Executive Team
Suffolk Academies Trust
Nikos Savvas
CEO
Suffolk Academies Trust
Leading the Senior Executive teams the Suffolk Academies Trust Sixth Form colleges and the central services teams. Responsible for the strategic direction; quality and financial sustainability.
George Chittock-Nash
Group Vice Principal Students
Suffolk Academies Trust
Leading the student experience and wrap around support for students across the Trust. Including the personal progress tutors, safeguarding, welfare, pastoral care, student voice, admissions and progression.
John Raffel
Chief Financial Officer
Suffolk Academies Trust
Leading the financial strategy for Suffolk Academies Trust and both sixth form colleges. Responsible for financial sustainability, compliance and audit.
Richard Stevenson
Group Director – Operations
Suffolk Academies Trust
Leading the operations teams across the Suffolk Academies Trust Sixth Form colleges. Responsible for the Estates, Health and Safety, IT and Procurement teams. Responsible for developing the campuses with effective medium and long term Property and IT strategies.
Gary Grainger
Chief Information Officer
Suffolk Academies Trust
Simon Graham
Group Director – HR and Shared Services
Suffolk Academies Trust
Leading and directing the human resources strategy for Suffolk Academies Trust. This covers everything from recruitment and selection of staff to industrial relations, welfare and support for all staff. Also responsible for Freedom of Information requests and GDPR.
Suzannah Gales
Governance Professional
Suffolk Academies Trust
Supporting the governance arrangements across Suffolk Academies Trust.
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
David Gartland
Principal of Sixth Form
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
Principal of Abbeygate Sixth Form College.
One Sixth Form College
Jake Robson
Head of Centre
One Sixth Form College
Head of Centre of One Sixth Form College.