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The CEO and Directors work alongside our school and strategic leads to ensure the smooth operation of the Trust and our schools. Collectively, this group is the Extended Leadership Team.
Please visit our Contact Us page to contact the central team or Our Schools page to contact individual school teams.
| Nathan Jenkins Interim Chief Executive Officer | Currently Headteacher of Ralph Allen School within the Trust, it is my privilege to serve as our interim CEO from Jan 2026 until our new CEO, Lakmini Harkus, takes up post later this academic year.
I bring experience, having previously served as both an Accounting Officer and as a CEO. I led a Trust with a composition of primaries, secondaries, church and community schools. I am looking forward to maintaining our agreed strategic direction as a family of schools. |
| Lisa Pollard Director of Education | I am Director of Education for Palladian. This exciting role brings together my extensive experience and expertise in systems leadership and school improvement across both primary and secondary phases of education. Before being Director of Education I developed and led the Boolean Maths Hub and a held national role focussing on leadership pathways and system leadership. The Hub Lead role grew from my position as Senior Leader of Mathematics across a mature trust, after successfully leading a Mathematics and Computing faculty.
I have worked with and supported schools and academies across all phases of education in the South West, including extensive experience with Ofsted inspections. I am a PD Lead and an SLE. I lead the facilitation of the new NPQH, NPQSL, and NPQLT, as delivery partner for Best Practice Network. I am a member of the Wiltshire Learning Alliance Board, the Axiom Maths Academic Advisory Committee and the Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network (TMSJN) Advisory Group. I have a BSc (hons) in Mathematics and having completed the NPQSL, the NPQEL and my MA Education, I am currently undertaking a Doctorate in Education. I hold Fellowship status with the Chartered College of Teaching and work to ensure that there is a reciprocal impact relationship between academic research and professional practice.
Being the mother of two wonderful teenagers, I find strength and focus through engaging in kickboxing, in my spare time. |
| Julia Finch Director of Finance | I have worked in the education sector now for some 20 years after starting my career in banking and then working in the commercial sector in financial and business leadership roles. I have also had the privilege to have lived overseas in Germany, Hong Kong and Brunei experiencing different cultures and lifestyles.
I joined the education sector after returning to work following the birth of my daughter and have never looked back since. I love working in the school environment as you cannot predict one day from the next. Being involved in providing strong business services to ensure the best outcomes for all students is important to me and following my first school position as Bursar in Buckinghamshire in 2004, I studied to become qualified as a School Business Manager. My passion for this role and the value it added then led me to become a trainer for the National College of Schools Leadership. It was a pleasure to see so many people develop their careers in schools, many of which I am still in touch with to this day.
It is clear the dedication that all staff have to their roles here at Palladian and it is a pleasure to be part of the Finance Excellence team. My core goal as Director of Finance is to ensure we are we getting the best value for money from all resources within the Trust, making sure we are effective and efficient in all we do leading us to giving the best opportunities to all students.
In my spare time I love travelling, eating tasty food (I am married to a Chef!) and attending live theatre performances and music events. I also like adrenaline sports, such as horse riding and skiing. |
| Michelle Royce Co-Director of People | I am an HR Leader with over 10 years of generalist HR experience - from working in a variety of commercial organisations, including Financial Services, Hospitality and Fintech before moving into Education in 2022. I graduated from the University of Bristol with a 1st in Law and I have a strong background in UK Employment Law. I then went on to complete my Level 7 CIPD.
I started my career at Palladian as an HR Partner for the Trust’s Secondary School. In June 2023 I moved into a Central HR Operations role before becoming the Co-Director of People in March 2024. In this role, I am responsible for the HR function across the Trust. I work closely with the other Co-Director of People, Directors, School Leaders and the Central HR Partners to deliver the Trust's HR strategy.
I enjoy spending time with friends and family and doing fun things with my two young daughters and husband. We especially like to visit Cornwall with our sausage dog, whenever we have the opportunity to go. |
| Heleana Bouyamourn Co-Director of People | I have 20 years experience within an HR generalist setting, across multiple sectors in finance and tech, covering the UK and Europe, education and adult training.
Whilst working in Swindon, I volunteered with a local charity on their Board of Trustees providing HR support, progressing onto their Chair within the five years I was with them. Each organisation brought a similar range of HR requirements, however working with the teams to positively add value is the motivational part of my role.
I joined Palladian in 2024 as Co-Director of People during a period of growth and change. We have a team of brilliant HR Partners that work alongside myself and the other Co-Director of People to advise, coach and support school leaders and line managers throughout the full employee lifecycle. The Trust has strong values and a culture that resonates throughout each area; I am excited to be a part of their future and to help them grow more as an employer of choice.
In my spare time, I like to travel, anywhere near the sea. I have a Patterdale Terrier named Queenie, who as the name suggests is a diva, but she is the sidekick to our road trips and loves a beach as much as I do. |
