Speakers

Benedicte is CFO at the River Learning Trust, a 31-school MAT, where she oversees finance, data and community development. Following an early career at KPMG and as Director of International Affairs at the French Asset Management Association, she was involved in setting up a multi-lingual free school near Oxford and joined the River Learning Trust in 2019.  Benedicte was awarded CFO of the year at the 2023 MAT excellence awards for her contribution to system leadership and innovation and received the School Resource Management of the year award at the 2024 National Schools Awards.  She has a particular interest in the design of inclusive education systems and funding mechanisms that support inclusion.