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Roger Francis
Business Development Director
Creative Learning Partners
Roger Francis is Business Development Director. Previously, he was Director of Services and HR for Mindleaders for 9 years, reporting through to the CEO and playing a key role on the global Executive Management Team. In that role, he has made major contributions to the development and implement of strategies which enabled MindLeaders to become the No.2 global eLearning company (behind Skillsoft).
Whilst his main focus during the last 5 years has been on the development of the Learning Services business, he has also led the teams responsible for implementing MindLeaders solutions and providing post-implementation customer service. As HR Director, he played a pivotal role in the development of the unique MindLeaders culture by focusing on Talent Development and Employee Engagement strategies and embedding the company values throughout the business.
Prior to joining MindLeaders, Roger was a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology at Sunderland University and spent 12 years in senior management roles at Whitbread, largely in Operations but latterly as a divisional Strategy and Marketing Director.
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Fiona Pethick
Director of Regulation
Ofqual
Fiona Pethick is our Director of Regulation. She is our lead on regulatory matters relating to reform of qualifications and our regulatory approach.
Fiona joined Ofqual in its interim form in 2008. Before that she spent 19 years with Ofwat, the economic regulator for the water industry where she was Director of Corporate Affairs. Fiona’s responsibilities included directing the review of water price limits, public relations and policy development. During the 1980s Fiona was a Statistician in the Department of Employment. She graduated in Economics at Durham University and qualified in statistics at Oxford University.
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Barry Seddon
Business Development Consultant
Hodder Education
Hodder Education focuses on school and college markets, providing a wide range of market-focussed innovative print and digital services, tailored to both core UK and key International markets.
Hodder Education is the second largest secondary school publisher in the UK, providing materials supporting the curriculum in almost every subject area and at every level, including online assessment and resources, and training services for teachers. Dynamic Learning is the online platform which makes lesson planning and delivery easy for teachers.
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Pip Kings
Director, LONCETT
Development Director, NRDC
I have a background in further education, specifically work-based learning and adult education; I also have expertise in FE policy and funding, particularly in the area of literacy, numeracy and ESOL (LNE). My role in NRDC is to lead on research and development activity around basic skills and FE teacher training.
As Director of LonCETT (London Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training) I manage London-focused teacher education and CPD projects. LonCETT is currently funded by LSIS as a Lead Provider in LNE and can offer consultancy and staff development to FE providers. LonCETT also has a regional support role for Institute for Learning (IfL) supporting HR departments and teachers in professional formation for QTLS and marinating CPD records. It also hosts meetings of the London Teacher Trainers Professional Network on a termly basis.
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Stella Turner
Head of Qualifications and Delivery
Association of Employment and Learning Providers
Stella is responsible for keeping a ‘watching brief’ on matters related to qualifications and curriculum development. She represents AELP on groups such as the Skills Funding Agency’s Qualifications Approvals and Governance Group and the BIS Vocational Qualifications Forum plus various Awarding Organisation Consultative Committees.
Since joining AELP Stella has managed a number of projects, including work related to the Qualification Credit Framework (QCF) Readiness Programme, Functional Skills Support, Unit Delivery Trials, the review of FE Teaching and Training Qualifications and the promotion of Higher Level Skills. More recently she has taken on responsibility for overseeing and managing work allocations within AELP’s delivery team. Stella has always worked in the education and training sector and has over 10 years experience of working for a work based learning provider.
As a Senior Training Manager for a large training provider in Bristol, she was responsible for a team of ten, overseeing and contributing to the design and delivery of a range of both government funded and commercial programmes including IT courses, Apprenticeships and NVQs in a variety of occupational areas. Prior to joining AELP Stella worked for the Awarding Body OCR as a Customer Support Manager.
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