Carole has overall responsibility for HFL Education and is accountable to the Directors of the company. 

Carole has over 30 years’ experience working in the education sector, leading and delivering educational development, teaching and learning and school business support services.  Having worked in LAs and school improvement services for many years, she was involved in the creation of HFL Education in 2013 and led the development of new services to support schools and academies.   Most recently, she was the CEO of a Multi Academy Trust serving Lower, Primary and Secondary schools across four Local Authority areas, before returning to HFL Education as CEO in 2023.

Andrew combines over 10 years of business experience with a passion for education to ensure that HFL Education offers high quality services at competitive prices. Having trained as a chartered accountant, Andrew left accountancy practice to work as a commercial accountant in the retail sector. Working in this environment developed his understanding of the requirements of a successful customer-facing business, and also the importance of astute financial management.

Andrew’s keen interest in education led him to join Standards and School Effectiveness in 2007. He assumed the role of Head of Business Management in April 2010 and in September 2013 became HFL's Chief Financial Officer.

Andrew works hard to ensure cost savings are delivered within HFL and to minimise price increases to Hertfordshire schools for HFL’s traded services.

Anne's entire professional life has been rooted in education, beginning as a student and later, after university, a teacher in Hertfordshire schools. She started her career teaching Key Stage 2, progressed to leading the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), and was instrumental in establishing a Children’s Centre as part of the Sure Start programme. Her leadership skills were further honed during her six-year tenure as a headteacher in North Herts.

In 2017 Anne joined HFL as a District School Effectiveness Adviser for Watford, Stevenage, and Dacorum, working side-by-side with more than a hundred school leaders to support them on their improvement journey. From there she was appointed to the role of Head of Primary: Teaching, Learning, Curriculum, and Assessment and in September 2025 she stepped up again to become Education Director for Primary and Early Years.

Liz is Co-Director of Education Services (Secondary, Special and AP) and leads the secondary and special and alternative provision teams. Previously Deputy Director of Education Services (Secondary) she has over twenty five years’ experience of teaching and school leadership.  Having worked as an adviser and school improvement partner for HFL since inception, Liz has huge experience of driving and supporting positive change with leaders, and driving key strategic educational programmes and partnerships.  

Catherine joined the Herts for Learning Executive team as Director of Business Services in June 2019, bringing with her extensive experience of working with schools, settings and trusts on a broad range of issues relating to people, processes and products. As Director of Education Services, Catherine is the strategic lead for our finance, HR, technology and governance related services.

In her career Catherine has led large procurement projects and programmes, formed and led multi-disciplinary teams to solve challenges and supported organisations to adapt and change to changing legislative and financial landscapes. Prior to joining HFL Catherine worked in the Education Leadership Team at Hertfordshire County Council where she developed an appreciation of importance of recognising the unique characteristics of a school, setting or trust when developing solutions to the challenges they face.

Dave joined in 2017 to lead our HR & Recruitment Services to schools, introducing new ways of working and commercial partnerships to expand our service portfolio in response to clients’ evolving needs. In 2021 he piloted the development of our evolving work and relationships with multi-academy trusts.

Dave oversees our central HR support function and is our Executive lead for CSR, Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and internal comms. He has a background in operational and senior HR roles across a number of commercial organisations in the retail sector. He is passionate in supporting others to grow and achieve their potential and is a parent trustee for a registered charity supporting families with additional needs.