Dean Kavanagh

Dean lives in Nuneaton and is a previous student of both Cardinal Wiseman and Good Shepherd schools, who are both within the MAC.

Professionally, Dean is the Managing Director of QED Environmental Systems Ltd in Coventry, part of the Graco Inc. global business, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is responsible for QED’s global business across the EMEA, Asia Pacific and Oceania regions.

Dean has an Engineering background, completing his apprenticeship with GPT/Marconi before commencing a career in Manufacturing Leadership and Management.

He is a Chartered Director through the Institute of Directors (IoD) who operate under a Royal Charter as the leadership body for Directors and Governance in the UK, serving also as Chair of the IoD’s Coventry & Warwickshire Branch Committee as well as a member of the IoD’s West Midlands Regional Committee. He was also Chair of Trustees for Positive Youth Foundation, a Social Enterprise Charity in Coventry for over 7 years up to January 2020.

Dean was a serving foundation Director for Romero from October 2014 to July 2018, serving as both Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board. He is excited to be back working with the Board of Directors, Staff and wider stakeholders of the MAC.

Victor Bellanti

Victor Bellanti lives in Coventry and is married with three adult children.

He has been Chief Executive of a Global Chemical business for the last 20 years. A graduate from Nottingham Trent University and a Management Accountant.

He has substantial experience in growing and managing a global multisite organisation with strategical, operational and financial experience.

He has worked for a number of multinational organisations, Quaker Houghton Inc, Norman Hay plc, Commercial Intertech and GEC.

Julie Fulea

Julie is a parent of 3 Children who attend St John Fisher School and Cardinal Wiseman. She is also an ex-pupil of Sacred Heart primary and Cardinal Wiseman School.

She has worked in the NHS since 1989 and is currently a Modern Matron working with older people with mental health problems. As part of her role she is responsible for maintaining and improving clinical standards, the development of services and giving value for money with a reduced amount of resource.

Julie has previously been a supporter of HCPT for a number of years. She was a group nurse on many pilgrimages to Lourdes where she learnt about the fun side of pilgrimage and the value of encouraging young adults to learn from and care for those who were less able themselves.

Ian Jones

Ian lives in Rugby and is a previous student of St. John Fisher primary school, which is part of our MAC.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Chartered Global Management Accountants, and the Association for Project Management, Ian was educated at Coventry University, Manchester Business School and Oxford Saïd Business School.

Professionally, Ian is the founder and Managing Director of Devereaux Kelly Associates – a business consultancy providing support across multiple sectors. Prior to this, Ian spent a significant part of his career in the areas of strategic planning, transformational change and corporate governance. In recent times, Ian led an award-winning transformation programme – one of the largest and most complex investments of its kind in UK industry across Royal Mail’s UK business.

Ian has previously operated as a school governor supporting another of our schools – Sacred Heart – where his three children were educated, as well as representing the local governing bodies on the Finance & Resources Committee (CC1).

He is looking forward to working with the Board of Directors, employees, and wider stakeholders as we take Romero to new heights.

Eleanor Barry

Eleanor Barry is a retired Senior Education Adviser with more than thirty years’ experience of working in the education sector as a teacher, deputy headteacher and headteacher in and with primary and secondary schools in the Catholic and the State sector. She has been a headteacher of two primary schools, one a small and the other a larger than average size. She has been pro-active in successfully managing change within schools and the Local Authority.

She was a Lead Headteacher in a working group developing substantial partnerships with private sector businesses and schools when collaboratively innovating the very successful Education Action Zone in Coventry. She has also worked in partnership with University of Warwick on developing Shared Teacher Training Programmes.

As a School Improvement Adviser and a trained Ofsted Inspector Eleanor has worked with a range of schools supporting them in bringing about school improvement.

She has developed and delivered Leadership and Management Programmes with the National College of School Leadership.

She is currently Chair of the Local Academy Committee at St Patrick Catholic Primary School which has been judged as good in its most recent Ofsted Inspection.

Brendan Fawcett

Chair & Foundation Director

Brendan Fawcett lives in North East Coventry and has two sons at Cardinal Wiseman school.  Both previously attended St. John Fisher school, where Brendan was a school governor for six years prior to conversion.

Professionally Brendan has worked in a number of senior higher education leadership roles at the Universities of London, Leicester and Northampton.  He currently leads the Planning Office at the University of Northampton where he manages a team that provides support for strategic decision making; management information and insight to support quality assurance and the student experience; and, understanding of performance and risk.

He has also has substantial experience of working internationally and has served as a company director of a small social business – an educational charity involved in raising aspirations for school students from disadvantaged areas.