Before, During and After: The Honest Story of Changing MAT Systems and Processes

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM to 2:05 PM · 30 min. (Europe/London)
Business & Finance Theatre
Fireside Chat

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Changing systems is one of the biggest decisions a trust makes, and one most leaders only face once. Four finance trust leaders share the honest story: why they moved, how they chose beyond the demo, what implementation was really like, lessons learnt, and how they are evolving for the future.

Expect practical advice you can use for any system change.


iplicit for Education
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Schools and trusts need finance infrastructure that keeps pace with growth, governance demands, and the expectation to do more with public money. iplicit is the award-winning, true cloud financial management system trusted by a fast-growing community of trusts and schools to replace legacy platforms with real-time visibility, instant consolidation across every academy, and the automation that frees finance leaders to focus on strategic decisions, not month-end firefighting. iplicit scales as trusts grow – adding schools without disproportionate cost or disruption, including unlimited user licences. Active Learning Trust halved their audit time, and negotiated lower audit fees as a result. Their HMRC inspectors described it as “the Rolls-Royce of finance systems.” iplicit is the finance system MATs switch to when they’ve had enough of the one they’ve got.

Registered attendees

Andrew Burns
Andrew Burns
Chief Executive OfficerBrooke Weston Trust
David Sheard
David Sheard
Group Chief Finance OfficerTrinity Multi Academy Trust
Glen Hyde
Glen Hyde
Head of Educationiplicit for Education

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