At the meeting of the Corporation Board of East Surrey College held on Thursday 9 July 2020, Mr Andrew Baird was elected Chair of the Corporation of East Surrey College for the period 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2022.
At the meeting of the Corporation Board of East Surrey College held on 10 December 2020 Mrs Liz Rushton was elected Vice Chair of the Corporation of East Surrey College for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022.
Following the completion of the merger of East Surrey College and John Ruskin College, some of the governors who had served on the Board of John Ruskin College were invited to serve on the Board.
Click on the names below for further information about our Governors.
Independent Members:
Andrew Baird - Chair of the Corporation
Chair of the Search & Governance and Strategy Committees and a member of the Finance and Resources Committee
Liz Rushton - Vice Chair of the Corporation
Chair of Learning and Quality Committee and a member of Search and Governance, Senior Postholders’ Employment and Strategy Committees. Link Governor for Safeguarding
Colin Monk
Chair of the Senior Postholders’ Employment Committee and a member of Learning and Quality, Search and Governance and Strategy Committees. Link Governor for Higher Education
Alex Hayman
Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of Senior Postholders’ Employment and Strategy Committees
James Marshall
External Co-opted Member of the Audit Committee
Phillip Kerle
Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee and a member of Senior Postholders’ and Strategy Committees
Ganesh Kumar
Member of the Audit and Strategy Committee
Simon Bland
Member of the Finance and Resources, Senior Postholders’ Employment, Search and Governance and Strategy Committees
Derek Galloway (ex John Ruskin College)
Member of the Finance and Resources and Strategy Committee
Simon Potten
Member of the Learning and Quality and Strategy Committee
Robert Pickles
Member of the Learning and Quality and Strategy Committee
Grace Marriott (ex John Ruskin College)
Member of the Learning and Quality and Strategy Committee
Anne Smith (ex John Ruskin College)
Member of the Learning and Quality and Strategy Committee
Peter Papanastasiou (ex John Ruskin College)
Member of the Audit and Strategy Committee
College Members:
Jayne Dickinson - Chief Executive College Group and Principal, East Surrey College
Member of the Learning and Quality, Finance and Resources, Search and Governance and Strategy Committees
Lily Franklin - East Surrey College Staff Member
Member of the Learning and Quality Committee
Leo Fox - Student Member and President of the ESC Student Union
Member attends meetings of the Learning and Quality Committee
Carmen Dowling - John Ruskin College Student Member
Member attends meetings of the Learning and Quality Committee
Natalie Watkins-Khan – John Ruskin College Staff Member
Member of the Learning and Quality Committee
If you would like to contact one of the Governors please email Sue Glover SGlover@esc.ac.uk
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