Paul Armstrong – LAB member – Chair
Career history:
1977 – 1989: Eskett Quarries Limited
Company Accountant
1989 – Present: Thomas Armstrong (Holdings) Limited
Financial Director & Company Secretary
Key Skills:
- Strategic thinker
- Business remodelling
- Acquisition and disposal management
- Due diligence
- Reorganisations and restructures
- Financial strategy
- Budgeting and cash flow forecasting
- Strong negotiator
Previously a member of Interim Executive Board (IEB) for Stainburn and Southfield Schools
Paul firmly and passionately believes that every child should be given the best opportunity possible to gain the key academic and personal skills that will prepare them and serve them well in whatever career path they choose. As a member of the IEB he saw first-hand the drive, dedication, hard work and passion from all the teaching staff to improve both schools and he believes that the new Academy will build on that progress and deliver the kind of education and personal development that will in time lead to the Academy being the school of choice in Workington for young people. Paul would like to play a part in developing that ambition and assist all staff, teaching or support, to deliver that vision.
Paul believes that in his working career he has developed the skills which will be required from the Local Advisory Board and he has a focused, driven approach to deliver them and a natural ability to communicate financial information in a manner in which a non-financial person would understand.
Interests: Golf, keeping fit, reading, gardening.