Members

The Members of the Trust are the guardians of the governance of the Trust and as such have a different status to Trustees. Originally, they will have been the signatories to the Memorandum of Association and will have agreed the Trust’s first Articles of Association (the legal document which outlines the governance structure and how the Trust will operate). The Members appoint Trustees to ensure that the Trust’s charitable object is carried out.

Establishment group: Greater Manchester Education Trust

Full Name	Appointed By	Date of Appointment	Business and Pecuniary Interests
Lucy Anne Wood	Academy members	23/01/21	Harper Collins Publishing, Edtech 01/02/2020 Author, Director at Lokalist Ltd (Community Interest) Dormant 2021
Mary Margaret Powell	Academy members	01/09/22	No relevant interests to declare
Richard Pearce	Academy members	01/09/22	Director/Married to Managing Director, Catalyst Psychology, Educational Psychology, 2011
Suzannah Mary Reeves	Academy members	01/09/22	Pinnacle Learning Education Trust – Principal Oldham Sixth Form College, various roles from September 2007. Manchester City Council, Local Government Councillor, Old Moat Ward, May 2010
Carol Culley	Academy members	15/12/25	CIPFA Accountancy Body – Trustee and Council Member, President from July 2024 to June 2025 \| Cazza Consultancy, Financial Consultancy, Director May 2024 Interests that ended in April 2024: Manchester City Council, MCC, Local Government – Deputy Chief Executive & City Treasurer, 2001 – City Treasurer since 2016 \| Manchester Professional Services Ltd, 01997391, Provides company secretary service, 2008 \| Modesole Ltd, 02379363, Wholly owned by MCC, 2018 \| Destination Manchester Ltd, 05360083, Convention centre – wholly owned by MCC, 2017 \| Manchester Central Convention Complex, 00953285, Digital and film studio – wholly owned by MCC, 2016 \| Manchester Creative Digital Assests Ltd, 10300159, buying and selling off own real estate, 2016 \| The Manchester Mortgage Corporation Ltd, 01045374, Housing – JV with MCC, 2016 \| Northern Gateway operations Limited, 10724138, Non-trading company, 2017 \| Manchester Parking Ltd, 03774834, Non-trading company, 2018 \| Matrix Homes (General Partner) Ltd, 08980059, Housing JV, 2016 \| Manchester Knowledge Capital Ltd, 06847507, consultancy activities other than financial management, 2016 \| Manchester Place, Local Government – Deputy Chief Executive & City Treasurer, 2016 \| We Love Manchester Emergency Fund (TRUSTEE), Charity, 2017

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