Hair & Beauty Sector Forum | Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Trevor Luker (Chair)
Academy Director
The London Hairdressing Apprenticeship Academy (LHAA)

Trevor Luker is a co-founding Director at the LHAA and joined the company in July 2013. He is also a board member of Vision Workforce Skills Limited (a subsidiary of West Nottinghamshire College) and also a member of the Association of Employment & Learning Providers Strategic Forum. He previously held the post of Managing Director for Pearson Work Based Learning in the UK having previously held the post of Commercial Director for the Awarding Organisation Edexcel (a Pearson company). He has also managed Edexcel's International’s business, was Chair of Awards UK, a joint venture company between Edexcel and SQA. He has a wide-ranging experience in devising and implementing business strategy, driving strategic and organisational change and delivering operational excellence and consistently achieving growth within market leading organisations. He has also worked in the UK and overseas and holds a Masters in Business Management and has lectured on Business Studies

Helen Pickering Chartered FCIPD
Relationship Manager
Skills Funding Agency

Helen is part of the Apprenticeship Standards and Reform team at the Skills Funding Agency, supporting Trailblazer employer groups to develop Standards and Assessment plans. She brings extensive Apprenticeship knowledge and experience to the role gained in employer facing teams in the National Apprenticeship Service and Partnership roles in the Learning & Skills Council. She has 12 years experience in HR roles and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Stephen Ram Kissun
Head of Membership and Marketing
Association of Employment and Learning Providers

I am responsible for the recruitment of training organisations into AELP membership and growing membership up to 1,000 members over next two years. Remit includes the promotion of AELP branded communications/associated member services, marketing services, and social media activities; development of new services/benefits for members, fostering new business development opportunities and building new collaborative arrangements with key stakeholders involved in learning, skills and employability provision.