COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
As NCFE’s Commercial Director, I oversee product and service lifecycles and lead the marketing and commercial teams to deliver growth through increased revenue and profitability. My role enables me to have an extensive impact consistent with NCFE’s core purpose, which is hugely rewarding. The ambition, drive and appetite for change not only within NCFE, but also within the wider sector, is something I’m proud to be part of and contribute to.
My passion for education, teaching and learning, and more specifically, apprenticeships, grew after joining the North East Chamber of Commerce commercial and funded training division in 2008. I then made the transition into the FE sector, working for Middlesbrough College and Gateshead College as an Assistant Principal, where I ran study programmes, HE, AEB and apprenticeship provision across several curriculum areas, as well as having strategic responsibility for apprenticeships.
I live in the North East with my family, and we love being outdoors in the beautiful countryside around us – be it walking, hiking, running, or sailing. I also volunteer as a governor at a local FE college, which provides me with fantastic insight into the successes and challenges FE is facing.