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Trustees and Members

The Trustees

As a charitable Trust, the Board of The MILL Academy ensure they comply with charity and company law requirements. Two core functions of the Board are to set the strategic direction of the organisation and to ensure financial probity.

As a Multi Academy Trust, the Board is responsible for all of the schools in the Trust. Each school has a Local Committee (LC). The Board may delegate functions to the LC through the Scheme of Delegation.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019/20

Name	Date Appointed	End of office	Appointed by	Role on Board Committee membership and responsibilities	Business and Pecuniary intersts
Wendy Hemmingsley CEO	October 2015	n/a	By virtue as CEO	CEO, Accounting Officer, Finances and Resources Committee	Headteacher: The Henry Box School
Penny Gardner	2 May 2019	1 May 2023	Members	Finance and Resources Committee and Audit Commiittee	None
Claire King	20 Novemeber 2018	20 Novemeber 2022	Members	Safeguarding Trustee	Employed by International software company, learning and development
Gordon Joyner	June 2017	June 2021	Oxford Diocese Board of Education	Finance and Resources Committee and Audit Commiittee	Deputy Director of Education Oxford Diocesan Board of Education ODBE involved with 19 Multi-Academy Trusts and schools. Named member of Ashley Hill Trust, Berkshire Schools Trust, Aylesbury Vale Academy and Waddesdon.
Dr Chris Laing	8 October 2019	7 October 2023	Members		Wife is a governor at Kings Meadow Primary School, Bicester
Colin Mitchell	22 January 2018	22 January 2022	Members	Finance and Resources Committee and Audit Commiittee	None
Nigel Moore	20 November 2018	20 Novemeber 2022	Members	Vice Chair of Board	None
Prof John West Burnham	10 October 2018	10 October 2022	Members	Chair of Board	Member: Olive Academy Trustee/ Chair: Asset Academy Trust

Please find our Scheme of Delegation, Terms of Reference and governance related documents below.

The Members

Members are similar to a company's shareholders. Their key responsibilities include appointing the trustees and holding them to account for the successful governance of the trust.

The MILL Academy Members 2019/20

Name	Appointed by	Attendance at AGM	Pecuniary Interests and Conflict of Interests
Wilf Stephenson	Oriel College	0/1	Treasurer & Bursar: Oriel College Director of 3 subsidiary companies of Oriel College Governor and Trustee: St. Edward’s School, Oxford Member Advisory Board Charities Property Fund
David Jones	Members	1/1	Parish Councillor, Basildon Parish Council Independent Member Bracknell Forest Council
Tony Wilson Named Member: ODBE Corporate Member	ODBE	1/1	ODBE involved with 19 Multi-Academy Trusts and schools Tony Wilson is the Director of Education for ODBE Trustee: Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust Member and Trustee: Oxford Diocesan Bucks School Trust Trustee: Eynsham Partnership Academy Trust
Prof John West Burnham	By virtue of office as Chair of Board	1/1	Member: Olive Academy Trustee/ Chair: Asset Academy Trust
Dame Patricia Collarbone	Members Appointed June 2019	n/a	Trustee: Laurel Trust Member: Creating Tomorrow Academy Trust

Downloads

Board of Trustees details including pecuniary interests and attendance	Date
MILL Governance roles and responsibilities	03rd Oct 2019	Download
MILL Scheme of Delegation 2019-20	03rd Oct 2019	Download
MILL Board Terms of Reference Sept. 19	03rd Oct 2019	Download
Board of Trustees 2018/19 including pecuniary interests and attendance	30th Sep 2019	Download
Members' pecuniary interests and conflict of interests 2018/19	30th Sep 2019	Download
Board Meetings Calendar 2019/20	30th Sep 2019	Download