Our Trustees
TrusteesMr Howard Fisher
Chair
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Educated at Anglia Ruskin University; Howard completed his four year BEd (Hons) in maths before entering the teaching profession in Harlow, Essex. His first school was a tough council school in the heart of Harlow, a deprived area with high social needs. Rising quickly to be key stage manager for the infant department, he went on to teach in a private school in Hertfordshire catering from nursery to eighteen. Here he studied for his first post graduate qualification in Special Educational Needs with a focus on children’s literature and a study of ‘why do boys fail?’ Moving here to the East end of London he worked in a multicultural school in Walthamstow; the school at the time having been just failed by an inspection team, he quickly worked with the Head Teacher to bring about change. From here he accepted a deputy headship to Sheerness in Kent; a very deprived school with severe social challenge; completing here his national qualification for headship. His four year tenure prepared him well for his first Headship on the Romney Marsh in a new school with severe problems. Here he studied for his second post graduate qualification in Faith in Education. Moving this school to good with outstanding features; he then decided to take the challenge of building and opening a new school on Sheppey in Kent. Restructuring the school and working with an architect within a time frame of just eight months; the school has grown from strength to strength receiving an outstanding inspection from the Diocese recently. Howard is currently studying for a Theology degree and has taken the school into an Academy with the Diocese three years ago. Howard also ran two schools in his Executive Headship position within the Trust was last year taking this additional school out of Special measures in six months. He is in his fifteenth year of headship.
Mr Gary Jeffery
Vice Chair
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My full name is Gary Raymond Jeffery, 55 years of age and a real local, having lived on the Isle of Sheppey for all of those years, progressing through the then Primary (Rose Street), Middle (St Georges C E) and the Sheppey Comprehensive educational structure. I am passionate about improving life chances for students. I currently have a Sole Trader Business involved in Garden Maintenance, which has been in operation for a number of years, mainly servicing and transforming domestic and commercial areas in the Sheppey and Sittingbourne area. Prior to this I spent many years in operational management within a large company, including several years in a General Manager role reporting to the Group CEO, driving a direct report operational team to success on a variety of fronts – Finance, Health and Safety, Operations, Service and Team Performance. This role was national, culminating with responsibility for a large annual budget and a high number of staff. I am of analytical nature, like attention to detail and am of a non-personalised direct nature, striving and demanding of success, good performance and standards. Whilst truth is in the eye of the receiver, I am of the belief that I am also of an approachable, understanding and supporting nature, and believe the above mix of business exposure, personal attributes and local interest will support TILT well.
Skills: Performance Management and Business Process Improvement, Project Management and delivery, Leadership, People Management, Communication. Good understanding of Finance/Accounts and Management Performance Information.
Mr Kenneth Ingleton
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Retired Company Director and Manager, 30+ years’ experience. School Governor since 1984: 20 years as COG and 20 years as Chair of Finance. Current COG Minster Primary School. Interests include: Local Government, past member and current Mayor of Swale Borough Council, now a Parish Councillor with Minster on Sea Parish Council. Community Facilities as Trustee of Friendship House and of Thistle Hill Community Centre, Member of Minster on Sea Rotary Club and President of Minster WM Club. Education in Local History as Trustee of Minster Gatehouse Museum.
Skills: Performance Management and Business Process Improvement, Leadership, People Management, Communication. Excellent understanding of Finance/Accounts and Management Performance Information, Community Relations, Corporate Governance.
Mr Aaron Janes
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I am currently a senior engineer looking after a team of engineers delivering connection projects across south London ranging from small service upgrades in individual properties to multi million pound developments such as the Shard and London Bridge redevelopment programme. I work for the electricity board (UK Power Networks). I joined them (London Electricity as it was then) in Aug' 1999 as an apprentice cable jointer. I have a HNC in Electrical engineering and a NEBOSH diploma in Health and Safety. I am currently in my final year of a part time 3 year master’s degree studying leadership and management. An experienced Governor with over 15 years’ experience: Vice Chair for 3 years, Chair currently at Eastchurch CEP School (have been for 2 years). Experience with HT recruitment panel, staff discipline panel and expulsion panel. Chair of finance committee for four years so experienced with school budgets. Experienced with DATA analysis. Currently serve on the executive committee for the Kent Governors Association representing SWALE governors, working with Governor services and holding them to account for support functions available to Kent Governors. Trained in Safer Recruitment. Recently attended the DFE programme for School Governance leadership.
Skills: Finance and budget management, leadership, project management, change management, people management, communication, Health & Safety
Alison Payne
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As People Director at COOK, I lead a team of HR professionals and contribute to the strategic agenda as part of the Senior Leadership Team. I am passionate about inclusive policies and structures that facilitate the needs of a fast-paced growing business, with happier people and customers year on year. I am a trained Wisdom and Wellbeing practitioner and being part-time myself, am passionate about flexible working and enabling everyone to have the agility they need in modern life to be the best they can be at work and at home. Prior to joining COOK, I held many operational roles at Tesco Stores Ltd before becoming a Group Personnel Manager for the Tesco Metro format in London.
Jacqueline Hinds
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I am the founder of the Society of Emotional Intelligence International UK & Europe and Founder of Wilson Hinds Consulting Ltd. I am a Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach & Leadership Consultant withs over 25 years’ experience working within large corporate organisations; bringing together skills across Human Resource Management and Development, IT systems and transformational change. Along with this, I have 10 years’ experience within two of the largest merged NHS Trusts in UK and Europe, bringing with a wealth of knowledge and experience in transformational change, staff engagement and patient experience, as well as having international healthcare experience in the Middle East and currently sit on the board of a community healthcare Trust in London.
I am passionate about people and their development, especially young people and have been a role model/mentor for Action for Race Equality (formerly BTEG) on their Routes2Success programme for young boys and girls in primary and secondary schools. This is most rewarding as it gives me an opportunity to share my ‘lived experiences’ with them to motivate and empower them to realise and reach for their goals and aspirations.
Jide Olagundoye
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I am Jide Olagundoye and I’m pleased to have recently joined the Board of Trustees for The Island Learning Trust. My professional background lies in delivering change that is focused on providing business and consumer benefit, through operational process re-engineering and digital transformation. I have used the principles of Business Architecture to align the areas of what, who and how changes are introduced to business. I also delivered research projects as a basis for changes to policy and process in the Civil Service, Local Government and Housing organisations. I have over 20 years' experience of project delivery in different environments and in complex organisations. I have led the creation of digital enablement strategy to guide the transition of a local government department to a new target operating model. Finally, the other area of business where I have enjoyed success has been whilst working on a merger of pathology facilities between a private organisation and NHS Trusts. Where I successfully managed the transition to a merged service using iterative techniques to deliver effective change across three different organisations. I am a Chartered IT member of the British Computing Society (BCS) and have various practitioner certifications on Project and Programme management.
Lisa Clark
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I am an experienced academic with over 16 years in the field of Business and Management within undergraduate, postgraduate and international programmes across the globe. I have teaching expertise in Human Resource Management and Development, Leadership and Management, Strategy, Organisational Behaviour and Training and Induction.
I am currently studying for a PhD in Mental Health and possesses a Masters in Human Resource Management and Development (HRMD) as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Research Training, Certificate in Education and a Post Graduate Diploma in HRMD.
Committed to developing professional capacity and capability, I am a member of several professional bodies including Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Fellow of The Institute for Leadership and Management (FInstLM), Chartered Fellow of Management Institute (FCMI) and Fellow of The Society for Education and Training (formerly IfL- FSET), as well as being a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE).
I hold three external examiner positions at University of Wolverhampton, University of East Anglia and University of Brighton in MSc and BSc HRM/Management courses and MSc Responsible Enterprise and Innovation respectively. I have been a member of various committees including ethics, research and future learning and possesses over 10 years practitioner knowledge and leadership experience obtained as a Senior Training Manager within financial and business service industries, including BT, Toyota and Halifax, prior to my academic career.