Governance

The Landau Forte Academies are governed by the Landau Forte Charitable Trust Board of Directors.

• The President of the Trust is Martin Landau our principal Founding Sponsor
• The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Martin Landau
• The Deputy Chairman is The Hon Mrs Olga Polizzi, CBE of the Forte Family our second Founding Sponsor

Although the Main Board carries the legal responsibilities of Governors for all of the Academies, each Academy has a local Governing Body. This structure enables the Trust to provide central strategic direction whilst maintaining a local focus.

To oversee its affairs the following Trustees have appointed a Board of Directors, Chaired by Martin Landau.

Chief Executive

The Chief Executive Officer of the Trust is Sarah Findlay-Cobb.

Members & Trustees

Martin Landau	President of the Trust, Principal Founding Sponsor, Chair of the Board of Directors and Trustee
The Hon Mrs Olga Polizzi, CBE	Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors and Trustee
The Hon Sir Rocco Forte	Founding Sponsor, Member of Board of Directors
Margaret Bell	Trustee
Terence Ousley	Trustee
Alex Polizzi	Member of Board of Directors
Simon Shooter	Member of Board of Directors
Keith Doble	Trustee
David Shore	Trustee
John Kirkland	Trustee
Ben Turnbull	Trustee
Peter Cox	Trustee
Steven Caplan	Trustee

Governance arrangements

Below you can download information about our governance arrangements and the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation. Details of our Local Governing Bodies can be found on the Staff & Governors page of each of our Academy websites.

Governors’ information