Keith Smith, CEO, HRUC
Keith Smith has worked in the skills system for 25 years, now as CEO of Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges, (including WLIoT). Previously, Keith was a senior civil servant and the architect of the Skills for Jobs White Paper, published in January 2021. A graduate of the Major Projects Leadership Academy, he’s led on a number of large national delivery and infrastructure projects, including national apprenticeship quality reforms, operationalisation of the apprenticeship levy and running the national FE Funding system for England.
Keith is an active supporter on issues impacting people with disabilities, and is a mental health first aider. He’s been a governor on a number of schools and a University Technology College and has worked supporting unemployed people, through local job support programmes.