Wellspring Meet the Board
Members
Barry Eldred
Appointed: June 2014
Company Director, Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire. Former Non-Executive. Director of Barnsley Building Society (twice Chair). Northern Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and trustee of various other bodies.
Hearl Lenton
Appointed: June 2014
FRICS. Company Director. Consulant.
Russell Gill
Appointed: April 2021
MBA. Russell is Head of Community Delivery at the Co-operative Group. He is Chair of the Co-op Academies Trust. Russell is also a trustee of the People’s History Museum and is Chair of the Co-op’s Northern Pension Fund.
Cheryl Hobson
Appointed: February 2023
CIPFA MBA. Financial & Business Consultant. Chair of Trust Board
Prof Leigh Hoath
Appointed: June 2025
Deputy Dean, Professor of Science Education at Leeds Trinity University, EdD SFHEA CSciTeach NTF
Trustees
Mark Wilson
Appointed: December 2018
Ex-officio
National Leader of Education. CEO of Wellspring Academy Trust.
Jennifer Brearley
Appointed: March 2021
Member Appointed
MBA CIPFA – Independent Consultant. Previous Deputy Director of Finance & Strategy, Health Education England.
Amarron Frederick
Appointed: Oct 2021
Member Appointed
LIBF. Vice President – Relationship Director – SME Business Banking at Barclays Bank’
Cheryl Hobson
Appointed: December 2018
Member Appointed
CIPFA MBA. Financial & Business Consultant. Chair of Trust Board
Ken Battye
Appointed: February 2023
Member Appointed
B.Education, B.Philosophy, Cert.Teaching. Ofsted Inspector, Educational Consultant & Director Headsupport (UK) Ltd. Lead & Team Inspector Middle East for Educational Development Trust.
Matthew Welsh
Appointed: February 2023
Member Appointed
CEO at Textile Mania.
Dr Andy Hodgkinson
Appointed: March 2023
Member Appointed
PhD. B.A. QTS. Programme Lead at University College London.
Dr Helen Pheby
Appointed: May 2023
Board Appointed
PhD. B.A . Associate Director at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Konstantinos Vasdokas
Appointed: June 2024
Board Appointed
Reporting & Analytics Manager – Group Internal Audit – BUPA
Other Members / Trustees in 2024/25
Luke Sheriff
Appointed: Feb 2023
Resigned: April 2025
Former Trustee
David Akeroyd
Appointed: March 2024
Resigned: September 2025
Former Trustee
