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Chris is the Director of Operations at Windsor Academy Trust and has over 15 years of experience in the education sector, working in local authority schools and multi academy trusts, where he has led professional service operations as business manager and facilities/estates, capital projects and procurement lead.

Chris has a degree in Sports Development and Leisure Management from Gloucestershire University, both the Certificate and Diploma for School Business Management (DSBM) and is currently studying for a Master’s degree (MBA) in Executive Leadership.

Chris previously held leadership and management positions at Matrix Academy Trust, where he supported the academy conversion process of the lead school and others joining the trust, and latterly as Business Manager at Cheslyn Hay Academy. Chris joined Windsor Academy Trust in the role of Head of Estates, Sustainability & Commercial Operations in 2020 after Cheslyn Hay Academy joined our family of schools in 2018.

Across his career, Chris has operated in all professional services functions and has expertise in leading and developing strategies for estates, facilities management and procurement/commercial operations.
He has been client lead on multiple multi-million-pound capital investment construction and decarbonisation projects, successfully writing bids and securing significant investment from various funding streams, including the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) and the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS).

As part of his current role, Chris leads Windsor Academy Trust’s work on Sustainability, who were the recipients to the Environmental Trust of the year at The MaT excellence Awards in 2023.