Alan Warboys is the founding Chief Executive of Place Partnership, a newly formed school trust based across West and South Yorkshire arising from the merger of Accord Multi Academy Trust and Maltby Learning Trust from 1 September 2026. Starting in the summer of 2024, Accord Multi Academy Trust began work on a voluntary merger with Maltby Learning Trust (MLT), a South Yorkshire based school trust with a shared ethos and a strong track record of its own. Following DfE approval in October 2025, the two trusts announced the creation of a new organisation, Place Partnership, bringing their collective strengths together to broaden their impact with the approach taken best described as a ‘merger of equals’. Prior to establishing Accord Multi Academy Trust and Place Partnership, Alan held a range of senior and executive leadership positions and was designated as a National Leader of Education (NLE) in 2013.