Sir Frank McLoughlin CBE
Associate Director, ETF

Sir Frank is one of the leading voices in the FE and Training sector. He has run one of the most consistently successful colleges in the country and advised on policy development at a local, regional and national level. Sir Frank was Chair of the highly influential Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL). He was awarded a CBE in 2009 and a Knighthood in 2015.

Chair
Mike Cox

Operations Manager - AELP

Mike has over 25 years experience working in education and training. Following 13 years in retail purchase and supply, Mike began working as an assessor for Apprenticeships with an independent training provider in 1999. He quickly moved into a business development role securing New Deal and learndirect contracts. Since then Mike has had several business development roles in high profile organisations. Mike moved to UfI in 2002 helping to establish the London delivery networks. After a spell at RNID he became Head of Business Development at LSN in 2006. At LSN Mike secured contracts for Train to Gain, Diploma Support, Citizenship Development, Functional Skills support and many others. Mike had a short spell at a disability charity designing and implementing an income generation programme before moving to AELP in 2013. 

Conor Moss
Director of Education and Employer Partnerships - Sheffield Hallam University

Conor is responsible for providing strategic leadership and co-ordination in the securing and development of partnerships with education providers and employers on behalf of SHU.

With 15 years in academia specialising in strategic management, leadership and organisational development, Conor has extensive experience of developing successful educational partnerships with both the private and public sectors. Conor is committed to working with employers to break down the barriers between university and business and on creating employability and employment opportunities for students to flourish and grow.

"I'm passionate about working with employer and education partners to provide learners with access to higher-level skills, regardless of academic background or career stage. I have pursued this passion in both my professional and personal life and represent the university in a number of forums."

Conor has expertise in working with organisations on Leadership Development, Strategic Reputation Management and implementing a learning culture, is a certified Practitioner in RocheMartin's Emotional Capital Report, Emotional Capital 360 Report and licensed to deliver the Leadership and EQ Masterclass and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in recognition for his sustained record of effectiveness in relation to teaching and work based learning. Fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute. 

Jay Derrick
Director of Initial Teacher Education and CPD, UCL Institute of Education

Paul Grainger
Co-director of Centre for Education and Work, UCL Institute of Education

Paul is Co Director of the Centre for Post-14 Education and Work, UCL. He leads professional development, research and dissemination on formally assessed and post compulsory education, and is presently working on models of college leadership. He maintains a brief on the responses of institutions and professionals to policy change, and advises on strategic planning, management and governance development, institutional and system leadership, principally in the Further Education sector. Previously Paul spent thirty years in further education. In the 90’s, as Director of Curriculum at S E Essex College, he set the strategic context for a major new university campus in partnership with Essex University. More recently, as the Principal of a college in Liverpool, he created a new sixth-form campus.Paul has been a core member of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training. He has also been an inspector, and a Chief Examiner for the City & Guilds. His recent research has been on issues that derive from the Commission for Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning, working on projects to explore the potential of Teach Two, the Two Way Street, and on apprenticeships. At present he is supervising research for the Further Education Trust for Leadership on leadership development within high skills ecosystems skills eco-systems. 

Gary Howard
WorldSkills UK

A successful crime scene investigator and manager who has experience in the UK and abroad delivering services to governments and individuals on a range of incidents including air crashes, shootings, bombings and sudden deaths.
Gary is the Managing Director of Complete Forensics a not for profit organisation that raises standards in science through forensic workshops and enrichment.
A finalist for freelancer of the year 2016, Gary has delivered the Forensic Science competition for the last four years and is now working towards making this an international competition on the WorldSkills stage.

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