Until recently, Tim Manly was the Headmaster of Hurstpierpoint College where after 19 years, he pivoted to the Trust in January 2024. Tim has previously been Housemaster and Head of Department at Sevenoaks School and Deputy Head at Oakham School. He graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, completed an MSc at LSE and gained his PGCE from Cambridge University. He worked in a number of management consultancy roles before moving into education. Tim is a current Board member of the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust (DCAT) as well as being a Governor of various Prep Schools. He was also a non-executive Director of the Harris Federation for several years. During his tenure, the College doubled in size, became financially one of the strongest Independent Schools in Country and implemented a widescale Campus Development Programme with a value in excess of £40m but without resort to significant debt requirement.. Tim Manly acts as the CEO of Hurst with all teams, both academic and support, reporting in to him.

Darren Carpenter is both the Chief Financial Officer for the Trust and Hurstpierpoint College. Prior to joining the College in 2021, Darren worked predominantly within the maintained school sector in a variety of school leadership positions including Business Manager and Director of Resources roles in both primary, secondary and special education environments, principally specialising in overseeing significant financial turnaround. Most recently he has worked in a number of positions including, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and latterly Deputy Chief Executive for a mid-sized academy trust in the south east.. Darren has a degree in Business Management with Law. As the Chief Financial Officer, Darren is responsible for all non-educational areas of the Trust and leads the finance, HR and other administrative teams, reporting to the Chief Executive.

Michelle Zeidler joined Hurst College in 2015 as the Head of Teaching and Learning and a member of the Senior Management Team. During her time there she has developed an academic teaching programme for the staff through a Performance Review System and the innovative Teach Hurst teacher training scheme. She is currently working with the Deputy Head at Sir Robert Woodard Academy to build links between schools and offer support and expertise to staff and pupils across both institutions. Michelle has a B.Ed. Hons from Homerton College, Cambridge and a Masters in Education from the O.U. She has worked in a variety of maintained schools including Hatch End High School, Islington Green (Head of Year), as Head of Teaching and Learning at Hazelwick School in Crawley from 2009 - 2014 and recently was Interim Headteacher at Ditchling (St Margaret’s) C of E Primary School. Michelle is responsible for the educational performance of the schools within the Trust, reporting to the Chief Executive.