Board of Trustees

Jayne Lloyd - Chair of Trustees

Jayne Lloyd is the Chair of Trustees for the Everyone Matters Schools Trust and has been a Trustee for 7 years.  She began supporting the school whilst she was a Law Enforcement officer working in the area of serious organised crime.

Jayne has significant experience in the area of child protection and safeguarding, and it was her passion for these areas that was the driver behind wanting to support Rainford High School. 

 Jayne was the Chair of the Safeguarding, Inclusion and Student Support Committee before being elected as Chair of Trustees in September 2021.

Joanne Brien - finance, Resources & Remuneration

Joanne is a qualified Solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser. Joanne is a tax partner at KPMG, a Big 4 accountancy firm, and has 20 + years’ experience in advising a wide range of organisations on their employee incentive and remuneration structures.

Joanne has extensive experience in Corporate Governance, Tax Compliance and Mergers and acquisitions.

Joanne lives in Rainford and has served as a Governor of the school since 2019.

Peter Francis – Finance, resources & Remuneration; Audit; Pay & Performance management

Peter Francis is Executive Director of Operations at Fusion21 and is responsible for all procurement and financial operational functions within the business.

He is an experienced operations director skilled in financial management, contract and commercial management, business planning, procurement, supply chain management and contract negotiation, in addition to having a wealth of experience in social value and community regeneration.

An FCIPS chartered professional with an MSc in Strategic Procurement Management, Peter also holds several non-executive director positions.

Chris Bivon
Melissa Lawrenson

Melisa is a former primary Headteacher of an outstanding primary school and has a number of years experience in senior leadership in Primary schools and is well informed of the educational landscape and the increasing challenges that the post pandemic world is bringing to education and learning in the primary and early years sector of education. 

Gaynor Bahan

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SYSTEM LEADERSHIP

Gaynor was previously an assistant head in a secondary school, and a university lecturer. She now works to support mathematics system leaders, especially within Maths Hubs, and works with national and regional partners to mobilise mathematics leadership for the benefit of the whole system. I believe her national view  of education and her understanding of wider educational agenda’s would be particularly useful to the Trust Board.

Phil Denton

CEO Evaluate Ed

Phil comes from the role of Headteacher and is also an author, having written ‘The First 100 Days’, a story about what we can learn from Premier League managers about being successful over your first 100 days in a role and beyond. Phil has had several articles published in the SecEd magazine. I believe his secondary experience and continuing work in the educational field will allow him to support and challenge the direction and leadership of the Trust effectively to help ensure strong outcomes for children.