Executive Leadership team

Annamarie Hassall MBE
Chief Executive & Chair of Whole School SEND
Annamarie Hassall MBE is the Chief Executive (CEO) of nasen with responsibility for strategic direction and operational delivery across the full breadth of nasen’s activity. nasen CEO is the main point of contact for the board of trustees and has a close working relationship with the Department for Education (DfE). Annamarie also has overall responsibility for external relations and business development.

Lorna Beard
Strategic Education Director

Carol Mahon
Director of Finance & Operations
Carol is responsible for nasen's finances, legal and commercial matters.

Tracey Jenkins
Executive Office Assistant
As Executive Office Assistant, Tracey is first point of contact for visitors and calls as well as supporting our Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees.

Sadie Cotterill
HR Administrator
Sadie is our human resources administrator supporting on nasen's HR process, people matters and recruitment.
Development team

Martin Bull
Head of Development
Martin leads on cross-functional organisational initiatives which aim to support strategic transformation, identify improvement opportunities, and encourage a strong corporate culture that will benefit nasen’s membership, external partners and its customers.

Helen Chidler
Development and Income Generation Officer
Education team

Michael Surr
Head of Education and Editor of nasen Connect
Michael is Head of Education. Michael is responsible for leading our membership offer and, as well being the editor of nasen's membership magazine, nasen Connect, he oversees nasen’s research journals and the nasen Spotlight series published by Routledge. Michael develops nasen resources and training, as well as providing valuable advice to our members.

Samantha McFarlane
Education Officer

Louise Hobbs
Administrative Assistant (Education)

Ffion Robinson
Education Officer

Anna Speke
Education Officer

Zoe Mather
Education Officer
Zoe began her career on the Graduate Teaching Programme in 2000 as a secondary maths teacher. She then furthered her practice across several secondary schools holding roles including outreach and SENCO. Her most recent post before joining nasen, was as Assessment and Achievement Lead as part of the SLT of an autism-specific all-through special school.
Finance & Operations team

Hasina Begum
Management Accountant

Gail Devey
Financial Administrator
Gail is our finance administrator dealing with a variety of finance office processes, including payments, purchase orders, invoicing, credit control and administrative support in all areas of the operations team.

Denise Upton
Financial Administrator
Denise is our Financial administrator dealing with a variety of finance office processes, including payments, purchase orders, invoicing, credit control and administrative support in all areas of the operations team.

Bailey Timms
Operations Administrative Assistant
Bailey provides administrative support in our operations team.
International Development

Kamal Bodhanker
Head of International Development
Kamal is Head of International Development, responsible for leading our international development. Kamal develops nasen resources and training and provides valuable advice to our members.
Sales & Marketing team

Gina Wookey
Head of Marketing and Sales
Gina leads the sales and marketing team ensuring that nasen's membership growth and revenue targets are met and exceeded. Gina also manages nasens PR profile by overseeing campaigns, exhibitions, events and branding.

Chontell Braceland
Data & CRM Manager
Chontell is responsible for reporting across the whole organisation ensuring that we are meeting all of our charitable objectives. As nasen's Data Protection Officer (DPO) Chontell is also responsible in ensuring that all data is held securely, accurately and in line with the latest GDPR regulations. Chontell also plays a key role in supporting projects and programmes.

Maria Carney
Whole School SEND Communications and Marketing Manager
Maria is responsible for the day-to-day liaison with the regional teams as well as building the Whole School SEND Member Community and managing the WSS social media accounts.

Alistair Gilbert
Sales Executive
Alistair supports nasen by securing sales, such as advertising in our membership magazine, nasen Connect, selling exhibition spaces at nasen Live and sponsorship opportunities for our annual awards ceremony.

Natalie Darby
Marketing Executive
Natalie supports nasen's strategic objectives by promoting nasen across the UK through targeted marketing campaigns, social media external exhibitions and external advertising. Natalie also attends exhibitions on behalf of nasen and leads the event management of the nasen Awards.

Sam Ward
Senior Marketing Executive
Sam contributes to nasen’s strategic priorities by promoting nasen across the UK through targeted marketing campaigns, social media, external exhibitions and external advertising. Sam also organises our annual events such as nasen Live and the nasen Awards.

Lorretta Jones
Website & CRM Officer
Lorretta is responsible for ensuring nasen’s websites and the Customer Relationship Management system are operating effectively and meeting the needs of the organisation. Lorretta also analyses website traffic and responds to feedback on the website and/or Customer Relationship Management system.
Whole School SEND team

Amanda Wright
Head of Whole School SEND

Harriet Hannan
WSS Head of Programmes
Harriet is responsible for the contract management and project delivery for our current DfE funded programme ‘Universal SEND Services
National Coordinators

Alison Betts
Whole School SEND National Coordinator

Erica Wolstenholme
Whole School SEND National Coordinator
National SEND Leaders

Malcolm Reeve
National SEND Leader
Malcolm has worked in the field of SEND for 30 years and in that time has worked in adult provision, mainstream schools, and special schools. He has worked in with children throughout the age range and with learning difficulties ranging from moderate to profound. Malcolm has been a Headteacher of three schools and one federation. He is a National Leader of Education, a Member of the National SEND Forum, and Patron of the Centre Algarve holiday centre for people with special needs.

Tim Coulson
National SEND Leader
Dr Tim Coulson CBE is a primary teacher who became Headteacher of William Tyndale School in Islington. He was a local authority officer in five areas, including as Director of Education for the 550 schools in Essex. He led an education action zone in Lambeth and the National Numeracy Strategy after a spell at the Qualification and Curriculum Authority. He was the first Regional Schools Commissioner for the east of England and now is CEO of Unity Schools Partnership, an academy trust of 32 primary, special and secondary schools. He chairs the Norwich Partnership and is a member of a joint education and health SEND ministerial group.
Programme Management Office

Maria Carter
Senior Project Manager
Maria manages a number of projects here at nasen.

Pernille Petersen
Senior Project Manager
Pernille oversees and manages the delivery of projects across the DfE awarded Universal SEND Services programme, as well as supports contracts and programmes management at nasen.

Luca Magra
Project Manager
Luca supports project delivery across the Whole School SEND Universal Services programme.

Sophie Lee
Junior Project Manager
Sophie provides administrative and logistical support for the Whole School SEND Universal programme.

Hadeel Dawod
Programme Assistant
Hadeel provides support to the Consortium and project delivery across the WSS programme.