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Group Chair
Linda Dean, Vice Principal Apprenticeships, Business and People, Blackpool and The Fylde College
Members:
- Barney Willis , Head of Apprenticeship and Traineeship Operations, Weston College
- Brian Malyan, Vice Principal for Technical and Vocational Education, Derby College Group
- Carl Riding, Vice Principal – Employer Partnerships & Adult Provision, Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG)
- Danielle Houghton, Assistant Principal: Apprenticeships, Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG)
- Darren Coventry, Assistant Principal Apprenticeships and Business Development, City of Portsmouth College
- Debbie Houghton, Group Principal for Apprenticeships, Partnerships and Innovation, Capital City College Group
- Elliot Blair, Group Head of Apprenticeships, Bedford College Group (The)
- Gina Steele, Deputy Managing Director Total People, LTE Group
- Grant Glendinning, CEO and Group Principal, Education Training Collective
- Helen Rose, Vice Principal External Relations & Apprenticeships, Kirklees College
- Jackie Lanagan, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Partnerships, East Durham College
- Jacqui Canton, Principal, Abingdon and Witney College
- Jenny Scrivens, Head of Apprenticeships and Skills, Stoke on Trent College
- John Kelly, Director of Delivery Faculty of Construction & Engineering , Activate Learning
- John Lyne, Chair, Tameside College
- Kam Dehal, Vice Principal - Business Development, East Surrey College (Orbital South Colleges)
- Lauren Goff, Quality & Standards Coordinator, Reaseheath College
- Lisa Kniveton, Assistant Principal: Apprenticeships, Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG)
- Lisa Parish, Assistant Principal- Curriculum Strategy and Innovation, West Suffolk College
- Mike Blakeley, Executive Director of Apprenticeships and Future Skills, Exeter College
- Morag Davis, Assistant Principal for Technical Curriculum, East Lancashire Learning Group (ELLG)
- Nichola Jones, Group Director of Apprenticeships/Business, Bedford College Group (The)
- Nicki Clarke, Executive Director of Apprenticeships, Hull College
- Nicola Raine, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships and Business Development, Derwentside College
- Rachael Smith, Director of Faculty - Apprenticeships and Workbased Learning, Walsall College
- Rachel Corns, Assistant Principal, Dudley College of Technology
- Richard Roberts, Director of Apprenticeships & Commercial Development, Hertford Regional College
- Ritchie Bywater, Head of Apprenticeships, Askham Bryan College
- Samantha King, Group Director of Business Engagement and Apprenticeships, Bedford College Group (The)
- Sarah Stephens-Lewis, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement - Workplace Learning Central, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS)
- Sharon Bennett, Director of Apprenticeships & Partnerships, New College Durham
- Sharon Yates, Assistant Principal - Apprenticeships & Business Hub, Reaseheath College
Meeting dates 2025/26
- Friday 10 October 2025 10:00am-11:30am
- Tuesday 10 February 2026 14:00pm-15:30pm
- Wednesday 13 May 2026 14:00pm-15:30pm