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Find out who is on the QIA executive team and who is on the QIA Board.

You can see our organisation structure in the organogram

The QIA Executive Team


	Acting Chief Executive and Group Director of Improvement and Strategy Kate Anderson Kate was the LSDA Director of Research. Before that she was a college vice principal with responsibility for curriculum and quality, the education specialist at National Audit Office and a national director of the Further Education Funding Council.
	Group Director of Strategic Reform and Development Jenny Burnette Jenny was the LSDA Director of Curriculum and Quality. Before LSDA she was a regional director and funding manager for the Further Education Funding Council, an LEA education officer and a teacher, trainer and manager in further education.
	Group Director of Communication and Partnerships Margaret Bennett Margaret was previously the Deputy Director in the Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate, DfES and Chief Executive, National Library for the Blind, Assistant Director at North West Arts - the Regional Arts Board, and Central Services Director at Nottingham Community Housing Association. Margaret is also a chartered accountant.
	Group Director of Finance and Resources Richard Allanach Richard was the Director of Finance at the University of East London. Before UEL Richard was Head of College Support with the Further Education Funding Council for England and financial controller for the University of Plymouth. He has also worked in college rescue, corporate planning, investment analysis and audit.

The QIA Board

Chairman Sir Geoffrey Holland.

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Employment and Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education.

Richard Bolsin
General Secretary, WEA; school governor; former Director of Business Development for Agilisys, a technology and business process company specialising in customer services.

Christine Braddock
Principal and Chief Executive, Matthew Boulton College of Further and Higher Education; former Home Office Senior Education and Training Adviser; member, Further Education National Consortium, the Principal's Futures Group, Birmingham and Solihull Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham Forward, West Midlands Industrial Development Board and the Regional CBI; chair, Focus Housing.

Paul Butler
Chief Executive of PATH National, providing training and development opportunities for members of the black and minority ethnic community; Board member of the London North Learning and Skills Council; Vice Chair of Leyton Sixth Form College.

Martin Dunford
Chief Executive, The Training and Business Group; Chairman and founder member of the Association of Learning Providers.

Maggie Galliers
Principal, Leicester College; former Principal, Henley College Coventry; member of the LSC Young People's Learning Committee, the LSC Post-16 Reorganisations Committee, the Leicestershire LSC and the HEFCE/LSC Joint FE/HE Steering Group.

Sunita Grigg
A management and training consultant specialising in leadership, management, business development, quality assurance, equal opportunities, cultural awareness and work/life coaching. She has worked in central and local government, as well as in the private, community and voluntary sectors, as a middle and senior manager.

Dr Sandy Hewitt
Head of European Business Development for IGEOS, an international teamwork and leadership consultancy; formerly Director, Business Excellence, at Rolls-Royce plc.

Scott Slorach
Professor, Board Member and Director of Vocational Programmes, the College of Law of England and Wales; Visiting Professor, Strathclyde University; Chief External Examiner, Business Law, The Law Society.

John Taylor
Chief Executive of Acas, the arbitration and conciliation service; Board member of Government Skills, the sector skills council for central government; governor of Thames Valley University.

Gill Whitty-Collins
Marketing Director Femcare Western Europe, part of the Procter & Gamble group; has run a number of well-known brands including Always, Pantene, Olay, Max Factor, Clairol and Wella.