Retired Dermatologist with PhD in Virology. President of Dermatology Section of Royal Society of Medicine. Jane has lived in Cambridge since 1973, working both for the NHS at Addenbrooke’s and in an academic medical post spanning research and clinical work, with deep involvement in medical education. Formerly Dermatology Training Programme Director for East of England. Married to Barry, a neuroscientist and past Master of Downing College.

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• Nominations Committee
  
• Remunerations Committee

Chief Executive of The Skills Network and former Chief Executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and of the OCR exam board. Was Principal of Oaklands College (Hertfordshire). A Chartered Accountant with a degree in Economics from Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Certificate in the Principles and Practices of Assessment. Has been a governor of primary schools, a secondary academy, and a further education college. Currently on the board of WorldSkills UK. Gets his grit and resilience from supporting Plymouth Argyle and Boreham Wood, cycling and four children.

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• Audit Committee

Runs her own consultancy supporting FE colleges, training providers and universities in their endeavours to improve quality for their learners and apprentices. A qualified Ofsted inspector – former Senior HMI for the eastern region - and teacher, including a spell as Vice-Principal of Peterborough Regional College. Passionate about the post-16 sector and its impact on improving lives and prospects. Has served as a governor at Long Road Sixth Form College on its standards committee.

Principal of Sawston Village College (2018-present), where he has taught since 2005, serving as Deputy Headteacher from 2010-18. Formerly Head of English at Impington Village College, and seconded as Interim Principal to Bottisham Village College. First-class degree in Film and Media from the University of Stirling; Masters in Media from the University of London Institute of Education; and PGCE (English) from the University of Nottingham. National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH, 2008).

PhD student at the University of Cambridge, researching the impact of generative artificial intelligence large language models on computing education. Passionate about computing and computer science, supporting educators in that field across the globe. Formerly Director of Educator Support for Raspberry Pi Foundation where she led the development of a complete curriculum programme to teach Computing to 5-16 year-olds, as well as creating and facilitating over 30 online training courses to support teachers with their subject knowledge and pedagogy.

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• Audit Committee

Head of Communications at Cambridge University Health Partners and Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Formerly a reporter and newsreader at Radio One, spending several months in the Middle East covering the Iraq War; also a business presenter on breakfast television; the BBC’s Transport Correspondent; and Cambridge-based science reporter for the BBC. Previously a Parent Governor of Hills Road. Enjoys sport and has volunteered for Age UK’s Friendship phone call service.

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• Audit Committee

Consultant in leadership, strategy, innovation and enterprise. Formerly Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, Director of Enterprise Strategy at Imperial College London, and Founding Director of the Imperial Enterprise Lab. 30+ years’ experience working with public-, private- and third-sector organisations, from entry-level students to board-level executives, local start-ups to global corporates, and others in research, education, healthcare, philanthropy, industry and government. Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.

Head of Computer Science, having joined Hills Road in 2022. Formerly taught at St Mary's Cambridge. He started his career at The Isle of Sheppey Academy where he gained his PGCE via TeachFirst and Canterbury Christ Church University. First-class master's degree in civil engineering with sustainability from the University of Warwick, and previously worked as a sustainability consultant, building services engineer, web developer, and software engineer.