Staff

Member of:

Corporation Board (Chair)

Finance & Corporate Services Committee

Beej, a governor for 7 years, is well-known in the education sector and has an excellent reputation for his skills as a consultant and trainer, and as an expert in education policy, management, teaching and learning, funding and finance. He has held leadership roles in schools, FE colleges and in the private sector with Network Training, Tribal Education, Sector Training and Pearson Education.

As a Principal Consultant with Network Training and the Tribal Group he led and developed new leadership programmes for senior and middle managers in the post-16 sector, and delivered a wide range of national and in-house events on a wide range of topics to thousands of school and FE practitioners, as well as provide interim support to FE colleges. In 2005 he established Sector Training with two other colleagues to deliver professional development and management training for colleges, training providers, schools, local authorities, commercial customers and awarding organisations. Sector Training also delivered educational change programmes for the Department of Education and several local authorities.

In his consultancy role, Beej developed and delivered significant organisational development and change programmes in the post-16 sectors in England, Scotland and Wales. He established ICOSA to manage significant EU funded reform programmes in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, and latterly, by his partners in the Balkan states. He led a major EU programme to develop Single Assessment Processes for older adults with complex needs across several member states including Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

He is a director of the Learning Curve Group and chair of The White Rose College of Beauty and Complimentary Therapies. He is also a director of e-Memoir, which is one of the earliest service providers to deliver web-based CPD and webinars on key topics affecting the post-16 sector.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Joint Vice Chair

Finance & Corporate Services Committee

Joe Battye is currently Director of Economy and Regeneration with Derbyshire County Council and was a former Chair of Governors at a primary school in Barnsley. As a town planner/ urban designer by trade, Joe’s real passion is making sure everyone has the opportunity to succeed and believes that education, vocation and life skills are the key to success.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Joint Vice Chair

Tony began his career in analytical chemistry and from there spent more than 20-years at Rolls Royce Aerospace, leading major change programmes and covering a complexity of services delivered on multiple sites. With a desire to ‘make a difference’ he looked to move from the private sector to the National Health Service, attracted by the opportunity to contribute to the wide-ranging transformation and change that formed part of a radical NHS reform programme launched by former Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Consequently he joined Derby Hospitals in 2004 first as a general manager, then progressing in various Divisional Director roles and becoming Improvement Director. In February 2014, he took up the board position of Director of Strategy and Performance at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He was appointed Acting Chief Executive two-years later and then became its first Chief Operating Officer, leading and influencing partnership working and implementing change across the wider health system, as well as within the Trust. He has recently joined Derbyshire Health United (DHU) Health Care as Director of Strategy, People and Partnerships in February 2021. As part of DHU Health Care he will support the organisation with the next stage of its development, bringing this wealth of commercial and public sector experience with him. He is passionate about improvement, creating a culture that engages and empowers all staff, and which gives everyone the opportunity to become involved in transforming both the patient care and services they provide; and their own workplaces. He is equally committed to making sure individuals can learn and flourish to achieve their own goals; and believes working in collaboration with stakeholders across all sectors is key to excellent service delivery.

His encouragement of people, in particular helping them to reach their aspirations, is why he has taken up the role of governor at Chesterfield College. He will use his experiences and skills to work alongside the College, instilling confidence in students; and to support them on the journey to achieving life-ambitions.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Finance & Corporate Services Committee (Chair)

John joined the corporation in 2013 and is a member of the Finance & General Purposes and Remuneration committees. He has a wealth of experience in the football industry and has worked his way up to become the CEO of Chesterfield Football Club as well as the CFC Community Trust. During his career, John has successfully led, negotiated and delivered multi-million pound projects within football, and has also developed his family business to meet consumer needs.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Audit Committee (Chair)

Howard has been a Partner at Shorts Chartered Accountants in their Chesterfield office since 2003. He advises companies and individuals in the local business community and further afield, in accounting, auditing, taxation matters, and general business advice. He held the position of President of the Sheffield & District Society of Chartered Accountants in 2017/18, and was Chair of Governors of a local primary school for several years.

Co-opted member of:

Standards and Performance Committee

Martyn Glossop is a technical director at AECOM with 30 years’ experience in highway projects. He is experienced in quality assurance reviews, working with clients to set targets, monitor performance and drive continuous improvements. He works in collaboration with project partners to ensure that good working relationships are made and maintained to drive positive outcomes.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Finance & Corporate Services Committee

Jan has been a Technical Director at In Control Systems Ltd for the last two decades. He has particular expertise in process control, automation and information systems as well as digital transformation. In his role on the Corporation Jan uses his knowledge and experience to help drive areas of key focus for the organisation.

Member of  Corporation, Standards & Performance Committee

Sue has extensive experience within further education learning and skills and has held several senior roles in FE Colleges at Vice and Deputy Principal level. Within this time, she has led colleges to achieve Ofsted Outstanding and led on national curriculum initiatives in STEM and English and maths.

As the managing Director of an education consultancy company, Sue has achieved rapid progression and improvement in a range of turnaround projects and has supported many organisations to achieve sustainable goals.

Sue is passionate about the purpose of further education and optimistic about the positive changes which collaboration can bring to transform lives, communities and economic regeneration.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Standards & Performance Committee

Leigh’s experience in employment, education and training spans over 30 years. Working in both the public and private sector, Leigh’s career began when he worked in frontline services for the Local Authority. He then progressed to managerial and director level positions.

Leigh says he is honoured to be offered the opportunity to support Chesterfield College students; helping to support their journey to achieve their aspirations.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Chair of Standards & Performance Committee

Dr Lou Mycroft is a social entrepreneur who works across the FE sector, on national professional learning programmes. She is co-founder of FE Constellations, a membership organisation for FE’s changemakers, and Thinking Cultures, which leverages Thinking Environment processes for systems and culture change.

An experienced and respected facilitator and TEDx speaker, Lou creates spaces for people to do their best thinking, and to think well together. She initially trained in Public Health before joining The Northern College for Adult Community Education in 2020. There, she ran college-based higher education programmes, including teacher training, and received national recognition for her work around social media and social purpose education.

Lou now specialises in building community and trust within organisations. She is the winner of the Edufuturists Staff Wellbeing Champion Award 2020 and is a co-founder of the #JoyFE💛 Collective.

Lou is a regular columnist with FENews and the Society of Education and Training’s InTuition journal, a contributor to all three of the Dancing Princess books and she holds a PhD in which she re-imagines adult community education.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Lee has worked at Chesterfield College for 14 years across a variety of different courses and specifications and brings a wealth of curriculum knowledge and experience to the Board. He currently work as a Lecturer in Sport and Public Services.

Member of:

Corporation Board

Finance & Corporate Services Committee

Standards & Performance Committee

Governance & Search Committee

Julie Richards was appointed CEO and Principal of The Chesterfield College Group in 2017. She joined the college as an Executive Director of Business Enterprise in 2009 before being promoted to Deputy Principal in 2011. Julie has a master’s degree in strategic leadership and has worked in Further Education for almost 30 years, spending the last 20 years in senior management roles.