/td><td>No interests declared<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Business and Pecuniary Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Finance employee<\/td><td>Business and Pecuniary Interests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hayley Swinhoe (CFO)<\/td><td>Husband employee at Gentoo (Social housing and trade services) &#8211; 17 August 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lisa Cockburn (COO) (left 31st December 2025)<\/td><td>No interests declared<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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