Alex is an experienced Diocesan Director of Education and leads the Education team based at Church House, Guildford. 

He is a member of the Bishop’s Leadership Team and provides the strategic leadership for education within the diocese working closely with the Diocesan Board of Education.

Before taking up his post in Guildford, Alex was the Director of Education for Rochester Diocese for 6 years and Acting Chief Executive officer of a Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust.

Alex is an experienced system leader and former Local Leader of Education (LLE) in Surrey. He has 25 years’ experience in education as a teacher, governor, local authority adviser and primary headteacher of a Church of England school in the Diocese of Guildford.

Alex is a Trustee of Schools Alliance for Excellence (SAFE), a local education partnership in Surrey and a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teachers (FCCT).