Louis has vast experience in holding various senior leadership responsibilities across education, specialising in safeguarding, school improvement, and supporting leaders with their preparations for Ofsted visits and their broader improvement journey. Most recently, Louis was a director of a regional multi academy trust, leading on SEND and attendance and, before that, a senior leader at a secondary academy. In 2020, Louis supported the work of the Department for Education during the Covid-19 pandemic, advising civil servants on the impact and effectiveness of the government safeguarding strategy around attendance and children in need. Louis is a calm and professional leader, especially in the face of adversity or challenge; he is passionate about safeguarding, advocating for children and young people, and maximising the effectiveness of senior leaders in education; by taking a common-sense approach to effective and robust strategic leadership. In his spare time, Louis is a non-executive director (trustee) of Diverse Academies Trust, a member of the British Army Independent Advisory Group to the Defence School of Transport (DST) Leconfield. He founded and now sits on the board of the national group of academy trust safeguarding directors (NASSA) and is an avid follower of Hull City!