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CORRIE HARRIS
Member Since: 2024
- Principal and CEO
STEPHEN SMITH
Member Since: 2024
- Chair of Governors
Background: Multi-sector general management and brand marketing experience ranging from start-up to large multinational corporations, with significant knowledge of skills as both an employer and provider. Executive and non-executive board positions in the private and public sector including education, skills, business support and accredited quality standards.
GAYLE BACON
Member Since: 2022
- Governor
- Chair, Quality, Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
Background: Experienced professional in education with extensive school leadership experience, specialist SEND experience, developing leaders and school improvement. Current inspecting knowledge, experience in strategic leadership, quality assurance and developing excellence.
ROBERT BREWILL
Member Since: 2024
- Co-optee to Audit and Risk Committee
Background: Background: Experienced Finance Director with considerable retail experience. Expertise across Finance areas, Pensions, corporate leadership and IT systems and a background including risk management, audit, treasury, finance, IT and technology, project management and business leadership
PHOEBE DAWSON
Member Since: 2024
- Governor
- Quality, Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
Background: CEO, Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership working closely with local authorities, the business community and partners including the Midlands Engine and the Department for International Trade.
JAYNE DICKENSON-DARCY
Member Since: 2020
- Vice Chair
- Quality of Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
- Chair of Remuneration Committee
- Chair, People & Culture Panel
Background: Strong education professional. Experienced Director Of Education with history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Expertise include coaching, executive coaching, training delivery, management, and management development.
JESSICA GALLIMORE
Member Since: 2022
- Governor
- Audit & Risk Committee
Background: Experienced Operational and Commercial Manager with 20 years experience in the Travel Industry
AJ HAMILTON
Member Since: 2024
- FE Student Governor
- Quality, Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
Background: Sixth form student studying A-levels. Secretary and Further Mathematics Representative for Year 12 Student Council, STEM ambassador.
JAMES HENRY
Member Since: 2022
- Co-optee to Audit and Risk Committee
Background: Director of Finance, Loughborough University
IAN JONES
Member Since: 2019
- Governor
- Chair, Financial Performance & Efficiency Committee
Background: Retired Chartered Accountant, having spent his career in the East Midlands across many sectors, including retail, telecoms, and energy sectors
CLAIRE KINNELL
Member Since: 2024
- Co-optee to People & Culture Panel
Background: Education, training and workforce development within the NHS. Working in partnership with the NHS, Local Authority, Primary Care and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sectors on system training alignment across Joined Up Care Derbyshire Integrated Care System. Special interest in SEND, learning disabilities and autism. BSL level 2 proficient
PHILIP MAKEPEACE
Member Since: 2024
- Co-optee to Financial Performance & Efficiency Committee
CHRIS MANTON
Member Since: 2018
- Governor (Staff)
- Financial Perfomance & Efficiency Committee
Background: Head of IT Services at Loughborough College.
PATRICK MCLEAN-TATTAN
- HE Student Governor
- HE Panel Member
Background: Second year HE student studying Applied Sports Science
JANE SPENCER
Member Since: 2024
- Governor
- Financial Performance & Efficiency Committee
Background: Finance leader with a record of delivering improvement in organisational financial performance and transformation of financial processes and controls across both public and private sector, as well as leading organisational risk management and procurement. Executive and non-executive board-level experience across two large multi-academy trusts.
JAMES TAYLOR
Member Since: 2023
- Governor
- Remuneration Committee ADD People & Culture Panel
Background: Experienced CEO working in recruitment sector. Customer focused expertise include customer development, marketing, PR and training and development.
PROF. RACHEL THOMSON FREng
Member Since: 2024
- Governor
- Chair, HE Panel
Background: Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and Professor of Materials Engineering at Loughborough University.
JILL VINCENT
Member Since: 2019
- Co-optee to Quality, Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
Background: Researcher in social policy, political engagement and activity in the social and community sector; retired Assistant Director of Social Policy at Loughborough University. Visiting Fellow in the Dept. of Social Sciences. Former Borough Councillor. Governor of Loughborough College 2011-2019
MARK VYNER
Member Since: 2019
- Governor
- Chair of Audit & Risk Committee
- Remuneration Committee
Background: Financial management and strategic leadership. Board Trustee TwentyTwenty and Charity Chair BACA. Senior leadership in charity sector, currently Head of Service Contracts for large charity.
DR WENLING ZHANG CEng QTLS
Member Since: 2024
- Governor (Staff)
- Quality of Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee
Background: Lecturer in Engineering department teaching mathematics and engineering principles-related topics across a wide range of full-time study and Apprenticeship programmes. Course Leader for Space Engineering programme.
IAN JONES
- Director of Governance and Legal Services
Background: Barrister specialising in education law. Substantial experience of providing advice to meetings and of training and supporting governors. Primary School Chair of Governors. Former National Leader in Governance.