Members have a wholly strategic view of the Trust, setting out the vision and values and ensuring that they are adhered to. Click the links below for more information about the Members.
The Archbishop of York appoints a representative to act on their behalf as a Member for Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust.
The Diocese of York Educational Trust appoints a representative to act on its behalf as a Member for Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust.
The Dean and Chapter of York Minster appoints a representative to act on its behalf as a Member for Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust.
Julian Hartley joined the JRF-JRHT group in May 2026. Julian is the Group Chief Executive for JRF and JRHT, leading the executive team and working with the board of trustees.
Most recently Julian has led the CQC, the independent regulator of health and social care in England, and before that NHS Providers, the membership organisation for NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services. Other national roles have included running NHS Improving Quality — an organisation set up to drive change and improvement across the NHS and acting as executive lead for the interim NHS People Plan.
Much of his career has been spent in the North and North East of England however, where he began as a general management trainee, rising to be a director at the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust and latterly led the Leeds Teaching Hospitals between 2013 and 2023.
The Bishop of Selby holds a particular responsibility for the care of the people, parishes, and clergy in the Archdeaconry of York, including Selby, Market Weighton, Malton, Easingwold, and the City of York itself. Additionally, the Bishop of Selby serves as the episcopal lead for the implementation of the Diocese of York’s transformative strategy, ‘Living Christ’s Story’, and is the principal point of reference for the diocesan administration in facilitating this organisational change.
In 35 years of ordained ministry, Flora has served in parish and cathedral ministry and as a university and Armed Forces Chaplain, in ecumenism, in support for the Anglican Communion and in humanitarian diplomacy. Currently, she serves the Church of England as the Third Church Estates Commissioner. Flora is married to the Venerable Jonathan Gough, and they have a black Labrador dog.