The AMF UK Team
Helen Wetherall
Richard Wetherall
Helen Wetherall
Helen has over 30 years’ experience in all phases of education, in Children’s Services and different public and private sector organisations as facilitator and instigator of change and leader of large-scale transformation and capital programmes.
Following a successful teaching and lecturing career, Helen gained 10 years' experience in managing education services in West and South Yorkshire.
Helen went on to become Assistant Director of Children's Services where her roles included schools building programmes, school organisation, growth and pupil place planning. Helen has formed a key part of DfE commissioned Local Authority intervention teams.
Helen advises AMF clients on growth, change management, governance, finance, and performance matters.
Sarah Ferguson
Richard Wetherall
Helen Wetherall
Sarah is an experienced Project Manager who has spent her entire post-graduate career in education.
Sarah has worked with more than 70 schools converting to academy status and continues to support a number of MAT clients with their growth ambitions, as well as Local Authority-led change programmes and reviews.
Sarah has worked with a number of MATs nationally, including Roman Catholic and Church of England Diocesan MATs.
More recently, Sarah supported a growing MAT for 7 years as their consultant COO where she supported the group of 28 schools through the global pandemic whilst also successfully growing the Trust and implementing robust structures of compliance.
Richard Wetherall
Richard Wetherall
Richard Wetherall
Richard has 10 years’ solid experience in education finance at a strategic level. He has worked as a consultant CFO for a large Multi Academy Trust, delivering an overhaul in systems and processes enabling the trust to grow from 4 schools to 30 within this period.
He is currently working in a consultancy role with a number of existing and growing MATs and is undertaking Local Authority deployments for School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) reviews.
He was involved in the Department for Education working party shaping the development of the National Funding Formula.
Richard holds full SRMA accreditation via the Department for Education and is a member of the chartered institute of bankers.
Hardip Hayer
Michelle Phillips
Hardip Hayer
Hardip has over 20 years of project management experience in both the public and private sector. She has experience of working with clients from a wide variety of sectors including education, buildings, financial and health.
She has substantial experience of supporting the delivery of accelerated programmes in the education sector includi
Hardip has over 20 years of project management experience in both the public and private sector. She has experience of working with clients from a wide variety of sectors including education, buildings, financial and health.
She has substantial experience of supporting the delivery of accelerated programmes in the education sector including the delivery of a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), sponsored Academies, individual Academy Conversions, and Studio Schools.
Hardip has a highly organised and systematic approach and offers proactive, practical support to clients as well as maintaining all project documents and keeping open lines of communication with all stakeholders.
Priding herself on achieving the required deadlines and avoiding scope-creep, Hardip ensures value for money for clients and completion of projects on time and on budget.
Hardip has a strong research background having worked for research agencies for five years where she supported the design, implementation and execution of social and commercial research projects.
Louise Ryan
Michelle Phillips
Hardip Hayer
Louise is AMF's experienced Senior Safeguarding Consultant and Independent Social Worker.
Louise provides schools and Trusts with a range of safeguarding support and consultancy in the form of producing safeguarding strategies, policies or procedures, completing safeguarding compliance audits, delivering safeguarding training and workshop
Louise is AMF's experienced Senior Safeguarding Consultant and Independent Social Worker.
Louise provides schools and Trusts with a range of safeguarding support and consultancy in the form of producing safeguarding strategies, policies or procedures, completing safeguarding compliance audits, delivering safeguarding training and workshops and offering supervision and safeguarding casework or ad-hoc advice.
Louise has over 10 years' experience within the field of child protection, both in a frontline roles and within strategic leadership, and importantly has a passion for supporting schools in developing their safeguarding offer to pupils, understanding they are often the ‘eyes and ears’ of their pupils’ lived experiences.
Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Michelle is our Senior Project Support Officer with over 20 years experience across a wide range of sectors from private industry to education. Having worked in a multi academy trust she brings a wealth of communications and management experience leading teams.
Michelle has 6 years experience providing senior level admin and PA support in
Michelle is our Senior Project Support Officer with over 20 years experience across a wide range of sectors from private industry to education. Having worked in a multi academy trust she brings a wealth of communications and management experience leading teams.
Michelle has 6 years experience providing senior level admin and PA support in schools and prior to that over 10 years of PA and Project Support experience in various sectors.
Michelle has exceptional organisational, planning and negotiation skills. Cheerful and always happy to help, ensuring projects and daily tasks are completed on time to a high standard. With two teenage children, she is passionate about education and opportunities for all young people.