Financial intelligence for school business leaders

Seminar brief: The education landscape continues to change rapidly, as a result so are the skills required by SBLs. In this seminar Husham will explore new financial concepts now required by many schools and trusts to enable more informed and effective decision making.

In this seminar Husham Khan will explore: 

• His journey from joining the world of education to writing a book on finance.
• How financial intelligence can help school budgets in a post-lockdown environment.
• To what degree your school budget has a human element within it.
• How the SBL role changed during the pandemic, what the future holds for the role and how you can get ahead of the curve.

Take home points:

• Take away practical tips to support financial decision making.
• Develop strategies that you will want to share with colleagues back in school.
• Take your financial knowledge to the next level.

This session is for: SBMs/ SBLs/ CFOs/COOs

Speaker name/title: Husham Khan, school business leader and author, drb Schools and Academies, ABBLed

About the speaker: Husham is author of the Amazon top 100 book, Financial Intelligence for School Business Leaders, which came out in 2021. He has significant experience as a CFO in MATs and has previously held the positions of CEO and director of learning for two school improvement companies. He is an advisor to the national ABBLed board which promotes diversity within the school business leadership profession and is a trustee for a charity which supports local children.

His 20 years plus experience in the school business leadership sector has covered working in a wide range of schools and academies as well as advising on many DfE initiatives including financial standards and the SLE role.

He is passionate about the development and diversity of the education sector, and he mentors new and future leaders.