
Carole Stott OBE MBE
– External Governor and Chair of Corporation
Chair of the Governance & Search Committee, member of the Senior Staff Performance & Remuneration Committee and Curriculum & Quality Working Group.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Adult Education, Strategy, Learning and Skills Sector, Curriculum & Quality, Organisational change and development.

Andrew Furse
– External Governor and Vice-Chair of Corporation
Chair of Senior Staff Performance & Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committee and Governance & Search Committee.
Chartered Engineer, Fellow Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, Member of Institution of Engineering Technology.
Councillor on Bath & Northeast Somerset Council for Kingsmead Ward in Bath, sitting on Economic and Community Development Committee and the Audit Committee.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Engineering safety management, Railway systems, Local government, audit and assessment, community engagement.

Laurel Penrose
– Principal and Chief Executive
College Principal and CEO, Laurel is responsible for the development and delivery of outstanding provision for college apprentices, full time learners aged 16-18 years, full-time and part-time adult education learners and higher skills learners. As CEO Laurel reports directly to the Chair of Governors and has full executive responsibility for the strategic and operational leadership of the College.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Education, quality, assessment, strategy, leadership, change management.

Erica Draisey
– External Governor
Erica is Chair of the Curriculum & Quality Working Group, a member of the Governance & Search Committee and Senior Staff Performance & Remuneration 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.

Air Marshal Sir Julian Young KBE CB
– External Governor
Sir Julian is Chair of the Audit Committee and a Serving Engineer Officer in the Royal Air Force, Chief of Materiel (Air) & Defence Engineering Champion, MOD Abbey Wood, and resident of Bath.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Strategy, Engineering, Apprentice Training, Leadership, Change Management & Assurance.

Gary Waylen
– External Governor
Gary is Chair of the Finance and Estates Working Group and Finance Director of Rotork PLC.
Specialist Areas of Knowledge
Financial & Management Accounting, Strategic planning.

Neil Wilson
– External Governor
Neil is a member of the Audit 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.

Paul Blenkinsopp
– Staff Governor
Paul is a Lecturer in Sport (Football) in the Department of Sport, Leisure and Care. He is a member of the Curriculum & Quality Working Group.

Jenny Williams
– External Governor
Member of the Curriculum & Quality 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.

Mike Oram
– External Governor
Mike is the director of Mayden Academy, a programming training company in Bath.
Specialist areas of knowledge
Technology and education.

Dan Ball
– Student Union President

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.

Anne Roberts
– Head of Governance
Anne 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.