Kate Brimacombe is DAG’s Vice-chair. She is the West Devon/East Cornwall Regional Director of Education for the Learning Academy Partnership (SW) School Trust. She previously worked in Teacher Education. Kate has a PGCE, MEd and NPQH. She has extensive experience of working strategically with schools and partnerships across the Southwest. Kate is an experienced Local Leader of Governance and she represents DAG on the Devon Education Forum as a primary academy school representative. She is a Director on a number of Southwest MAT boards.