Please see below for more information on Westminster Academy Trust Board.

You can also view the pen portraits of our trustees, below.

Name	Post	Occupation	Date of appointment	End date of appointment	Business interest declared	Date interest registered	Date interest ceased	Other Committee Post
Roy Fackrell	Chair of trustees	Retired	01/02/2021	31/01/2025	Member of Canterbury Cross Academy	June 2017	N/A	Finance & Audit
Stephen Griffin	Trustee until 06/01/2019 Member from 07/01/2019	Self Employed	01/02/2017     07/01/2019	06/01/2019     Ongoing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maneer Samad	Headteacher & Trustee	Headteacher Westminster Primary School	01/02/2017	Ongoing	Westminster Academy Trust	March 2017	N/A	Finance & Audit
Edward Wright	Trustee & Member	EUC Anywhere Workspace team	01/02/2021	31/01/2025	United Sports Bar Wright Water and Ice LTD Trustee – Handsworth Association of Schools	Nov 2021 November 2020   March 2017	N/A	N/A
Paul Griffiths	Member     Trustee (latter from 07/01/2019)	Company Director	01/02/2017     07/01/2019	Ongoing     06/01/2023	Director  of: Aspire Active Education Group, Aspire Training Solutions, Aspire Active Camps, Aspire Active Partnerships, Griftro LTD OTMA LTD, Aspire Active Software LTD   Trustee - Aspire Sports Trust	March 2017         Nov 2021     Nov 2020	N/A	N/A
Mohammed Nadeem Bhatti	Trustee	Headteacher – Shaw Hill Primary School	01/02/2022	31/01/2026	Trustee - Canterbury Cross Academy Trust	April 2018	N/A	N/A
Mohammed Naeem Aslam	Trustee & Member	Self Employed	07/01/2019	06/01/2023	Belvedere Limited Partner: Nosh express	Jan 2021 Feb 2022	N/A	Finance & Audit
Suhail Tarafdar	Trustee	General Practitioner	07/01/2019	06/01/2023	Memberships - Royal College of General Practitioners, Academy of Medical Educator, Fellowship of Higher Education Academy	July 2020	N/A	N/A
Annette Gurney	Trustee	Retired	20/03/2019	19/03/2023	Evans Cottage homes'Trustee'	November 2019	N/A	N/A
Rahat Karim	Trustee	N/A	04/11/2020	03/11/2024	None	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

 

Board attendance 2021/2022

 

Name	04/11/2021	09/12/2021	31/03/2022	07/07/2022
Roy Fackrell	Present	Present	Present	Present
Maneer Samad	Present	Present	Present	Present
Edward Wright	Present	Present	Apology	Absent
Paul Griffiths	Apology	Apology	Apology	Apology
Nadeem Bhatti	Present	Apology	Present	Apology
Naeem Aslam	Present	Present	Present	Apology
Suhail Tarafdar	Apology	Present	Apology	Present
Annette Gurney	Present	Present	Apology	Present
Rahat Karim	Apology	Absent	Present	Present

 

 

 

 

Board attendance 2020/2021

Name	05/11/2020	08/12/2020	10/03/2021	08/07/2021
Roy Fackrell	Present	Present	Present	Present
Maneer Samad	Present	Present	Present	Present
Edward Wright	Present	Present	Present	Present
Paul Griffiths	Apology	Absent	Present	Apology
Nadeem Bhatti	Absent	Apology	Present	Present
Naeem Aslam	Present	Present	Present	Apology
Suhail Tarafdar	Present	Present	Apology	Present
Annette Gurney	Present	Present	Present	Present
Rahat Karim	Apology	Present	Absent	Present

 

Board attendance 2019/2020

Name	07/11/2019	10/12/2019	12/03/2020	27/05/2020	15/07/2020
Roy Fackrell	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Maneer Samad	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Edward Wright	Apology	Present	Apology	Apology	Present
Paul Griffiths	Apology	Apology	Apology	Apology	Apology
Nadeem Bhatti	Apology	Present	Present	Present	Apology
Naeem Aslam	Present	Apology	Present	Present	Present
Suhail Tarafdar	Apology	Absent	Apology	Apology	Apology
Annette Gurney	Present	Apology	Apology	Present	Present

 

Board attendance 2018/2019

Name	07/11/2019	18/12/2018	10/04/2019	11/07/2019
Roy Fackrell	Present	Present	Present	Present
Maneer Samad	Present	Present	Present	Present
Lynda Ratcliff	Apology	Resigned
Edward Wright	Apology	Present	Absent	Absent
Paul Griffiths	Present	Apology	Present	Apology
Nadeem Bhatti	Present	Present	Apology	Apology
Naeem Aslam			Present	Apology
Suhail Tarafdar			Present	Present
Annette Gurney			Present	Present
Steve Griffin	Apology	Apology	Resigned

 

 

Westminster Academy Trust Board

Pen Portraits

Mr Roy Fackrell (member & trustee):

• Assistant Headteacher and teacher of French in the secondary sector (retired)
• Lead for primary school outreach and pastoral provision
• Considerable experience as a governor and trustee across a range of schools and educational trusts

Mr Maneer Samad (trustee):

• Experienced headteacher and CEO
• Designated Local Leader of Education
• Significant experience of supporting school improvement across Birmingham

Mr Nadeem Bhatti (trustee):

• Experienced headteacher
• Designated National Leader of Education
• Experienced in supporting school improvement nationally.

Mr Edward Wright (member & trustee):

• Project management professional with experience in developing and managing complex service offers, internationally.
• Experience includes IT, directorship, account management and systems engineering.
• Experience in directorship of educational charitable trust

Mr Paul Griffiths (member & trustee):

• Experienced in business ownership and development
• Co-founded market leading provider of sports provision and staff development for schools
• Established international charitable foundation

Mr Naeem Aslam (member & trustee)

• Considerable experience in retail and commercial banking
• Business Development Manager in global retail banking, corporate investment and wealth management bank
• Experience of leading cross-border and multi-jurisdictional banking services for corporations and intermediaries.

Dr Suhail Tarafdar (trustee)

• Considerable experience as a medical professional, qualified to masters level
• Experienced General Medical Practitioner
• Experienced teacher of GP Registrars and foundation doctors

Mr Stephen Griffin (member)

• Lengthy experience as an accountant qualified at AAT and CIPFA part 1 and 2
• Particular expertise in school and academy finance, including budget setting, monitoring and reporting
• Experienced provider of training in educational finance

Mrs Annette Gurney (trustee)

• Qualified as a teacher in the secondary sector and as a social worker, holding masters level qualifications
• Served as a senior university lecturer and course director, gaining experience in curriculum delivery, data analysis and safeguarding
• Significant experience of the charity sector as an employee and trustee'

Mrs Rahat Karim (trustee)

• Qualified teacher with experience across the primary phase
• Experienced primary subject leader
• Substantial experience of key stage 2 assessment
• Experience of working within the charity sector