OLAAS Central Team

Peter Davis

Catholic Senior Executive Leader and Accounting Officer

Peter took up the post as Catholic Senior Executive Leader in January 2021. Prior to this, he held several posts at Assistant Director level in both unitary and County Council settings across England.

Peter is a qualified Social Work with 32 years' experience and graduate of Coventry, Birmingham, and Sussex Universities. His qualifications also include CQSW, BA Hons (Applied Social Science). MSC Management Public Sector, and Advanced Award in Child Protection.

Peter is committed to Catholic Education at both Primary and Secondary levels and brings experience of both leadership and management of:

SEND services and services for with young people with complex disability particularly Autism.
Children's / Adults safeguarding at board level.
Strategic change management.
Management of significant budgets.
Partnerships building skills at local regional and national levels.

Formerly, Peter has been Chairman and Trustee of the Coventry Irish society working to promote cultural awareness and pastoral care of the Irish community. Formerly Board Member and Trustee of The National Autistic Society - the largest provider of services for the autistic community in the UK.

Peter attends the Church of the Precious Blood and All Souls RC in Coventry where he is a commissioned reader.

Marie Conway

School Improvement Director

Dal Youssef

Head of HR and Payroll

Dawn Price

Interim Chief Finance Officer

Dawn is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts, she began her career as an accountant and specialist auditor in an accountancy practice. She has worked in industry as a Finance Manager for an international training company. She over 10 years’ experience working in a variety of schools as a School Business Manager.

Dawn enjoys the challenge of working in an ever changing education sector and the ability to manage budgets effectively to give the Head teachers the resources they require to deliver the best outcomes for pupils.

Laura Grice

Governance Lead

Helen Milligan

Associate Director of Operations

Ben Clayton

Chief Information Officer

Clive Puwai

Senior Management Accountant

Legend Lee

School Management Accountant

Kim Cooper

Purchase Ledger Clerk

Theresa Pugh

MAC Facilities Manager

Linda Skingsley

HR and Payroll

Linda started at St Augustine’s School in 2007 and supported the school through the conversion to become an academy within the OLAAS MAC back in 2021. Linda was a part-time School Bursar at St Augustine’s and also supported the MAC working as a Finance Officer in the Central Finance Team, from May 2021 until July 2022, when she moved to the Central Team full time as Finance and Payroll Officer.

At the start of 2024 Linda moved from Finance and Payroll to a new role of HR and Payroll within the Central Team.

Previously Linda worked for TSB and Lloyds Banks, was Treasurer of a local school PTA and has been involved in Solihull Scouting since 2005.

Sue Lowry

Administrator

Sue has over twenty years’ experience as a School Business & Finance Manager at Marston Green Junior School. She took early retirement from school life August 2021 to enjoy more family time, but missed working in Education and therefore joined Our Lady and All Saints Catholic MAC in October 2021 as a part-time Administrator. She brings vast knowledge, experience and understanding of the education system to the team.

Over the years she has also been a School Governor, Treasurer of a school PTA and Clerk to Governors. Therefore, Sue has a wealth of knowledge and understanding of various stakeholders in the education system.

Cecile Lee

Administration Assistant

Zak Moreira

Assistant Management Accountant

Suki Garchay

HR Business Partner

Banisha Saund

HR Apprentice