Trusts

	Find all the information you need on why you should recruit from the world of business, eligibility criteria and how to start recruiting to your board.

Why recruit

Non-executive directors can help an academy trust with strategy, financial stewardship, and performance - your trust is likely to need and gain from different board member skills at different stages of growth and development.

How to recruit

Engaging with the Academy Ambassadors Programme is easy - we provide a one-to-one Adviser to guide you through the recruitment process to make a successful board appointment.

Hear from Greenacre Trust's Chair and CEO

Nikki King and Andrew Reese, CEO of the Trust, discuss the dynamics of the executive and non-executive role as business and education work together to benefit Greenacre Trust.

Free Guide to Recruiting

The Academy Ambassadors Programme 'Guide to Recruiting' provides more information on how to run a recruitment to attract and appoint high-calibre people from business and other sectors to your board.

As the chair of a small academy trust that currently comprises of three special needs schools, I contacted Academy Ambassadors to ask for help in identifying potential new trustees with a business/finance background. Within two months Academy Ambassadors had identified two individuals who, as well as having the required skills, also had personal experience of working with people with special needs and disabilities. Both have now been appointed as trustees and this has undoubtedly strengthened our Trust Board. Thank you Academy Ambassadors.

Mark Mitchell, Chair

Solent Academies Trust

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