Venessa Willms OBE
Managing Director, Ark Schools, Leadership team
Venessa was the founding principal of Ark King Solomon Academy (Primary) before becoming Ark’s Director of Primary in 2013 and Director of Education in 2021. She was a Non-executive Director on the Ofsted Board for six years, and is currently a serving Ofsted inspector. In 2016, Venessa was awarded an OBE for services to education.