Aviva and Barclays to encourage staff to become academy non-execs

From City AM: Theodore Agnew, chair of the DfE's Academies Board:
'I recently wrote to all the FTSE 100 companies to urge their executives to get involved, whether as academy sponsors, governors or as academy trust board members. Barclays and Aviva have said they will encourage senior staff to consider becoming non-executive directors of academy trusts where possible. Hopefully, many others will follow in their footsteps.'