Maarif Education
Lucy Burrow Petford is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in IT infrastructure and operations across various organizations, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer at Maarif Education and Non Executive Director at Nova Education Trust since December 2018. Previously, Lucy held multiple leadership roles at NEOM, including Chief of Staff for NEOM Water and Director of Infrastructure, while also serving as Director of Infrastructure at TONOMUS for a brief period. Prior experience includes Director Global IT Infrastructure & Operations at Rolls-Royce and Director Global IT Service Delivery at the University of Nottingham. With a solid educational background, including degrees from Aberystwyth University and ongoing studies at Henley Business School, Lucy is recognized for expertise in IT governance, service management, and strategic planning within complex organizational settings.
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Maarif Education
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Over its 50-year history, Maarif has enriched the lives of tens of thousands of families across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with rigorous national and international education delivered via Manarat Schools, Al Faisaliah Schools, Green Hills International Schools, Nour Al Islam Schools, and GEMS Saudi International Schools. Maarif strives hard to achieve academic excellence and to provide its students with an exceptional educational environment and a well-rounded experience that empowers them to become active and effective leaders in their communities and society with a progressive global outlook while embodying a proud and genuine Saudi identity. Maarif is leading and driving the development of the K12 education sector in the Kingdom based on international best practices and standards in complete alignment and support for the realization of Vision 2030. Maarif currently operates 13 educational campuses throughout the Kingdom that includes 74 different national and international kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high schools for girls and boys, that serves 20,000 students, and employs over 2,200 teaching and academic staff.