Paul Warner - Event Chair

Director of Employment and Skills, Association of Employment & Learning Providers

Having been a specialist recruitment consultant to the defence industry for six years, Paul started in the post-16 sector in 1993 working on Training for Work contracts for TBG Learning. He subsequently took on a variety of related operational and senior management roles, culminating in a successful tenure as Director of Business Development. On leaving TBG he worked as a consultant for a time, including a spell managing WBL delivery at Barking College in East London, before joining AELP in September 2003 where he now oversees all aspects of operational and policy delivery, particularly concentrating on the alignment of the skills and employability agendas.

Paul holds a First Class Honours degree in International Relations from the University of Keele, and an MA in Post-Compulsory Education and Training from the University of Sheffield. He is a Director of the Institute of Employability Professionals and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Married with one daughter, hailing from the New Forest but living in Essex, he lists his hobbies as rock music, amateur dramatics and karate.

Stewart Segal

Chief Executive, Association of Employment and Learning Providers

Stewart Segal was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of AELP in 2013. Stewart has worked in the funded work based learning sector for over 20 years and in particular has supported AELP since its formation. Stewart worked as an independent consultant within the training sector, working with a number of training providers and colleges specialising in business development and funding issues. 

Following a background in HR and general management in the private sector Stewart joined Hertfordshire Training and Enterprise Council in 1994 as Chief Executive until 1998 when Stewart joined Spring Skills as Chief Executive in 1998. Spring Skills was then the largest independent training provider in the sector involved in the delivery of a range of programmes in the service sectors such as retail, customer services, hospitality and business administration.

Paul Joyce HMI

Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills and Independent Schools, Ofsted             

Paul Joyce is one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors and is the Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills and Independent Schools. Paul joined Ofsted in 2005 as HMI having previously worked within the Further Education and Skills sector in both general and specialist further education colleges. Immediately prior to working for Ofsted Paul was a consultant for the former Department for Education and Skills and worked on national initiatives supporting improvements to teaching and learning and in leadership and management. Paul has significant inspection experience in both the schools and further education & skills remits and prior to being appointed Deputy Director was a Senior HMI with responsibility for the college inspection programme nationally.

Paul Kessell-Holland

Programme Manager, Professional Standards & Workforce Development, The Education and Training Foundation

Paul Kessell-Holland recently joined the Education and Training Foundation from the Higher Education Academy, where he was involved in professional standards and policy development work across the UK. Paul has spent the majority of his career in general FE as a lecturer and manager. Having spent the first five years of his teaching career in SEND teaching at primary, secondary and adult education he is an advocate for education for all, and has a cross cutting role in the Education and Training Foundation, including  responsibility for areas of the workforce development agenda and the Professional Standards.