Our people

CST Staff

Leora Cruddas CBE

Chief Executive

Steve Rollett

Deputy Chief Executive

Charis Evans

Managing Director of CST Professional Development

Julie Lerbech

Chief Operating Officer

Gary Howard

Chief Financial Officer

Elizabeth Jack

Director of Membership

Clare Robson-Farrelly

Chief Operating Officer

Samira Sadeghi

Director of Trust Governance

Samuel Skerritt

Director of Public Affairs and Policy

James Goffin

Head of Communications

Catherine McGuire

Head of Partnerships

Balbir Rai

Head of Conferences and Events

Rukia Shaffi

Head of Trust Development Services

Claire Aylmer

Conference Producer

Sarah Devereux

Professional Communities Officer

Josephine Fallon

Events Coordinator

Emily Jennings

Marketing Executive

Joanna Johnson

Membership Officer

Martyna Kostecka

Professional Communities and Events Coordinator

Jayne Connolly

Data and Information Governance Manager

Dani McCarty-Eigenmann

Senior Administrator & Assistant to the COO

Viv Merkelt

Trust Development Services Coordinator

Mohini Mistry

Finance Manager

Louis Munro

Policy and Communications Officer

Jaina Parmar

Marketing Manager

Emma Slack

Executive Assistant to the CEO/Deputy CEO

Zoe Lee-Morris

Junior Conference Producer

Board

Roy Blackwell

Vice Chair

Susan Douglas CBE

Board Member

Lorrayne Hughes

Board Member

Jacqueline Russell

Board member

Steve Snelson

Board Member

Luke Sparkes

Board Member

Pam Tuckett

Board Member

Ed Vainker OBE

Board member

Pamela Wright OBE

Board Member

Consultants

Dawn Carman-Jones

Consultant

Anne Casey

Consultant

Ian Clayton MBE

Consultant

Mark Coppel

Consultant

Lesley Dolben

Consultant

Jackie Eason MBE

Consultant

Claire Emery

Consultant

Susan Fielden

Consultant

Stewart Harper

Consultant

Adele Haysom MBE

Consultant

Diane Heritage

Consultant

Rebecca Howell

Consultant

Andrew Lagden

Consultant

Anna Machin

Consultant

Adam Marham

Consultant

Dr Lizzie Oliver

Consultant

Jan Renou

Consultant

Chris Seaton

Consultant

Malcolm Trobe CBE

Consultant

Scott Walker

Consultant

Jenny Wingate

Consultant

Sarah Williams

Consultant

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Charity no: 1107640

Contact details

Confederation of School Trusts (CST)
Suite 1, Whiteley Mill
39 Nottingham Road
Stapleford
Nottingham    NG9 8AD

0115 9170142

admin@cstuk.org.uk

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