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.
Prof Rachel Lofthouse
Appointed: Oct 2021
PhD BSc & Professor of Teacher Education at Leeds Beckett University. Member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Cheryl Hobson
Appointed: February 2023
CIPFA MBA. Financial & Business Consultant. Chair of Trust Board
Trustees
Molly Beever
Appointed: Sept 2017
Board Appointed
B.Ed. Retired Work-related Learning Consultant & Assistant Director of Faculty.
Jennifer Brearley
Appointed: March 2021
Board Appointed
MBA CIPFA – Independent Consultant. Previous Deputy Director of Finance & Strategy, Health Education England.
Amarron Frederick
Appointed: Oct 2021
Board Appointed
LIBF. Vice President – Relationship Director – SME Business Banking at Barclays Bank’
Cheryl Hobson
Appointed: December 2018
Board Appointed
CIPFA MBA. Financial & Business Consultant. Chair of Trust Board
Yiannis Koursis OBE
Appointed: December 2018
Sponsor Appointed
BA BSc. Principal & CEO, Barnsley College.
Mark Wilson
Appointed: December 2018
Ex-officio
National Leader of Education. CEO of Wellspring Academy Trust.
Luke Sheriff
Appointed: February 2023
Member Appointed
MA. CIOT. ICAS. Director at KPMG.
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
Trustee-Appointed
PhD. B.A . Associate Director at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Other Members / Trustees in 2022/23
Gordon Beever
Appointed: July 2014
Resigned: March 2022
Former Trustee
Dianne Murray
Appointed: July 2012
Resigned: May 2022
Former Member
Stewart Harper
Appointed: December 2018
Resigned: June 2022
Former Trustee
Neil Clephan
Appointed: August 2018
Resigned: August 2022
Former Trustee
Colin Booth
Appointed: October 2015
Resigned: January 2023
Former Trustee