Matt Coleman (NPQEL, BA Hons PGCE), is Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Nene Education Trust. A highly influential and well-respected leader within education, Matt has a proven track record of helping to improve schools and impacting positively on outcomes for all children.

Experienced in working with a range of colleagues, setting up coaching and mentoring cycles for teachers and leaders in schools and also working closely with other school leaders to improve their impact on outcomes, Matt possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial internal and external relationships. He enjoys being part of, as well as leading, managing, motivating and training, a successful and productive team of professionals, and thrives in highly pressured and challenging working environments.

Matt has a keen desire to affect change within education, both formal education (schools) and other forms of education (sports coaching e.g.) and is a trustee of community interest company Spautism (Sport Autism), which aims to provide a platform that will improve the quality of the experience for autistic people (be they competing, spectating or working) by sharing their stories and celebrating the positive impact of sport. Matt is also a trustee of local youth counselling charity Service Six, a charity which specialises in providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, and their families.

Always busy, Matt is also a board member for the National Institute of Teaching and Education (University of Coventry) and a founding member of the NSBA (Northamptonshire School & Business Alliance).