Management Board

Management Board Meetings

Minutes and Papers

Management Board Members:


Professor Vivien Jones (Chair)

Pro-Vice-Chancellor
University of Leeds

Professor Tim Thornton (Accountable Body)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Huddersfield
(Accountable body and sector leader advanced engineering and manufacturing)

Professor Geoff Layer
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
University of Bradford (Sector leader health)

Professor Cath Orange
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Leeds Metropolitan University (Sector leader arts, culture, media, sports and Sector leader digital)

Mark Shields
Assistant Principal (Resources & External Development)
Trinity and All Saints College, Nominated by West Yorkshire HEIs

Michele Sutton
FE Representative
Bradford College

Simone Wonnacott
FE Representative
Nominated by West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges

Ian Billyard
Principal
Leeds College of Building (Sector leader construction and the built environment)

Kaye Fisher
Vice-Principal
Wakefield College (Sector leader leadership and management)

David Fell
Vice-Principal
Leeds City College - Park Lane Campus (Sector leader finance and business services)

Alison Wilson
Learning and Skills Manager
Yorkshire Forward

Cristina George
Partnership Director (Leeds)
West Yorkshire Learning and Skills Council

Craig Williams
Chair of Careers Yorkshire and the Humber Ltd
Careers Bradford Ltd

Stephen Challenger
Executive Director
West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network 

Victoria Waite
Higher Education Policy Adviser
HEFCE (observer role)

Ceri Nursaw (in attendance)
Project support
University of Leeds

Denise Ogden (In attendance)
Project Finance
University of Huddersfield



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