Governor Candidate Pack 2
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GOVERNOR CANDIDATE PACK 2 INTRODUCTION Activate Learning is committed to energising our communities to generate prosperity and opportunity. Following our successful mergers with Bracknell and Wokingham College and Guildford College Group in 2019, the past year has been one of transformation as we strived to embed the Activate Learning ways and values on the new colleges we welcomed to our group. We have been agile in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and thanks to our investments into digital platforms and virtual learning we’ve managed to maintain high standards of teaching and learning for students throughout the crisis. This is important to us as we recognise the role we play helping the people in our communities to better themselves, while also providing our local economies with the high-skilled, capable talent it needs. As a result of Black Lives Matter, we realise that for too long we’ve taken the sense of inclusivity and belonging for granted and are working hard with our BAME staff to right any wrongs Sue Sturgeon and grow and foster vibrant communities across our colleges. Chair of the Corporation Working as part of the Board of Governors at Activate Learning, you will help the organisation as a critical friend that offers advice, insight and oversight of the work we do. These are exciting times to be stepping into a Governor role within the FE sector. We anticipate people placing more emphasis on up-skilling and retraining as a result of the effects of recent events and we are looking for people who share our sense of purpose to help us to be the driver for social mobility that we have always, and will always, continue to be. 3 OUR OFFERINGS Activate Activate Activate Activate ActivateGroup Learning International Learning Apprenticeships Learning CommunitiesServices Colleges Education Trust Online TheOxfordPartnership Customers and China Markets Partnerships Learning and SE Asia Student Partnerships Support Information and India Learning Partnerships Technology Human Resources and Organisational Development Institutional Effectiveness (MIS) Finance Property and Environment Commercial Support 4 OUR JOURNEY TO DATE » Bicester campus opens » Becomes Oxford & Cherwell Valley College 2003 2005 2010 2013 » Oxford & Cherwell College » Reading College » Group becomes formed (merger of three joins the group Activate Learning colleges) » Group services formed » UTC Reading opens » Activate Enterprise opens 5 » Academy status gained » UTC Oxfordshire » UTC Oxford and UTC » Bracknell & opens Reading join the Trust Wokingham College » Three colleges in » UTC Swindon joins joins the group Saudi Arabia open 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 » Group becomes » Bicester Technology Studio » UTC Heathrow and » Guildford Activate Learning opens Theale Green School College » UTC Reading Group » A fourth college in Saudi join the trust opens joins Arabia joins » Activate Enterprise Activate » Activate Enterprise becomes opens Learning Activate Apprenticeships 06 PROFILES Sue retired from a long career in Local Government in 2017. Her last role was Managing Director of Guildford Borough Council, providing services to 140,000 residents and managing a workforce of nearly 800 employees. Sue’s professional background colleges, delivering educational is accountancy and she held the services in modern/fit for purpose statutory role of Chief Finance buildings and that it becomes the Officer for the last 15 years of college of first choice for local her career. She held the role of young people. In July 2020 Sue was Head of Paid Service from 2013 appointed Chair of Governors for Sue Sturgeon until her retirement in 2017. Since Activate Learning. Sue is a strong Chair of the Corporation the inception of Local Enterprise advocate of Activate’s Learning Partnerships Sue attended the Philosophy believing that it will Enterprise M3 board and is get the best out of learners and passionate about seeing a stronger empower them to achieve their linkage between business and potential. She is particularly education providers. interested in creating opportunities for young people from Sue became a governor of the disadvantaged backgrounds. Guildford Colleges in 2015 and in 2019 was appointed a governor of Since retiring Sue has become a Activate Learning on the merger with Director of Surrey Hills Enterprises, Activate Learning. She studied is a Director of the Guildford Book at Guildford College in the late Festival and is also on the board of 1970’s and believes that Guildford Guildford Philanthrophy. deserves a first class group of Sally has held senior posts in both secondary schools and further education for many years and is a tireless campaigner and advocate for the learning and skills sector. She is a board member of the She became Principal at Milton Keynes Education and Training Foundation, College in 1996, and in 2003 became chairs the Women’s Leadership Network the first Principal of Oxford & Cherwell and was the chair of the Employment Valley College. In 2013 she became Committee of the Association of the first Chief Executive of Activate Colleges. She is a member of the Learning, bringing together in one Oxfordshire Management Club, All group, three FE Colleges, three UTCs, Souls Group and is a leading thinker two 11-18 secondary schools, a studio Sally Dicketts CBE for the National Education Trust. She school, a training provider delivering Chief Executive Officer sits on the Oxfordshire Local Education apprentices, training and consulting Partnership. Sally was awarded a CBE in the workplace, and a specialist in the Queen’s Honours list in July 2013. engineering training provider. Her main area of interest is in how In her free time, Sally enjoys travel, people learn, mindfulness and how cycling, Zumba and spending time to develop more entrepreneurial with her partner and daughter. innovative individuals. 07 Angela is a senior HR & certified project management professional with UK and international experience gained in complex multi-site businesses including Retail, Automotive, Education, Pharmaceuticals, Outsourcing, Technology and the NHS. Angela has strong commercial skills A true advocate of life-long learning, and has successfully set and she is keen to support all generations delivered HR strategy and led a in their pursuit of educational number of Transformation and enhancement and career progression Angela Adimora Change projects covering Operations, and is a champion of professional Governor Process, Technology and People. A and personal development in the Fellow of the CIPD and Institute of workplace. Angela is a voracious Directors, Angela gained her MBA reader of fiction and non-fiction from Manchester Business School books, has recently taken up playing and her Post Graduate Diploma and golf which she feels is fascinating and Master’s from Manchester frustrating in equal measure, is a lover Metropolitan University. of gastronomy, travel, learning to ski and has a passion for walking and running. Jamie is an investment banking professional with 15 years’ experience across ABN Amro, KPMG and EY. Jamie currently leads EYs corporate Jamie is passionate about innovation finance activities within the in the sector, particularly digital tools education and training sector across use to democratise education and EMEA, supporting a range of clients level the playing field, and will bring from privately owned businesses his knowledge and insights to the through to large multinational Corporation. Jamie is also a strong corporations, and financial believer of simplifying the link between institutions such as private equity education and employability to help to Jamie Edge and venture capital firms in break down barriers, either real or Chair of Audit and investment and divestment situation. perceived. Risk Committee Jamie has a strong track record in Away from work Jamie is a lover of all the education sector having things sport – especially rugby, cricket previously build KPMG’s education and tennis, and a keen traveller, skier and training M&A practice. His and scuba diver. experience covers a range of key sub-verticals including further education, higher education, apprenticeships and employability. 08 Having completed a very rewarding and challenging career in FE and HE, Pauline feels privileged to continue her work with people; as Owner and Director of Optima Business Consultancy, she works with a diverse range of people and businesses, undertaking exciting projects, which aim to ‘add value’ and meet or exceed the expectations of the client. Pauline has always had a passion the Board as a pleasure, having for inclusion and diversity, and she allowed her to be part of an enjoys supporting talented people innovative and forward-thinking Pauline Odulinski and helping those who may have group, helping Activate Learning’s Chair of Search and faced disadvantage or bias. Her students to be “their best selves”. Governance Committee work ranges from supporting CEOs Pauline is also a Fellow and Visiting in assisting new or aspiring leaders, Professor at Buckinghamshire New particularly through mentoring and University. coaching assignments. Pauline enjoys spending time with Aside from her role as a Director, her six grandchildren and is Pauline has experience of being on embracing moving to Devon, which a number of Boards. At Activate has allowed her to immerse herself Learning, Pauline acts as Chair of in a vibrant and socially active group the Search and Governance of people, providing many new Committee, describing her time with experiences