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
Jayne is Principal and CEO of the College, taking up the role in 2021 having served as Deputy Principal since 2016. Jayne has a deep understanding of the FE sector, having worked in many College's and starting her career as a lecturer of Economics.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Education, quality, assessment, strategy, leadership, change management.
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. As Staff Governor, Bob's role is to represent the views of the staff community at Board.
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
Joined: February 2023
John Spindler
- External Governor
Bringing a breadth and depth of teaching and learning expertise from the FE sector where John was Principal overseeing significant business transformation programmes; alongside recent experience as a Charity Trustee for the successful local Bath ParkRun; John is the Governor Safeguarding Lead in his role as Chair of the Curriculum and Quality Group.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Vacancy 3
- External Governor
Joined: December 2022
Emma Roberts
- Head of Governance
As Head of Governance, Emma is responsible for giving advice and and guidance to the Corporation Board and Principal/CEO. Emma is a qualfiied Governance Professional and Company Secretary, with a strong background and experiences working across many different sectors.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Governance
Associate Members
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. At the end of her term as Governor, Erica joined the Board as an Associate member, to provide specialist expertise around teaching and learning and safeguarding oversight - providing similar roles in other charitable organisations.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Strategic Planning, Education Leadership, Quality Assurance in Schools, Curriculum Development, School Improvement.
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. Jenny previously led the national Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning and was director of VET at the Education and Training Foundation. At the end of her term as Governor, Jenny joined the Board as an Associate member to provide expertise in locating the College's strategic planning in wider policy and educational contexts.
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.