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Trevor Luker (Chair) 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
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Caroline Larissey A qualified hairdresser for more than 20 years, Caroline’s early career took her quickly through the various positions from salon junior to manager, but her passion for learning and developing, not only for herself but for others initially led her down the teaching route where she spent more than 6 years as a lecturer in South Yorkshire. Following this, Caroline worked for three different companies as a National Training & Development Manager, over a 10 year period.
This continued passion for professionalism and high standards in the hair and beauty sector saw Caroline take up the position of Senior Development Manager at Habia, within the Standards and Qualifications team in 1996. Initially taking over the role of National Project Lead for the 14-19 Diploma she was responsible for all qualifications and developments within the 14-19 education agenda on behalf of the sector. In July 2010 her role was broadened further to include the management of all standards and qualifications work across four nations and leading on the liaison with Awarding Organisations and regulatory bodies. In December 2013 Habia officially became part of the SkillsActive group and Caroline took over the role of standards and qualifications team manager across the whole of the Skills Active footprint. This has included the management of the development and review of National Occupational Standards, Apprenticeship frameworks, new qualifications and assessment materials and working closely/building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the seven sectors.
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 | Lynda Whitehorn SRH Lynda joined VTCT (Specialist Awarding Organisation for Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Therapy) in 2010, having spent 12 years teaching in further education, but 35 years working in the hair industry. Lynda has been at the forefront of shaping the hair industry, working closely with all the professional bodies (Hair/Barber Council, NHF, BBA, HABIA) educators, employers and most importantly learners, to improve hair qualifications in the UK. Lynda is passionate about the hair industry, looking to raise standards in everything she does. She is a very proud State Registered Hairdresser, held the position of Chair of the Hair Council for two years and actively works on the campaign to turn voluntary registration into a compulsory register for all hair professionals |
 | Cheryl Swales Based in the North East, Cheryl joined AELP as Project Manager on 14th December 2015 bringing with her 14 years’ experience of working in the education sector; seven years’ experience an awarding organisation and a further seven years’ experience working as a Manager and Head of Delivery in two Independent Training Providers. Cheryl is also a qualified Tutor, Assessor and Internal Quality Assurer and holds a BA (Hons) in Educational Studies. In her role as Project Manager Cheryl works with the delivery team. |
