Susan Poole
NGA Consultant
Susan is an NGA Consultant. She has been a trustee of both single and multi-academy trusts, chairing a single academy trust (SAT), taking it into a MAT. In her professional capacity she has established both SATs and MATs, creating governance structures bespoke to the needs of the trusts and their schools. She was also a DfE National Leader of Governance until the programme closed in 2024.
Susan provides support across the board to those involved with education governance through external reviews of governance, training, investigations and CEO performance management. She is a trainer with 30 years’ experience, tailoring the delivery to meet the audience.
Susan is currently the Director of Operations for a MAT responsible for trust-wide governance and compliance, HR and marketing. In this role she also supports other trusts as part of a collaborative way of working. Prior to this, Susan was a project manager, opening seven free schools.