Louise Mitchell
CFO, Maritime Academy Trust
Louise brings extensive financial expertise to her role as CFO at Maritime. She entered the education sector in 2015 after a career in financial services, beginning as an admin assistant at Barnsole Primary School. Over the next decade, she progressed through roles including finance officer, office manager, and finance manager. When Barnsole Primary Trust merged with Maritime in 2020, Louise joined the organisation and was appointed CFO in 2021.
As CFO, she has led major developments across Maritime’s finance function, strengthening service delivery to schools and improving financial operations. She ensures schools receive high-quality financial support and strategic guidance. In 2024, Louise qualified as a Chartered Accountant, further enhancing her ability to drive financial excellence.
Under her leadership, Maritime has introduced a robust investment strategy to generate additional income and maintain strong support for schools. Louise remains committed to continuous improvement and making a positive impact across the trust.
1 Workshop series two
Maritime Children’s Foundation: Why did we set it up? How did we do it? What have we learned along the way?
This session is for colleagues in trusts who are curious about the why, how. and what of setting up a charity. Join us for an overview of our experience over the last 3 years, the good, the bad and what we’ve learned along the way. We’ll share why Maritime chose to set up our charity back in 2023. We will then walk you through the steps we took to set it up - in simple terms, with key learnings along the way. Then we will reflect on what we have learned from just over one year of running the registered charity and the impact that we have had so far.