Paul Atkinson

Paul Atkinson has been engaged as Interim Chief Financial Officer pending the recruitment of a permanent postholder scheduled for early 2025. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate member of the Chartered Governance Institute. He has been employed within the education sector for the last twelve years.  He combines his earlier commercial background with the demands of the public sector for stewardship, value for money, financial transparency, and compliance.

Immediately prior to joining The Diocese of Westminster Academies Trust he was Director of Finance for Haberdashers’ Academies Trust South in London.