Members
Sheer Khan
Date of appointment: 1 May 2016
Sheer is a senior analyst and policy maker with proven leadership ability and a track record in applying economic principles and analytic approaches to strategy and policy across government and the private sector. He currently works in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following ten years leadership experience in central government and broader experience running his own successful property business.
Linked In profile available here.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Nature of business: | Government department |
| Nature of interest: | Employee - civil servant |
| Date returned: |
25 September 2018 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 1 of 3 meetings in academic year 2018-19.
Alison Warner
Date of appointment: 1 May 2016
Alison has a wealth of experience in education, and has worked as a teacher, a Head of Sixth form at High Storrs and Assistant Principal at Loxley college (later the Sheffield College). She has also carried out consultancy work for the Further Education Funding Council, a London Borough developing a sixth form college, and at Doncaster College during their recovery plan. She has served on numerous governing bodies, including High Storrs, Holt House and Ecclesfield primary school federation, and is also a member of the Executive of Sheffield Association of Schools’ Governing Bodies. She is currently Chair of CRESST, a local charity promoting conflict resolution in schools through the development of pupils as peer mediators.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Name of business: | CRESST (Conflict Resolution Education in Sheffield Schools Training) |
| Nature of business: | Charity working in schools re conflict resolution and peer mediation |
| Nature of interest: | Chair of Trustees |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | April 2009. Reappointed 18 September 2018. |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Name of business: | Coit & Ecclesfield Primary Federation |
| Nature of business: | Governing Body LA maintained school |
| Nature of interest: | Chair |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | July 2019 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | July 2023 |
| Name of business: | Grenoside Community Primary School |
| Nature of business: | Governing Body LA maintained school |
| Nature of interest: | Chair |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | March 2019 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | March 2023 |
| Name of business: | Brigantia Trust, Sheffield (includes Hinde House 2-16, Concord Junior School, Wincobank N&I, Longley Park VIC, Y |
| Nature of business: | Academy Trust |
| Nature of interest: | Director |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | August 2017 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | August 2021 |
| Name of business: | St Mary's C of E Primary Academy |
| Nature of business: | Local Governing Body of DSAT Trust |
| Nature of interest: | Federation Governor - Vice Chair |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | June 2017 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | May 2021 |
| Name of business: | Sheffield Association of Schools' Governing Bodies |
| Nature of business: | Local Association for Schools Governors, Trustees and Members |
| Nature of interest: | Executive Member |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | Reappointed June 2017 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | June 2020 or AGM |
| Name of business: | Holt House & Carter Knowle Schools Federation |
| Nature of business: | Governing Body LA maintained school |
| Nature of interest: | Chair |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | August 2016 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | August 2020 |
| Name of business: | Abbey Special Academy |
| Nature of business: | Local Governing Body of Nexus Trust |
| Nature of interest: | Chair |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | September 2019 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | September 2023 |
| Name of business: | Sheffield Schools Forum |
| Nature of business: | Maintained Primary Representative |
| Nature of interest: | Member |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | June 2017 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | June 2021 |
| Date returned: | 10 September 2020 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 2 of 2 meetings in academic year 2019-20.
Niala Anderson
Date of appointment: 1 May 2016
Niala is a Commercial Manager (Private Finance) at the Education Funding Agency (EF) in the Department for Education. She has significant experience in the area of private finance, having previously worked in the Partnerships for Schools (PfS) team when the national Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme was rolled out. She has also worked for Sheffield City Council in this area, and previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She also has experience of serving as a governor at a local primary school.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Name of business: | Department for Education |
| Nature of business: | Government |
| Nature of interest: | Employee |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 8 January 2008 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Date returned: | 11 September 2020 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 2 of 2 meetings in academic year 2019-20.
Andy Deutsch
Date of appointment: 17 July 2020
Biographical information to follow shortly.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Name of business: | Housing Association |
| Nature of business: | Riverside Group |
| Nature of interest: | Non Executive - Care & Support Division |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 11 November 2016 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Date returned: | 11 September 2020 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 1 out 1 meeting for academic year 2019-20
Martin Hodgson
Date of appointment: 17 July 2020
Biographical information to follow shortly.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Name of business: | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
| Nature of business: | NHS Hospital Trust |
| Nature of interest: | Governor |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 1 July 2016 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Date returned: | 16 September 2020 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 1 out 1 meeting for academic year 2019-20
Members resigned in last year
Scott Green
Date of appointment: 1 May 2016
Date stepped down: 13 December 2019
Appointed in accordance with the Trust’s Articles of Association.
Chief Superintendant Scott Green is Police Commander of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, having started his career as a Police Constable in Sheffield in 1995 and undertaken numerous roles in the local area. He is a Critical Incident Commander, an Advanced Public Order Commander and a Tactical Firearms Commander. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institution, a Trustee of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and a Trustee of Sheffield Futures – a charity that supports young people and adults to achieve their full potential in learning, employment and life to achieve a better future. He has significant experience as a primary school governor.
Business or pecuniary interests
| Name of business: | South Yorkshire Police |
| Nature of business: | Policing |
| Nature of interest: | Employee - Police Chief Superintendent |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 1995 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Name of business: | Sheffield Futures |
| Nature of business: | Charity |
| Nature of interest: | Trustee/Director |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 2014 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | 2018 |
| Name of business: | Ecclesall CE Junior School |
| Nature of business: | Primary LA school |
| Nature of interest: | Governor |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | 2012 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | 2016 |
| Name of business: | Bluebell Wood Hospice |
| Nature of business: | Children’s Hospice |
| Nature of interest: | Trustee/Director |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | May 2016 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | 2019 |
| Name of business: | Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Nature of business: | Children's Hospital |
| Nature of interest: | Non-Executive Director |
| Date of appointment or acquisition: | April 2018 |
| Date of cessation of interest: | n/a |
| Date returned: | 18 October 2019 |
Attendance at meetings
Attended 3 of 3 meetings in academic year 2018-19.