James Croft, Founder and Chair
James Croft Editor of EducationInvestor Global magazine. James founded the Centre for Education Economics (CfEE) as CMRE think tank in 2011 and led its development into a leading contributor to education policy formation in England and internationally. He remains CfEE's Chair and convenor of its influential Education Executives' Policy Forum.
James has authored and co-authored a number of reports for the Centre and its partners, including most recently, Optimising autonomy: a blueprint for education reform (2017); Taking a lead: how to access the leadership premium (2016) and Collaborative overreach: why collaboration probably isn't key to the next phase of school reform (2015).
James speaks and chairs frequently on matters relating to education economics and reform, and writes and comments regularly in the press.
Karen Wespieser, Managing Director