Nigel is Chief Operating Officer for South East Essex Academy Trust, a locally focused 7 school cross-phase MAT. He is a Fellow of the ISBL and has been one of the ISBL’s team of SRMAs for three and a half years. He is also a trustee of Chelmsford Learning Partnership, another Essex based cross-phase MAT. Before moving into education in 2015, Nigel held a number of senior roles in commercial organisations spanning several sectors. Nigel is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has an MBA from Manchester Business School.