Malcolm Maclean JP was born in Edinburgh 1961. He retired in 2021 following a successful career as Civil Servant, latterly in a senior commercial role within HMRC focusing on Government IT. He currently lives in Shifnal, Shropshire with his wife Susan and their daughter Kirsty. Malcom is involved in volunteering for Church and community activities, including Shropshire Magistrate and Presiding Family Justice 2007-2023. He has been Parent/Foundation governor at St. Andrew’s Primary School, Shifnal 2006 - 2024. He was Churchwarden at St. Andrews Shifnal from 2007-2014. Malcolm is a Deanery Lay Chair since 2021 and has been Lay chair of PCC and Parish Safeguarding Officer 2014 – 2024. He is also a Trustee of Brooke Educational Foundation Charity and an Elected Member of Lichfield Diocesan Synod since 2021 (re-elected 2025). Some of Malcom’s other involvements are Director of Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance and Director of Lichfield Diocesan Education Trust since 2021; Diocesan Vocations Advisor since 2022; Elected Member of Lichfield Bishops Council.

Chief Academic Officer for the Emirates International Schools, Dubai. Previously the Global Chief Education Officer for GEMS Education responsible for all leadership appointments and standards in 92 schools serving 250,000 children from Chicago to Singapore. Prior to that he was CEO of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership – a successful multi academy trust in the UK (comprising 18 schools). He is recognized as an outstanding leader providing leadership, learning and teaching support in the 3-21 range. Appointed to his first role as a Principal in 1995 successive Ofsted reports described him as "a visionary leader" and his schools as 'making outstanding progress' due to his ‘outstanding and inspiring leadership’. On behalf of the British Council he has provided leadership, guidance and training for Principals and Ministers in Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, Finland and Scotland.  He was made a National Leader of Education in 2008 (the first cohort to be selected) and his inclusion in the New Year’s Honors list of 2013 endorsed his outstanding service to education when he was awarded a knighthood bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Birmingham City University and then also in 2018 by Liverpool Hope University for his work in educational leadership and for driving up educational standards nationally. He has been asked to provide support and guidance to successive UK governments taking him into regular contact with a number of British Prime Ministers. His work as a National Leader helped bring about the creation of National Teaching Schools (NTS) where teachers were trained in schools rather than universities. His MAT was the first to be designated as an NTS.

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