Meet the team
Learn more about the experts from across education, technology, school support and operations who make up our leadership team and board.
Our leadership
Our leadership team brings together experts to deliver the best support to teachers and value for money for the public. Learn more about them below.
John Roberts
Interim Chief Executive
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Emma Beatty
Operations Director
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Tom Rose
Education Director
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Jonathan Dando-Laing
School Support and External Relations Director
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Ian Kynnersley
Product and Engineering Director
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Mark Fiedeldey
Chief of Staff
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Emma McCrea
Head of Curriculum Design
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Benyna Richards
Head of Curriculum Delivery
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Rachel Strom
Head of School Support
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Rosie Bennett
Head of External Relations
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Ellie Ball
Head of Planning
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Gaynor Richardson
Head of Operations
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Angel Dsouza
Head of Finance
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Simon Rose
Head of Engineering
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Monika Koziol
Head of Product
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Our board
Our Board oversees all of our work at Oak National Academy. They provide strategic direction, enable us to deliver on our plans, scrutinise our work and safeguard our independence.
Sir Ian Bauckham CBE
Chair
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Hardip Begol CBE
Board member
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Cassie Buchanan OBE
Board member
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Henry de Zoete OBE
Board member
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Annie Gardner
Board member
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Sean Harford
Board member
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Conor Ryan
Board member
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Diana Lee
Board member
See bioJohn Roberts
Interim Chief Executive
See bioEmma Beatty
Operations Director
See bio
Documents
Impact evaluation of Oak: 2024/25
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Board minutes: 19 June 2025
PDF, 164.24 KB
DownloadBoard strategy day minutes: 18 March 2025
PDF, 108.54 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 27 February 2025
PDF, 121.12 KB
DownloadImpact evaluation of Oak: 2023/24
PDF, 1.55 MB
DownloadAdditional board minutes: 27 September 2024
PDF, 82.04 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 17 October 2024
PDF, 152.87 KB
DownloadOak's annual plan: 2024/25
PDF, 1.34 MB
DownloadBoard minutes: 6 June 2024
PDF, 135.22 KB
DownloadChair's letter: 2024/25
PDF, 153.81 KB
DownloadOak's 2022-2025 strategy: April 2024 update
PDF, 4.69 MB
DownloadBoard strategy day minutes: 29 February 2024
PDF, 76.93 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 29 February 2024
PDF, 76.93 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 12 October 2023
PDF, 97.17 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 8 June 2023
PDF, 70.6 KB
DownloadOak's annual plan: 2023/24
PDF, 745.05 KB
DownloadOak's 2022-2025 strategy: April 2023 update
PDF, 6.62 MB
DownloadBoard strategy meeting minutes: 23 February 2023
PDF, 61.55 KB
DownloadBoard minutes: 23 February 2023
PDF, 61.62 KB
DownloadImpact evaluation of Oak: 2022/23
PDF, 1.02 MB
DownloadBoard minutes: 1 November 2022
PDF, 70.16 KB
DownloadChair's letter: 2022/24
PDF, 185.46 KB
DownloadOak's Articles of Association
PDF, 137.63 KB
DownloadOak's framework agreement
PDF, 277.72 KB
DownloadImpact evaluation of Oak: 2021/22
PDF, 1.07 MB
DownloadImpact evaluation of Oak: 2020/21
PDF, 1008 KB
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Governance
Oak National Academy is a limited company incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 in September 2022 and whose sole shareholder is the Secretary of State for Education. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) which was established to work with schools, teachers and the wider education system and has a framework agreement with the Department for Education.
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