Amanda started her career working for a number of commercial organisations including Marks and Spencer and United Utilities initially in HR but later across finance, IT, business process and shared services. In 2006, she fulfilled a lifelong ambition, retraining as a teacher of science and then joining the Future Leaders programme in 2008. Amanda worked in several schools cross the north west as a senior school leader. Since 2012, Amanda has combined her skills and experience to lead on operations and finance within the academy movement initially for Bright Futures Educational Trust and most recently for Star Academies before joining Dixons in 2021. Since November 2023, Amanda has taken on a part time role working on the business transformation project at Dixons.