Edward Vitalis

Edward is the Chief Executive Officer of Invictus Education Trust. He is the former Deputy Chief Executive of Bright Futures Educational Trust, where he oversaw Governance and Corporate Services.

Since qualifying as a Chartered Certified Accountant, He has held various lead finance and corporate service executive roles in the charity, public and private sectors, where he specialised in transformational change management in education, health and social care. He has held non-executive positions in education, health and social care in excess of 20 years and is the former Vice Chair of both The Great Schools Trust and The Heath Family Trust. He is currently the Chair of The Way Youth Zone Wolverhampton, a member of the OnSide Group of Charities.

Edward is a former National Leader of Governance and has a history of carrying out corporate governance reviews for charities such as The Princess of Wales Diana Fund, Comic Relief and Y Care International in parts of West Africa, South Africa and Germany as well as the UK.

Edward is a former Non-Executive Director of Pennine Care NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust where he was also the Audit Committee Chair. He was the Chair the Greater Manchester CAMHS Lead Provider Collaborative Commissioning Committee January 2020 to December 2023. He is a former Non-Executive Director of an NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group where he was also the Audit Committee Chair, Commissioning Board Chair and Joint Chair of Salford City Council’s Public Health and Wellbeing Board.

Edward has a strong commitment to improving life chances demonstrated throughout his career with a focus on education, supporting those facing disadvantage, health and social care.