Our Governance
As a charity, our executive leadership team are overseen by a Board of Trustees, the current trustees are:
Martin Hall (Chair) – 33 years in the corporate insurance broking sector until 2022, Martin now runs a consultancy which works directly with corporate clients to leverage their broker/insurer relationships. Martin sits on the board of small tech-based businesses, is Chair of Governors for a Primary School, Executive Committee Member of Lichfield & Tamworth Chamber of Commerce, an Enterprise Adviser to secondary schools in Tamworth and an Ambassador for We are Staffordshire.
David Bolton (Deputy Chair) – trained with a Birmingham accountancy practice and now works for the world’s largest cash machine deployer with internationally based teams. David’s three children have learned brass instruments through Services For Education.
Sarah Smith – Director of Education for the Diocese of Birmingham and a former head teacher.
Clive Stone DL – Clive is currently CEO of Professional Services company and former Chairman and CEO of a leading Midlands’ catering and events company. Clive is also a Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands.
Joanna Cooney – Joanna who grew up in the West Midlands and is a solicitor at Irwin Mitchell. Since joining Irwin Mitchell, first as a paralegal, Joanna has worked for several years within the employment team where she developed my interest in employment law issues in the education sector. During this time she supported numerous educational clients on a range of employment issues.
Dr Peter Borg-Bartolo – Peter is the current Chair of The Lunar Society. After a wide-ranging career in medicine, including 34-years as a general practitioner in Birmingham, he is now Senior Clinical Mentor with NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Dr Jory Debenham – has worked in music education for more than 25 years as a private instrumental teacher, examiner and university lecturer, alongside roles in corporate communications, investor relations and government policy. She is currently Head of Special Projects in the Floods and Water Directorate at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – as well as remaining a committed private instrumental teacher.
Eluned Mansell - Eluned has worked on the development and delivery of national and international education programmes, such as Teach First’s Training Programme, the English national curriculum, and a performing arts collaboration between The Juilliard School and Nord Anglia Education. She currently works for Oak National Academy, producing free curriculum resources for schools. She also sings with the CBSO Chorus.

Oliver Wilson - Oliver is an experienced serving Head Teacher in a highly inclusive primary school in Quinton, Birmingham. In his spare is also a keen amateur brass musician and conductor, as well as acting as a trustee for two other musical charities. His son is a member of one of the SFE ensembles.