Joined: April 2021
Andy Salmon
- External Governor and Chair of the Corporation
Chair of the Governance & Search Committee, member of the Senior Staff Performance & Remuneration Committee.
Andy is Pro Vice Chancellor (External) at Bath Spa University and has a Professorship in Creative and Social Enterprise.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Adult Education, Strategy, Innovation, Partnerships and Enterprise
Joined: January 2016
Neil Wilson
- External Governor and Joint Vice Chair
Neil is The Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Governance & Search Committee and Senior Staff Performance and Remuneration Committee. He is Director of Risk & Investment at Wessex Water.
Member of Institute of Risk Management, Member of Institute of Asset Management.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Strategy, investment planning, change management & assurance, risk management, asset management.
Joined: November 2020
Victoria Downing-Burn
- External Governor and Joint Vice Chair
Victoria is Chair of the Senior Staff Performance & Remuneration Committee and the People Working Group , and a member of the Governance & Search Committee. She is Director of Workforce Strategy at the Somerset Intergrated Care Board.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
HR and OD strategy and policy, strategic workforce planning; inclusion and culture, staff engagement, and health and wellbeing
Joined: September 2021
Jayne Davis
- Principal and Chief Executive
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Education, quality, assessment, strategy, leadership, change management.
Joined: January 2016
Erica Draisey
- External Governor
Erica is Chair of the Curriculum & Quality Working Group and a member of the Governance & Search Committee. She is an Educational Consultant with recent experience in secondary education at Headship and Executive Principal level.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Strategic Planning, Education Leadership, Quality Assurance in Schools, Curriculum Development, School Improvement.
Joined: July 2022
Adam Gould
- External Governor
Adam is a qualified accountant and a member of the Finance & Estates Working Group. He is senior internal auditor at the University of Bath.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Audit & Finance
Joined: August 2022
Robert Rashley
- Staff Governor
Bob is the Course Coordinator for Part-Time and Distance Learning. He is a member of the Staff Wellbeing and Somer Valley Working Groups.
Joined: July 2018
Jenny Williams
- External Governor
Member of the Curriculum & Quality and the People Working Group.
Chief Executive of ASDAN, a Bristol-based education charity and awarding organisation, specialising in personal, social and work-related learning. ASDAN works across the UK and in over 30 countries overseas.
Previously led the national Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning and was director of VET at the Education and Training Foundation.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Policy and strategy in post-16 and lifelong learning; technical and vocational teaching and learning; evidence-informed CPD; organisational development and change management.
Joined: July 2018
Vacancy 1
- Student Governor
Vacancy 2
- Student Governor
Joined: February 2020
Ian Tavener
- External Governor
Ian is a member of the Finance & Estates Working Group and a Director at Burohappold Engineering. He is a Chartered member of the Engineering Council and a Fellow of the Chartered institution of Building Services Engineer.
His specialism is building services in buildings, working mainly in the Education sector.
Joined: October 2020
Lisa Ford
- External Governor
Lisa is Chair of the Finance & Estates Working Group. She is a qualified accountant working for Bath & North East Somerset Council.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Finance
Vacancy 3
- External Governor
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Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Joined: March 2022
Ian Stevenson
- External Governor
Ian is a member of the Audit Committee. He is a consultant at Strategic Regulatory Management Limited and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Regulatory and Risk Management
Joined: March 2019
Emma Roberts
- Head of Governance
Emma supports and advises the Governing Body (the Corporation Board). She has a background in higher education and public sector governance and is an Affiliate of the Chartered Governance Institute.