Stuart Stanyard

Stuart Stanyard (CFO), born 1967, holds a Bsc in Accounting and Economics from Lancaster University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales having qualified with Price Waterhouse.

Stuart is an experienced Chief Financial Officer having held several senior finance leadership positions in Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace, both within the UK and Hong Kong. More recently Stuart has worked for a PE backed business, Eley Group, where he concluded the successful sale of the business to an overseas buyer. Other appointments include main board trustee of Archway Learning Trust, where he is also chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk and Remuneration committees. He was appointed on 1 March 2023.