Benedicte is CFO at the River Learning Trust, a 28 school MAT, operating largely in Oxfordshire. She has over 30 years’ experience in audit and finance. Benedicte spent the first part of her career in audit practice with KPMG in Paris and London before working as Director of International Affairs for the French Asset Management Association. In 2010, she became actively involved in setting up a multi-lingual free school near Oxford and joined the River Learning Trust in 2019. Benedicte was awarded CFO of the year at the 2023 MAT excellence awards for her contribution to system leadership and innovation. She also received the ISBL CEO award for exceptional contribution to school business leadership. She holds the CIPFA level 7 in Schools Financial and Operational leadership and is accredited at strategic practitioner level.