Whos Who Corporate Board

The Board of the Corporation The College Committee structure operates on a number of levels headed by the College’s Board of Corporation which replaced the College’s Governing Body in April 1993. The Board of the Corporation is the supreme decision-making body of the College and it is made up of the following members, each of whom are appointed for a four year term. BRIAN ALLEN • CHAIR OF THE CORPORATION Brian had a long career with Sedgefield Borough Council retiring in 2009 when its functions were transferred to the new unitary Durham County Council. An accountant by profession he was the Borough Council's Director of Resources for 10 years until 2006 when he was appointed its Chief Executive. Prior to the Council's abolition Brian worked closely with the College to complete the successful transfer of the Council's training and employment services as well as providing a package of funding to help build the new Skills and Enterprise Centre at Spennymoor. ALAN TOWNSEND • VICE-CHAIR OF THE CORPORATION Alan was first appointed to the Board in 2005, and to Chair the Standards Committee in 2008; he also serves on the Higher Education Quality and Standards Committee, the Quality Leadership Group and the County Durham Economic Partnership Employment and Skills Executive Group. Past experience which he brings aspects to the Board: • He was the last Chair of Wear Valley Local Strategic Partnership • He was "Chair of Regeneration" in his last posts at both Wear Valley District Council and the University of Durham Stockton Campus • He is now "retired" but his main career in Geography was in regional economic development, and the analysis of employment in the National Online Manpower Information System • He was Chair of the Board of Examiners in a large Department for 9 years PETER FISK • CHAIR OF FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE A career spent in the surface coating Industry working for private, public and multinational companies. An industrial chemist for ten years progressing through manufacturing, logistics, technical sales and general management to chief executive working extensively in the Middle and Far East, Europe and the USA. Following retirement chaired a consortium buy out of a specialised fire resistant glazing and curtain wall manufacturers and retired from that in 2007. Currently Vice Chair of The South Durham Enterprise Agency.

EDWINA LUGG I am keen to encourage young people and adults in developing their skills and abilities through education, and feel that I have been able to do that as a member of the Board of Bishop Auckland College. In the past ten years, I have been particularly active on the following committees: the Personnel and Audit Committees, the Health and Safety Committee and the Student Council. I find it particularly rewarding to be involved in awards ceremonies where recognition is given to students success and achievement, where it is also a great opportunity for family and friends to share in that experience.

ANDY PALMER • Andy was appointed as one of the new Heads of Service when the new Council was formed in April 2009. He is responsible for a new policy framework for Regeneration for County Durham focussing on utilising Durham's assets to stimulate investment and jobs. Working across Economic Development, Housing, Planning and Transport, he is responsible for strategic planning and performance management, raising service standards, as well as providing business support functions to the Regeneration service grouping. Andy is currently Head of Policy, Planning and Performance within the Regeneration and Economic Development Service of the New Durham County Council. BEATRICE OLLERENSHAW • DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SERVICES, UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND Beatrice Ollerenshaw was educated at Cambridge University and also has an MBA from the University of Northumbria. She is Director of Academic Services at the University of Sunderland, with responsibility for the quality assurance and enhancement of domestic and collaborative provision, regulations, the student-facing activities of complaints and appeals, examinations and degree ceremonies. Her previous post was at Durham where, as Deputy Academic Registrar, she managed the administrative support for the whole of the teaching and learning function and had line management responsibility for the Careers Advisory Service, Counselling Service and Disability Service. She has been actively involved in regional and national bodies concerned with the teaching and learning agenda, as chair of NUCCAT and as a member of the national TQI Steering Group and the EWNI Credit Forum. She is currently a QAA audit secretary.