Nitesh Gor OBE
Mike Ion
Kirit Patel
Rebecca Underwood
Gopinath Bloch
Sahil Agarwal
Sahil is the Head of Business Services for the Trust. Sahil graduated in Management from Cass Business School with first class honours. He has been with Avanti Schools Trust since 2016 and his role now oversees how Central Services support our schools. He oversees IT, Compliance, Estates, Marketing, Revenue Generation and the Trust’s PMO.
Bhavini Budhdev
Lekha Sharma
Lekha is a former Primary Head and Deputy Head and has led on Curriculum Design and Development and more broadly Quality of Education in a range of contexts. She is the author of ‘Curriculum to Classroom’ (John Catt 2020) and ‘Building Culture’ (John Catt 2023) and is a passionate advocate of making evidence-informed practice accessible to teachers and leaders, in service of great outcomes and educational experiences for pupils. Lekha has previously worked for the Teacher Development Trust in authoring the National Professional Qualifications and works closely with a number of sector- wide organisations including the Confederation of School Trusts and the Chartered College of Teaching, with a focus on both leadership and curriculum development both at trust and school level.
Aurora Reid
Salina Ventress
Salina is an experienced senior leader and has held a number of leadership roles in large secondary schools and trusts.  She has experience across all phases and a strong track record in leading improvement, with a particular focus on learning and teaching, curriculum, behaviour and post 16 provision. Salina has been a school governor and was previously a Trustee for Avanti Schools Trust. Salina has a particular interest in ensuring the Education sector works flexibly to support recruitment and retention, particularly of women into leadership.
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