People

Sara Andrews Group HR Manager at Johnson Controls Member of the SEMTA Sector Strategy Group		Simon Bartley Chief Executive, UK Skills Leads Sector Skills Councils on the development of Diplomas Chair, SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the Building Services Engineering Sector
Lord Boswell of Aynho Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group Conservative Member of Parliament for Daventry (1987-2010) Minister at Department of Education (1992-5), Shadow Minister for Further and Higher Education and Disabilities (1999-2001)		Dinah Caine OBE Chief Executive of Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries Chair of the London Sector Skills Forum, the network of 25 Sector Skills Councils working in London Awarded the OBE for her services to Media Industries in the Queen's Golden Jubilee Honours List in 2002
Professor Joy Carter Chair of the University Vocational Awards Council Vice Chancellor, University of Winchester Former Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Glamorgan Fellow of the Geological Society and Chartered Geologist		Ian Ferguson CBE Chairman of communications company Data Connection Ltd and former Chair of Trustees at Rathbone Deputy Chairman of the Apprenticeships Ambassadors Network Board Member of the Training and Development Agency for Schools and member of the Government's Talent and Enterprise Workforce
Robert Halfon MP Conservative Member of Parliament for Harlow since May 2010 Member of the Public Administration Select Committee Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Social Justice		Professor Alison Halstead Chair of the Skills Commission’s Inquiry into technical and higher level skills Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Innovation) at Aston University Board Member, Foundation Degree Forward
Jacqui Henderson CBE Managing Director, Creative Leadership and Skills Strategies Former Chief Executive of UK Skills and TEC National Council Former Regional Director for the LSC in London		Photoula Kypri Head of Stakeholder Partnerships, Pearson UK
Gordon Marsden MP Shadow Skills Minister Former Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group Labour Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since 1997 PPS to Rt Hon Tessa Jowell at the Department for Culture Media and Sport (2003-5), member of the Education & Skills Select Committee (2005-7)		Frank McLoughlin CBE Chair of the 157 Group of Further Education colleges Principal, City and Islington College Member of the London First Employment and Skills Steering Group
Peter Mitchell Chief Executive, Edge, an independent campaigning organisation that aims to raise the status of practical and vocational learning Vice Chair of the Studio Schools Trust School headteacher for 18 years in Staffordshire and Wallsall		Tony Moloney UK Learning and Development Manager, National Grid
Andy Palmer Head of Skills, BT Previously held a senior position in e-skills, the Sector Skills Council for the IT and elecoms industries Member of the CBI Education and Skills Board, Edexcel Qualifications Board and Employer Reference Group of the Skills Funding Agency		Lynva Russell Chief Executive of Policy Connect Former Chief Executive of Urban Mines, an environmental charity and consultancy dedicated to waste materials 25 years of experience in a wide range of businesses at senior level in the public, private and not-for-profit sector
Baroness Sharp of Guildford Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group Former Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education in the Lords Led policy group on higher and further education		Barry Sheerman MP Co-Chair, Skills Commission Labour and Cooperative Member of Parliament for Huddersfield since 1979 Former Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families (1999-2010)
Dame Ruth Silver DBE Co-Chair, Skills Commission Chair of the Learning and Skills Improvemenet Service Former Principal, Lewisham College, a large inner-city, vocational further education college in south east London serving a diverse and multi-cultural population		Sir Mike Tomlinson CBE Former Chief Inspector of Schools Trustee, Baker-Dearing Trust Chair of Governors at the RSA Academy Chair of the Skills Commission's 2010 inquiry into Teacher Training in Vocational Education
Professor Mike Thorne Vice Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University Former Vice Chancellor of the University of East London, Vice Principal of Napier University and Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Sunderland Chair of the Skills Commission's 2008 inquiry into information, advice and guidance services (2008)		Professor Lorna Unwin Professor of Vocational Education at the Institute of Education, University of London Member of the Sector Skills Development Agency’s Expert Research Panel and Former Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester Awarded a Fellowship of City and Guilds in 2005 in recognition of her contribution to vocational education