Elaine Lilley MBE joined the Edge Board of Trustees in April 2020 and succeeded Neil Bates as Chair of the Board of Trustees in June 2024.
During her early career, Elaine worked at several commercial organisations in sales and marketing roles before joining the team at the newly founded Centre for Industrial Studies (CIS) at The King's School, Grantham. The CIS was established to improve interventions between education and business – at the time, a revolutionary concept – and this role sparked a lifelong passion and dedication to the cause.
Following additional roles and studies in education management, in 2001, Elaine became CEO of the Lincolnshire and Rutland Education Business Partnership (The EBP), a position she held for 18 years.
As our new Chair, Elaine is poised to continue this high impact work, supporting Chief Executive Alice Barnard in delivering Edge’s strategic plan.
