Steve's career spans being Group Head of Finance Services for a commercial education group, CFO and Director of Operations of a growing MAT with several schools; and having brought in a centralised finance and operational structure, Steve fully understands the challenges within schools and has tested solutions to these.
Totus Solutions started as a family run business with Steve and daughter, Stephanie. Steve's passion lies with transforming the lives of children and young people, an ethos that was entrenched at the very foundation of Totus Solutions, and remains true to that principle.
Steve has been working with LAs, MATs and commercial companies in the education sector, since 2003 as a trusted external advisor. As an experienced board director and national award winner for business development and target achievements, Steve can identify prime opportunities whilst mitigating possible risks. He is an organised, strategic leader who is highly skilled at managing cross-functional teams.
Having held several interim senior posts at board, director, and CFO levels, Steve appreciates the need for first class communication and stakeholder engagement at every level. He can empathise with stakeholders to quickly understand and get to the route of problems to ensure workable solutions whilst keeping all on board.
With the wealth of experience across the education sector and varied senior leadership roles, Steve has developed an expertise in identifying and mitigating risk. This has led Steve to specialise in Due Diligence services, using his depth of knowledge to help Academies and MATs navigate mergers and acquisitions ensuring they are in the most informed position for decision-making.
In his spare time Steve was a Trustee and ex-chair of the Board of a children’s bereavement charity.
Steve is passionate that all children deserve the best starting opportunities in education.