Anna Cannizzaro

Deputy Director of Transformation

Anna Cannizzaro is Deputy Director of Transformation at United Learning, the UK’s largest multi-academy trust. She leads a portfolio of digital and process improvement initiatives, supporting schools and central teams to work more efficiently and make better use of technology, with a focus on simplification, improved connectivity between systems, and ensuring operating models can scale effectively. Prior to joining United Learning, Anna worked in the finance sector and served for four years as a voluntary Chair of Governors at Oakdale Primary School, an experience that prompted her transition into the education sector.

Laying strong foundations

1 Workshop series three

From manual to managed: Designing and sustaining workflows at scale

Room: Mercian

As trusts grow, operational processes often become fragmented and harder to manage consistently. Many are beginning to automate workflows, but moving from isolated efficiencies to trust-wide coherence brings new challenges around ownership, governance and system design. This session explores how trusts are approaching workflow automation in practice - where they begin, which processes they prioritise, and how they maintain clarity as adoption scales. Leaders will share practical examples of what has worked, where challenges emerge, and how they are creating clearer, more connected operational workflows across their organisations.