Mark O’Brien is COO at one of the country’s largest SEND schools, an SRMA, a fellow of ISBL through which he contributed to their recent research into the applicability of Operational Excellence to education systems and is a member on the government advisory Schools and Academies Funding Group. He has held senior officer and governance roles in the education sector over the past 15 years and has worked to support children and vulnerable adults for more than 25 years. Having recently established an initiative supporting children displaced due to domestic violence and has a passion for supporting organisations with a social purpose and promoting social mobility.