Simon Oxenham

Simon Oxenham - Chief Operating Officer - Woodard Academies

Simon has been in the academy sector since 2012 and is the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) national lead on school finance and efficiency. As a qualified Accountant, a Project Manager and Lean Practitioner, he spent a number of years working in the charity sector and a lot of his career working on finance, ICT and capital projects.

Simon also worked in one of the largest FE colleges in the country so has knowledge of both charity and education accounting. Simon is well known across the sector having delivered numerous training sessions and presentations with the Education & Skills Funding Authority (ESFA), and on behalf of ISBL. He is also a member of one of the ESFA’s Financial Assurance working groups and the ISBL Funding Special Interest Group.