The corporate management and trustee responsibility for the Trust is vested in the Trustees, who are also the company Directors registered with Companies House.
Trustees
Trust Board - Trustees
Jonathan Cowan – Appointed 16 September 2024
Jon retired from his role in industry in 2022 and currently resides in West Norfolk. From 1996-2022 Jon was Sales Director for CCL Label Limited, a UK-based manufacturing business supplying to Blue chip customers across Europe. Jon hopes that he will be able to bring some of the expertise gained from the industrial sector across to an educational setting. Jon was also Captain of Hunstanton Golf Club in 2019-2020 and participates in many sporting activities in the area.
Michael Davies – Appointed 16 September 2024
Stephen Drake – Appointed 16 September 2024
Stephen is a retired solicitor, originally a family lawyer before moving into management. Currently, Stephen undertakes freelance compliance work and is Chair at Age UK Norfolk , Chair of Governors at Diss High School and recently appointed Chairman of Diss Rugby Club.
Susan Ferguson (Chair of Trustees) – Appointed 1 September 2024
Susan is a retired structural engineer and project manager with nearly 30 years experience of educational governance. Susan’s strategic focus for the Trust is to achieve the best possible outcome for every Enrich Learning Trust student.
Andrea Hoey – Appointed 9 December 2024
Andrea "Rea" Hoey is a qualified accountant with over three decades of experience in financial services. Rea now applies her extensive expertise as a Board Advisor, Non-Executive Director (NED) and Fractional Executive, providing strategic support to founders and start-up companies. Rea's commitment to developing future leaders extends to the education sector, where she applies her financial and governance skills as a co-opted governor at Coltishall Primary School and as a mentor to students at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Richard Sage – Appointed 1 January 2025
After qualifying as a teacher, Richard worked in retail and sales before taking up a teaching post and during his career became a special educational needs teacher. Richard has been a school governor since 2014, chairing several school boards in Sussex as well as being a local support governor there. Richard is currently a governor at Taverham High School and Chair of Governors at Millfield Primary School.
Leda Tarabay – Appointed 1 January 2019
Leda qualified as a Chartered Public Financial Accountant whilst working in the West Midlands. Moving back to Norfolk in the 1980s, Leda worked for Norwich City Council before setting up a successful restaurant in Norwich. After selling the business, Leda is now semi-retired and is Honorary Treasurer to Norwich Preservation Trust Ltd. Leda is also the former Vice Chair of MNAT.
Hannah Wheeler – Appointed 1 December 2022
Hannah has been working within the primary education sector for twenty years and in senior leadership for the last eleven having worked within Norfolk but trained and started her career in London. Hannah is currently the Headteacher of a Norfolk primary academy and nursery. Within her duties are safeguarding, SEND, attendance, educational visits and responsibility for Looked After Children and those that have English as an additional language.
Trustee Vacancies
We are currently recruiting for a number of volunteer Trustee positions. Trustees are expected to contribute to the governance of the Trust through their membership of our Board and through active roles on our Committees. We are looking for Trustees with backgrounds in Primary Education, Further Education, HR, Law, Marketing, Health & Safety.
Should you be interested in supporting out Trust and Academies in this way please use the contact us page.