Ian Hickman

Biography

Ian was appointed as a non-executive member of the ESFA ARC when the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA) merged to become the ESFA. Ian spent 15 years of his career at a national level at the Audit Commission including 10 years from 2005 at director level. He also has 10 years’ previous experience at chief officer level in education and cultural services departments working for London boroughs, district and unitary authorities.

Ian was Chief Operating Officer at Northern Education Multi-Academy Trust for three years to September 2017. He now has a portfolio career working in public sector leadership development and education support service improvement, specialising in finance and governance.

Previous role: Member of ESFA audit & risk committee (Aug-16 to Sep-21).