Wayne is a qualified chartered accountant and experienced COO and CFO, with a long career as a senior executive, building that career in both the private and public sector over the past 18 years.
Having commenced his career with 2 social enterprise charities in south London, Wayne went on to work for Sodexo justice, Virgin Group, Mitie, NATS, HMRC, MOJ and Interserve. In 2014, Wayne re-entered the third sector, joining Catch22 a charity with 12 schools in their multi academy trust, as Commercial Director, before becoming the COO of The Princes Trust. Since then, Wayne has stayed in the charity and educational sector, recently as COO of the British International School Riyadh, based in Saudi Arabia and currently as the Director of Finance for The Turing Institute.
Wayne is particularly passionate about seeing young people succeed, particularly those with a challenging background, and being part of their journey to help them fulfil their potential. Outside of work, Wayne is Chair of Trustees for Its Okay, a mental health charity for young people in London. In addition, Wayne has mentored young entrepreneurs, including one who went on to become a stylist for the Jamaican Olympic team. Living in West Sussex, Wayne gets to enjoy lovely family walks along the South Downs way.