A senior Associate with the AoEA, consultant and Executive Coach following a career in school leadership including being a CEO of a Multi-Academy-Trust in the South of England. He served as Chair of BELMAS and also on the Conference and Events Committee of BERA. He is an experienced Trustee and non-executive director, and was voted by peer Vistage group members as Inspirational Leader 2022. He has three children and enjoys the theatre. His research interests are in system and distributed leadership, coaching and mentoring, and social justice leadership. He was involved in the coordination of the International School Leadership Development Network (ISLDN) for ten years and his writings have been published across the world.