Key Roles

Within the Trust there will be some defined roles for individual staff, and when these have been allocated, their names and details of their roles will appear here:

Chair of Directors – Paul Bergin

Paul brings significant experience in strategy, innovation and transformation, and has worked extensively in a number of technology and telecoms companies serving the defence, security and wider public sectors. Educated at Oxford, he is currently the Chief Technology Officer for Sopra Steria, a leading IT transformation company. Paul also has over 15 years experience of school governance, and was a founder member of the OLW MAT board.

Chief Executive Officer - Clare Clark

After a career in commercial law, Clare completed a PGCE at the Institute of Education, University of London and a Masters in Education at Cambridge University. She has been a Headteacher/Executive Head in maintained, Anglican and Catholic primary schools in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Suffolk. Clare has supported school as a seconded local authority advisory teacher in English and now coaches leaders in a range of NPQ programmes. As the Trust Primary Standards and Improvement Leader, she works with colleagues across Trust schools with a focus on supporting the Trust's vision of excellence.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer – Richard Stevenson

Richard joined the trust in November 2023, having previously been a member of the executive team of a large regional, post-16 educational group. Richard has many years' experience and extensive knowledge and background of leading a diverse range of professional service teams including Finance, IT and Estates within both the private and most recently, public sectors.