SENDAT Directors

Mr Mike Redmond

Appointed 27/04/2016
Term of Office Ends: 26/04/2020

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Mr Richard Atwell

Appointed 01/09/2019
Term of Office Ends: 01/09/2023

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I am a CIMA qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience working in financial roles across a number of industries. The last 15 years have been spent working in senior management roles and I am currently Finance Director for Jockey Club Estates, a land and property management company. I work closely with senior managers in the different business units to ensure appropriate financial controls exist and managers are supported to develop their teams and the business in a sustainable and commercial manner.

Away from work I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I am a regular at my local parkrun with my 11 year old son and am also a Run Director at our local Junior Parkrun. My son has a dual diagnosis of Autism and ADHD and this has been the catalyst for our involvement with a number of local community activities such as parkrun. I have tried to use the insight I have gained from living with ASD to positive effect by involvement as a Board member at 2 local schools, Sebert Wood Community Primary School and SENDAT. This provides me with the opportunity to apply business experience to support education settings with a particular focus on SEND and Finance.

Mr Michael Attwood

Appointed 01/09/2019
Term of Office Ends: 01/09/2023

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Alan Maltpress - MBE

Date Appointed: 01/09/2015
Pecuniary Interest: Governor at West Suffolk College
Term of Office Ends: 31/08/2019
Alan sits on the Provision Committee

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Alan Maltpress, MBE

Alan Maltpress is a chemistry graduate with considerable senior management experience in the private and public sector.  Up until 1991, Alan worked for Ciba Geigy, the Swiss Multinational company, as Managing Director of the large Plastics Division Site based at Duxford, Cambs.  The site employed 1200 people with 3 business units turning over well over £100 million.  The facilities included Research, Production and Marketing with all necessary support functions such as HR, health and safety, engineering, logistics etc.  Whilst in that role, Alan also chaired the steering group in the setting up of the Training and Education Council for Cambridgeshire (CamsTEC), leaving Ciba Geigy in 1991 to become Managing Director of CamsTEC.

Since retiring in 1998, Alan has served as Chairman of a number of public sector, education and charitable organisations including:  Cambridge Housing Group (a Housing Association); Grafham Water Centre (an outdoor education centre) and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award for Eastern Region.

He has served up until 2012 as a Vice Chair of College Heath Middle School and Chair of Finance at that school.  Since 2012, Alan has been an Independent Member of West Suffolk College Corporation, and also sits on the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

In 1998 Alan was appointed an MBE for  his contribution to business and education in Cambridgeshire

Neil Kellett - Chair

Date Appointed: 01/09/2015
Pecuniary Interests: Interest in School Salary Direct Scheme
Term of Office Ends: 31/08/2020
Chair of Directors from 7-9-16
Vice Chair of Directors 1-9-15 to 7-9-16
Chair of Provision committee and sits on the Priory Local Advisory Board

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Roger Inman

Date Appointed: 01/09/2015
Pecuniary Interest: Governor at West Suffolk College
Term of Office Ends: 31/08/2020 - Resigned 11/12/2019
Roger is Chair of the Resources Committee

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Roger Inman, is a solicitor specialising in Education Law and is recognised as a national leader in that field in both the main legal directories Chambers and Legal 500. He leads the sector group in national specialist education law advisors Stone King LLP which has supported over 600 academy conversions nationwide.  Roger specialises in providing legal advice regarding school governance and reorganisation, school finance, admissions and also pupil provision issues (notably special educational needs).  Roger has experience as a governor of both maintained and academy schools within the state sector. 

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Lawrence Chapman - CEO

Date Appointed: 01/09/2015
Term of office ends:

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Pecuniary Interest: Director - Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre; Leader & Member of District Executive of Lowestoft Scouts; Scout Leader for Bury St Edmunds; Trustee - Lapwing; Wife teaches at Beccles Academy

Lawrence Chapman is CEO of SENDAT and Headteacher of Priory School.

Lawrence sits on both resources and provision committees as well as Priory Local Advisory Board

Sue Snowden

Appointed 18/07/2018
Term of Office Ends: 17/07/2022

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